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Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

200930m / epComedy

First aired

March 16, 2009

8.0

TMDB Score

80% match · 31 votes

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S01 · E04

Financial Crisis

Season 1 · Apr 6, 2009 · 30m

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E01▶

Toilet Books

Mar 16, 2009 · 30m

E02▶

Television

Mar 23, 2009 · 30m

E03▶

Political Correctness

Mar 30, 2009 · 30m

E04Playing

Financial Crisis

Apr 6, 2009 · 30m

E05▶

Comedy

Apr 13, 2009 · 30m

E06▶

Religion

Apr 20, 2009 · 30m

In the fourth episode of this new series, 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…

About the Series

Comedy

Synopsis

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is a comedy series created by Stewart Lee. The BBC Two series debuted on 16 March 2009, and featured stand-up routines filmed at The Mildmay Club in Newington Green, and sketches based on a weekly theme, featuring amongst others Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon and Paul Putner with voice-over parts recorded by Peter Serafinowicz. The series is produced by Richard Webb and directed by Tim Kirkby. The programme is executive-produced by Armando Iannucci and script-edited by Chris Morris, marking a rare reformation of their creative double-act.

CreatorStewart Lee