Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
- TV stand-up / sketch show
- BBC Two
- 2009 - 2016
- 24 episodes (4 series)
Stand-up comedy show, punctuated with sketches. Stewart Lee tackle a different topic each week in his own inimitable fashion. Also features Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Peter Serafinowicz, Paul Putner, Kevin Eldon and more.
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Series 1, Episode 4 - Global Financial Crisis
Further details
"What kind of creature makes his home in an investment opportunity? Only man. Home and investment are not the same thing. Home is a basic requirement of life. Like food. When squirrels hide acorns they are not trying to play the acorn market."
Stewart comments that it's not easy making a comedy show about a global financial crisis. But he's going to give it a go, trying to find out how the financial markets got themselves into this mess and who's going to get them out of it.
He also discovers that destroying your own home just might pay off; that those who put money under the bed and not in the bank were right all along; and - most horrifying of all - in London, one is never more than 10 ft from an estate agent. At least he's got fond memories of Woolworths, MFI and Zavvi...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 6th April 2009
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Stewart Lee | Host / Presenter |
| Paul Putner | Ensemble Actor |
| Kevin Eldon | Ensemble Actor |
| Tara Flynn | Ensemble Actor |
| Miles Jupp | Ensemble Actor |
| Simon Munnery | Ensemble Actor |
| Cathryn Bradshaw | Ensemble Actor |
| Sarah Thom | Ensemble Actor |
| Arnold Brown | Pensioner |
| Tim Vine | War Reporter |
| Paul Jay (as Eugene Cheese) | Ensemble Actor |
| Stewart Lee | Writer |
| Chris Morris | Script Editor |
| Tim Kirkby | Director |
| Richard Webb | Producer |
| Armando Iannucci | Executive Producer |
| Anthony Boys (as Ant 'Pants' Boys) | Editor |
| Simon Rogers | Production Designer |
Videos
Lee and Iannucci - Global Financial Crisis
Stewart and Armando chat about the current state of the economy.
Featuring: Armando Iannucci & Stewart Lee.
Press
Stewart Lee turns his attention to the global financial crisis and the collapse of the property market. "The fox," he says, "has his den. The bee has his hive. The stoat has his . . . stoat hole. But only man chooses to make his nest in an investment opportunity." He goes on to explain the crucial difference between a house and an investment. "A home is a basic requirement of life. Like food. When squirrels hide acorns they are not trying to play the acorn market." Those who are now suffering the most from the property slump are the estate agents, but he warns against premature satisfaction. "The struggles to survive that estate agents are going through today," he says glumly, "are a useful barometer of some of the problems that we humans might face in the future."
David Chater, The Times, 6th April 2009