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Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - Episode Guide

Season 1

Toilet Books

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2009

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Stewart looks at the modern phenomenon of toilet books. Where did they come from and who thought they were needed? And who on earth is reading them?

Television

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2009

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Stewart takes a look at the state of British television today, and wonders who is to blame.

Political Correctness

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2009

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Stewart looks at political correctness - has it really gone mad, or is it just that most people don't really know what political correctness means?

Global Financial Crisis

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2009

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Stewart discusses the global financial crisis and tries to discover how we got into this mess.

Comedy

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2009

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Stewart talks about comedy - how it works, how to do it, and how, having turned forty, he is worried that things might be going downhill.

Religion

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2009

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Stewart explores the difficulties of making jokes about religion, and how it turns out that most jokes about religion aren't actually about religion at all.

Season 2

Charity

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: May 4, 2011

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Stewart sets out to explore some ideas about charity, but instead gets sidetracked and ends up talking mostly about crisps.

London

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: May 11, 2011

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More inimitable stand up from Stewart Lee, this time looking at why more and more people are thinking about moving out of London for a taste of life in the countryside, and what happens to the poor souls who actually go through with it (no animals were harmed in the course of filming this episode).

Charity

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: May 18, 2011

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Charity is the topic for Stewart Lee's unique brand of standup. Charity was also the topic of the first show in the series, but he talked about crisps instead, so they've made him do it again.

Stand Up

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: May 25, 2011

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This week stand-up comedian Stewart Lee talks about stand-up comedy whilst sitting down.

Identity

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2011

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Stewart looks at the notion of identity, how different nations define themselves and debunks the myth of one of Britain's greatest national heroes.

Democracy

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2011

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In this final show in the series, Stewart Lee gives a uniquely personal insight into the workings of government.

Season 3

Shilbottle

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2014

Shilbottle

Stew shares his thoughts about social media and ponders some alterations to road signs along the A1 in Northumberland.

England

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2014

England

Stewart Lee's award-winning stand-up series continues as he tackles fears of immigration and an opinionated taxi driver's views on what can get you sent to jail in England these days. Featuring guest appearances from Kevin Eldon and Paul Putner.

Satire

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2014

Satire

Stewart Lee's award-winning stand-up series continues as he explains what satire is, using the example of the renowned epitome of the genre, Planet of the Apes.

Context

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2014

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Stewart Lee presents his unique view of the world as his award-winning stand-up series continues. He attempts to put the subject of offense into context, introduces his imaginary wives and searches for a context-free word.

London

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2014

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Stewart Lee's stand-up series continues, as he takes a look at the capital city, its mayor, its dogs and its oligarchs.

Marriage

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2014

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The third series comes to an end with a look at bottled beer, The Culture Show and married life, all from the perspective of an 'impotent, vasectomised, 45-year-old, functioning alcoholic father of two'.

Season 4

Wealth

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2016

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This episode focuses on wealth. Chris quizzes Stewart about his attitude towards the comedy industry.

Islamophobia

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2016

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This episode focuses on Islamophobia.

Patriotism

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2016

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In this episode, Stewart takes on patriotism.

Death

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2016

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In this episode, Stewart looks at death.

Migrants

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2016

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In this episode, Stewart discusses the issue of migrants.

Childhood

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2016

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In this episode, Stewart discusses childhood.

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