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Toeing the BBC line

posted 15 years ago by mediumsizedeal
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Did you notice that, when he dealt with the crash in property prices, Lee picked on Channel Four?

The truth is that the BBC has done more to inflate the UK property bubble than all Britain's other television stations put together. On the morning of the evening this episode went out, BBC One screened estate agents telling property developers how many thousands of pounds profit they could expect from home improvements they'd just made.

Channel Four have at least stopped running this sort of "property porn". The BBC is still showing innocent people the road to the poorhouse via dreams of fantasy wealth - exactly the accusation Lee made against Channel Four.

It's tragic to see a comedian as good as Stewart Lee turning his talents to reinforcing BBC hypocrisy and the culture of immunity that infects the corporation.

[–] happyhappycook 15 years ago

cry harder

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] mark6785 15 years ago

i didnt notice he singled ch4 out , i just read it as all tv channels.

[–] cakeiscool 15 years ago

I thought he singled out channel 4 because of the bad shows they have, like Big Brother??

"Has God played Knebworth lately?" Noel Gallagher

[–] stevesw9 14 years ago

Michael McIntryre = dull
Frankie Boyle - edgy comedy. Hates Kerry Katonna. And Rebecca Adlindgton.
Stewie just takes the piss out of MM.
Soft targets.

[–] Crosses01 14 years ago

Stewart Lee is one of, if not the, most independent comedians going, and I have seen him numerous times attacking the BBC for banality and dumbing down (in his last show he spent a long part of his show attacking Top Gear, one of the BBC's biggest shows).While he may have singled out Channel 4 I'm sure he was blaming all such shows. I don't think "edgy" is something a comedian should try to be, they should be funny and try to say what they think of the world.

[–] bowstrada 13 years ago

Watch 'milder comedian' if you really want to see Stew attacking Mr Boyle.