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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.
This was the first time Vic Reeves and Bob had worked together on anything (other than Shooting Stars) in 6 years. Foster's also funded a Vic and Bob live show to accompany the series, this was Vic and Bob's first live appearance in 10 years. (FostersFunny.co.uk, 20 episodes/sketches) House of Fools (2014–15) The series takes the duo of Vic ...
A one-off special called Vic and Bob's Big Night Out was shown on BBC Two in December 2017. This was a partial revival of the original Vic Reeves Big Night Out format, and featured an appearance by Matt Lucas. Two four-part series followed in 2018 and 2019 on BBC Four. [4] [5]
Series 2, 4 episodes Toast of London [15] Lorna Wynde: Series 2, episode 6: "Fool in Love" 2014–2015: House of Fools: Julie: BBC Two comedy series written by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves. Two series, 13 episodes 2015: Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe [17] Zeb / Russell Brand: Series 3, 4 episodes SunTrap: Janice / Susan: Series 1, episode 3: "The ...
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 ...
The first series was broadcast in 1990. With the 1990 New Year's Eve Big Night Out special, and the second series in 1991, the programme totalled 15 episodes followed by a televised broadcast of the stage show, Big Night Out Tour. [4] Vic and Bob's next television project was The Weekenders.
Channel 4 TV Debut in "Knock Down Ginger" segment 1990-1991 Vic Reeves Big Night Out: 1992 The Weekenders: Pilot 1993-1995 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer: BBC Two: Sketch show 2 series, 12 episodes 1993 Reeves and Mortimer's Driving School: 45 Min. Video 1995-1997, 2002, 2009-2011 Shooting Stars: Broadcast pilot in 1993 8 series, 72 episodes 1997
The four categories of the Dove always correspond to classic theme skits: one is always "George's Song", another is always "a song in the club style", and another is always either a spoof video clip or a performance by the "Hartlepool Film Re-enactment Society" in which Vic and Bob use a wendy house and dolls on the end of sticks to play out a ...