Stewart Lee: Content Provider

"That's right! Clap the things you agree with!" After the Comedy Vehicle, a film of Lee's touring stand-up show gave fans just what they wanted: an even more meta tirade, often directed at them. The extended riff on Brexit deservedly went viral.

Review: Stewart Lee, Content Provider

There is nothing new about creating an exaggerated version of oneself for humorous effect, yet the road-hardened veteran has made this style his own.

Stewart Lee: unfunny face of comedy says Garry Bushell

Stewart Lee was on TV for two hours last night, although it felt much longer.

Denouncing Brexit, selfie culture and himself ("I'm coming to despise the character of Stewart Lee"), the standup's standup du jour imparts wisdom in this April 2018 set, on a stage constructed from budget DVDs of other comics' live shows. Less a comedian than a bleak prophet in his own time.

Stewart Lee on Content Provider

"I am road-worn, shapeless and undignified, a relic, revelling in my own irrelevance."

An appraisal of Stewart Lee's Content Provider stand-up

Stewart Lee had promised to write an article for Chortle about the imminent airing of his stand-up special on BBC Two. But his publicist told us he was far too busy doing the washing and the ironing to submit anything. So instead we have secured the services of comedy archivist Ewal Street, of www.goodbyemotherinlaw.com, to assess the show...