Movies: Michael Cumming

How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the leader of a cult British underground band into its fifth decade? Comedian and writer Stewart Lee, director Michael Cumming and James Nicholls investigate ...

In 2007, Stewart Lee was voted the 41st best stand-up of all time in an official Channel 4 poll, apparently better than Lenny Bruce but not as good as Jim Davidson. But what real difference does this accolade make? His TV pilot has been cancelled and...

Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches....

Only shown at live events, Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes is made from unseen sketches and outtakes from seminal British TV series Brass Eye....

Recorded live at Hammersmith Apollo the hilarious new show, Life Is Pain, covers every aspect of the modern condition. While famous as an actor – the eponymous hero in the BBC hit Jonathan Creek – and a household star for his role as Stephen Fry’s fo...

Comedy that really makes a difference! This is Mark's true story of cake icing as a political weapon, of demonstrations to Defend Surrealism and getting to like the police. Mark turns an 18 month battle over Parliament Square and the right to demonst...

On a sweltering afternoon in the summer of 2003, to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, Martin Newell performed a career-spanning set of songs at Colchester Arts Centre. Aided and abetted by a band of musicians that includes his old partner Nelson, from...

Quad Split replicates a multi-screen version of Video In/Audio Out VT's: 001-004. Small digital video cameras are easily able to function at any angle and the resulting images reduced to composition and colour. This Quad Split version, combining fou...

A collaboration between Cumbrian Artist Kevin Carr and director Michael Cumming. Shot around the Sellafield nuclear re processing plant on the West Cumbrian Coast. Kevin fearlessly put his case about the detrimental effects of the nuclear industry wh...

Untitled Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee documentary in the style of their previous collaboration King Rocker....