Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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'We need an intervention': five ways to fix the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Too pricy, too elitist, just too big? After the criticisms of this year's event, a panel of festival regulars consider the way forward for Edinburgh's summer spectacular.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 22nd September 2022Stewart Lee: The BBC axing my show was in very poor taste
The broadcaster would rather screen seven sex scenes than my finely honed jokes. It's a national disgrace.
Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 18th September 2022BBC postpones Stewart Lee's Tornado AGAIN
The BBC has postponed Stewart Lee's stand-up special, Tornado, for a second time.
Chortle, 14th September 2022Stewart Lee: Pity poor Britons playing Liz Truss's lottery
The new prime minister's cabinet is comprised of people who were born to win, but for the rest of us, life is just a gamble.
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 11th September 2022Ricky Gervais appears to respond after Stewart Lee trashes After Life
Ricky Gervais has appeared to respond to criticism from comedian Stewart Lee of his Netflix series After Life.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 11th September 2022How Ricky Gervais helped Stewart Lee come up with one of his greatest routines
There have been stories recently of how Stewart Lee has a poor opinion of Ricky Gervais' TV comedy drama output. Lee has even gone as far as to say that After Life is "one of the worst things that's ever been made by a human." But it is also worth mentioning that one of Lee's most memorable routines in his recent show Snowflake owes a huge debt to Gervais.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th September 2022TV preview: Stewart Lee, Tornado, BBC Two
I expect it will have changed a bit since I first saw it way back in 2019 when he had a pop at Phoebe Waller-Bridge among others.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th September 2022Stewart Lee calls Ricky Gervais' comedy drama work "abysmal"
"I think The Office is brilliant. I think Ricky's comedy drama work is of diminishing returns to the point where it's now abysmal."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th September 2022Stewart Lee's honest playlist
The comedian is still inspired by Mark E Smith but has finally fallen out of love with Morrissey. But whose sandwiches did he once steal?
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 5th September 2022Stewart Lee: How will history recall the reign of Bad King Boris?
King Lear may have divided the country in two and turned it against itself but perhaps, like the outgoing Tory leader, he 'got all the big calls right'.
The Observer, 4th September 2022