Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle: Comedy at it's best

I've often been disappointed by the dismal state of British comedy recently, in particular Horne and Corden's sketch show.

However, I've been watching Stewart Lee's new series on the iplayer and I've been really impressed.

Each week, Lee picked a different subject and skewered the pretentious and stupid in the best traditions of comedy.

My favourite two were Toilet Books, laying into Russell Brand and Comedy, with an interesting sketch parodying the conventions of comedy set in an apple shop, as well as a deconstruction of the love of Del Boy falling through the bar of the Nag's Head.

Lee is the antidote to the playground homophobia of Horne and Corden, the endless

Check him out at the iplayer.