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6 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Mon, Mar 16, 2009 30 mins
In the first episode of this new series, Stewart looks at the phenomenon of toilet books. Where did they come from? And why? For some reason, someone, somewhere, thought history, fiction, poetry and the like weren't enough any more, and so they invented celebrity hardbacks, tragic lives and Dan Brown.
Episode 2
Mon, Mar 23, 2009 30 mins
In the second episode, Stewart casts his eye over the state of British television today, and tries to find out whose fault it is. Along the way, via a sketch, he meets the villagers who, every year, host a bizarre celebration of The Funniest Moment Ever On Television; explains his idea for a sequel to March Of The Penguins; and finds out why Ant and Dec never seem to grow older.
Episode 3
Mon, Mar 30, 2009 30 mins
Stewart Lee asks whether political correctness really has gone mad, or whether it is just something people say because they don't really understand what it means. Stewart thinks he knows what it means - though the tale of how his attempts to lose weight were ruined by the PC minefield makes him not so sure... not to mention the story of how a lost ballet shoe caused a national scandal.
Episode 4
Mon, Apr 6, 2009 30 mins
Episode 5
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 30 mins
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.
Episode 6
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 30 mins
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.