Stewart Lee

Interview: Stewart Lee, comedian

Stewart Lee Lee is a perennial Fringe hit but his stage alter ego scorns success, so shiny TV showcases are not his natural habitat. Now he's trying something different, writes Jay Richardson.

Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe

For decades, the Fringe has been a utopia for artists and performers - but now profit-obsessed promoters are tearing it to pieces. They must be stopped, says one Fringe veteran.

Stewart Lee: How I was busted by the Olympic censors

It was only an innocent double entendre about rings of fire. But even multi-award-winning comics can fall foul of Olympic censors.

5 things that you have to see at . . . Funny in Falkirk

Pete Firman, Mark Watson, Stewart Lee and more.

Interview with Stewart Lee

Who better to interview a comedian than another comedian? Andrew Doyle talks to Stewart Lee about his recent "wave of popularity", Twitter, gay marriage, and Jimmy Carr's tax avoidance.

Stewart Lee interview

Stewart Lee prepares to invade The Stand for the filming of his new Comedy Central series, The Alternative Comedy Experience.

Stewart Lee reunites with Richard Herring for podcast

Stewart Lee has reunited on stage with Richard Herring. The former Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy partners spoke together on stage at the Leicester Square Theatre for the eighth podcast in Herring's current series.

Despite some brilliant cameos from Liam Neeson and Johnny Depp, we're thrilled to see Ricky Gervais leave Life's Too Short behind and return to the workplace sitcom. Gervais' new Channel 4 special is set in a retirement home and features the acting debut of An Idiot Abroad presenter Karl Pilkington as Dougie the caretaker. While some (particularly fellow comic Stewart Lee in the Guardian) have pre-emptively damned Derek as insulting, others are praising the script and calling for a full series - all we know is that we can guarantee #derek will be trending on twitter tonight...