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The first series established the format of the show. Each programme began with an absurd introduction, narrated by Patrick Allen ("Austria, 1930, a young boy is challenged by his mischievous grandfather to attempt to throw a handbell at the local village idiot") before the studio set appeared and Allen introduced the duo ("Please welcome Libya's foremost air-conditioning engineers, Reeves ...
Reeves and Mortimer, colloquially known as Vic and Bob, are a British double act consisting of Vic Reeves (born 24 January 1959; real name Jim Moir) and Bob Mortimer (born 23 May 1959). They have written and starred in several comedy programmes on British television since 1990, with Reeves having made his first TV appearance in 1986.
In March 1999 the second Shooting Stars VHS was released as a double VHS along with the first one. It was called Shooting Stars - Unviewed And Nude & Unpicked And Plucked . In November 2009, the first Shooting Stars DVD was released, containing the complete series 6. [ 2 ]
The video was directed by Peter Christopherson, who allowed Reeves to choose what he'd like to do in the video. Reeves requested "a lectern, and a horse. I intend to ride a horse." [13] Four Golden Memories, a VHS containing the music videos to I Will Cure You's three singles, was released by
Monkey Trousers is a television comedy series on ITV first broadcast in 2005, featuring Vic Reeves, [1] Bob Mortimer, [1] Alistair McGowan, [1] Steve Coogan, [1] John Thomson, Ronni Ancona, Mackenzie Crook, [1] Griff Rhys Jones, Alex Lowe, Neil Morrissey, Patsy Palmer, Rebecca Front, Marc Wootton, Matt Berry and Mark Benton.
Not knowing how to book acts, he decided to put on a show of his own, changing his name every night, but eventually sticking with 'Vic Reeves' and calling the show Vic Reeves' Variety Palladium. In 1986, he moved the show to the Goldsmiths Tavern (now the New Cross House) in New Cross, and renamed it Vic Reeves' Big Night Out.
The Pinkertons (2014 - 2015) This Canadian production focuses on actual past crime cases of the Pinkerton detective agency from the agency’s archive, which date back to the 1860s.
The Weekenders is a one-off comic television pilot starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, produced by Granada Television for Channel 4.Broadcast on Wednesday 17 June 1992 as part of a series of pilots entitled Bunch of Five, it was a surreal sitcom in which two friends, Jim and Bob, visit a meat festival taking place in an open field.