Stewart Lee

What can a middle-aged man possibly find to write comedy about?

Lee's 2009 solo show sees the brilliantly unique comedian distracted by scores of imaginary pirates, consumed with loathing for Top Gear and despair over a Magners' Cider ad campaign. No comedy fan should be without this vast and all-consuming epic of stand-up, exploring the absolute limits of the art form. There are also some jokes.

In 2007, Stewart Lee was voted the 41st best stand-up of all time in an official poll, apparently better than Lenny Bruce but not as good as Jim Davidson. But what real difference does this accolade make? His TV pilot has been cancelled, and his mother still thinks the 1970s game show host Tom O'Connor is funnier than him.

Tornado questions Stew's position in the comedy marketplace after Netflix mistakenly lists his show as "reports of sharks falling from the skies are on the rise again."

Snowflake questions Stew's worth in a society demolishing the liberal values he has been keen to espouse in a fairy-tale landscape of winter wonder.

...Live at the Lowry. Stewart Lee returns to the Lowry for his comedy show, Basic Lee. In this stand-up special, Lee attempts to define by example what comedy is.

Engrossing tribute to London’s legendary Scala cinema, aptly subtitled: Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits.

Late at night, with the glow of the TV set illuminating their post-pub comedown, a generation of film fans were transported to wonderful new places by Moviedrome, the BBC's cult film series.