page_title: Iain Lee
section_title: 2012–2015: BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC WM
hierarchical_section_title: Iain Lee / Radio career / 2012–2015: BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC WM
caption_attribution_description: Next Radio 2015
context_page_description: Iain Felix Diamond Lee is an English broadcaster, streamer, presenter, narrator and writer. His career began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across venues in London. He subsequently became co-presenter of the comedy current affairs show The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 and RI:SE. After three years at London speech station LBC 97.3, Lee resigned and, after two years presenting a Sunday night slot, hosted Iain Lee's 2 Hour Long Late Night Radio Show on Absolute Radio until leaving the company on 17 October 2011.
  On 8 February 2016, it was announced that Lee would be part of the launch team on Talkradio and would present a weeknight show, The Late Night Alternative, from 10 pm to 1 am. The station and Lee's show started on Monday 21 March 2016. On 10 July 2020, Lee announced that The Late Night Alternative would move to streaming service Twitch from 20 July.
context_section_description: Between 2012 and 2015, Lee presented the breakfast radio show on BBC Three Counties Radio, broadcast across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire from Luton and Dunstable. In 2014, Lee was awarded a Radio Academy Award in the 'Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million)' category. Commencing December 2013, Lee also presented a Saturday morning show on BBC WM, adding a Friday afternoon show from September 2014 onwards. Lee departed the station in August 2015, citing a "mix up".
  Complaints were received about an interview with a lawyer from Christian Concern that was conducted on 3 November 2015 in which he accused her of being 'bigoted' and 'homophobic' after she defended a minister quoting verses from the Bible condemning homosexuality as sinful. On 14 November it was reported Lee had been sacked by BBC Three Counties Radio.
caption: Lee in 2015
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