TV Moments of 2011: Stewart Lee on Stand Up

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle returned for a second series this year and managed to top high standards set in the previous run. Promoting the interviews with Armando Iannucci from the Red Button to the main show proved an inspired choice, not only did it give more people the chance to see the nearest thing to Frost/Nixon for the modern comedy generation, but they also worked much better alongside Lee's acerbic stand up than skit interludes present in the first series.

The series stand out moment was when Lee took aim at several of his comedy peers, most notably Al Murray and Michael McIntyre - but always with his self-deprecating style leaving you to wonder whether or not the walkouts were staged.