Iain Lee (born 9 June, 1973) is a British comedian and radio and television presenter, who has appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show, video game review show Thumb Bandits and the ill-fated Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE. He also presented the documentary Thumb Candy and appears regularly on Channel 4's "Top 100" series of programmes. He is known to have a penchant for Mr T and the Beach Boys, as well as various video games, and regularly refers to them all (and anything else he approves of) as "bruwyant".

Lee's nationality has been the subject of discussion, but it is known that he was brought up in Slough and attended Herschel Grammar School.

Since January 2005, Iain Lee has hosted a live phone-in talk show on the London radio station LBC, 97.3 FM. He currently hosts the drivetime slot, which is broadcast between 4pm to 7pm on Monday to Fridays. Lee inherited the show from Daisy Sampson, who left the station to become the chief political correspondent at ITV News. Lee's first drivetime show was scheduled for Monday October 3rd, but he did "try out" for the slot during his "24 shows in 24 days" stint in August 2005.

Lee originally joined the station to present the 10pm to 1am slot on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. His style is less political and more irreverent than other presenters, such as Clive Bull with whom he has a running mock feud.

There was a campaign to get Mr T to appear on Lee's radio show, and Lee claimed that he would "hand in his notice (of resignation)" should he fail to have Mr T as a guest by Christmas, 2005. In September 2005, Lee received a letter from Mr T's agent which said Mr T would not want to appear on the show. This was widely believed by listeners to be a hoax, and that Mr T would appear on the show's Christmas special. Lee tried to lead the listeners to believe that this would not happen and that he would be fired from the station.

Lee has been extending a tentative hand of friendship towards the eminent Igor from Montenegro, a regular caller to Iain's show, who resides in Redhill. However, this relationship was brought to a dramatic closure on 29 July 2005, when Igor was banned from the show for ringing up Iain's nemesis, Clive Bull. Some cynical listeners have suggested that Igor is actually a real-life friend of Iain's and that the whole thing is an elaborate hoax. Igor has now been allowed back on Iain's show for singing him an apology.

Iain has a number of correspondents, who are regular listeners, appointed by him to report on subjects such as Podcast, 'business', 'Clive Bull', 'Daisy Sampson' and 'Wikipedia', all via 'The Platypus'. The opportunity to become a correspondent is a rare one and much valued by his fans. To celebrate his birthday, a small number of correspondents have been favoured with the even more prestigious title of "Uber-Correspondent" but the one which the biggest prestigious title was Vatsal from India with "Web Uber Veteran 5 Star Correspondent". This hallowed status can only be dreamt of by most. On 23rd September 2005 a major shakeup of the correspondent list occurred. Some lost their jobs, but others joined the lineup to bring listeners updates on even more varied subjects.

Lee's callers on his LBC phone-in are many and varied. Estimates suggest that he is the third most popular presenter on LBC. His callers vary from the middle-aged woman (often with a very sexy voice) to children who would not even be allowed to go to the cinema on their own. He also has a small group of lunatic callers, who may well "keep a knife down their sock", although he has not yet received a call from the legendary William from Sutton, who has been banned from Clive Bull's show.

Iain has his own master of sound effects known only as Wisdom Jones, renowned for his terrible sound effects. Many believe that Iain felt sorry for him and thus allowed him the post.

In August 2005, Iain's show was added to the short list of LBC programmes which are podcast via the internet. As of October 1st, the show is the 19th most popular on the iTunes podcast chart, beating Steve Allen, Nick Ferrari, James O'Brien and Sandi Toksvig.

Iain's running feud with Clive Bull may prove to be his nemesis.

• The Official Iain Lee website
• Iain Lee at IMDb
• LBC 97.3 Iain Lee page includes full list of correspondents
• Best of Iain Lee podcast feed
• "Mr T on LBC" campaign
• Igor from Montenegro
• Iain Lee's Official Message Board

Fan Sites:

• Iain Lee Fansite
• Jay from Hammersmith's Iain Lee fanpage
• The Un-Official Iain Lee website
• Iain Must Stay

Correspondent Websites:

• Podcast Correspondent - RaptorX
• Web Uber Veteran 5 star Correspondent - Vatsal
• Realgat.TK Correspondent - Ted