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UNBELIEVABLE: Vic reeves - The Untold Story

Last One Laughing is back! Here's everything we know so far

LOL is back soon for a second season — and these are the comedians who will be attempting to maintain a straight face

Evening Standard

‘We put a stink bomb in Stephen Fry’s shoe’: Vic and Bob on the inspired idiocy of Shooting Stars

‘Christians complained about the stuffed buzzard wearing a crucifix round its neck. Birds can’t be Christians, they said. It’s the most complaints we ever got’

The Guardian - UK

“He’s the only rock star who’s never done anything to be embarrassed about. He’s never put a foot wrong”: Why Peter Gabriel was the ideal inspiration for fictional prog icon Brian Pern

Simon Day and Rhys Thomas, creators of the TV mockumentaries, identify the Gabriel song that got them started and the one time the ex-Genesis singer refused them – but won’t name the band they wouldn’t allow to take part

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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Cardi B's highly-anticipated sophomore album 'Am I the Drama?', frosty ambience and female obsession in 'The Ice Tower', and a London flea market where famous artists sell in person. Here are this week's cultural highlights.

Euronews

Thank f*** for the Hell's Kitchen comeback, it's about time food TV got a shake up

Food TV has become boring. Bring Hell’s Kitchen back, says Josh Barrie

Evening Standard

Vic Reeves and wife Nancy Sorrell delight fans with ‘lovely’ beach day photos

The couple, who have been married for more than two decades, shared a series of candid snaps as they enjoyed the hot weather

The Independent UK

Cruise line names celebrity line-up to interact with passengers

The star-studded crew will help passengers capture their holiday memories

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Cruise company recruits celebrities to interact with passengers

Comedian Vic Reeves, author Jenny Eclair and photographer Scarlet Page will join a number of Fred Olsen cruises this year.

The Independent UK

It’s a lovely thought: Bob Mortimer says he wants to work with Vic Reeves again

The pair last worked together on TV with Vic And Bob’s Big Night Out in 2019.

Evening Standard

Alternative comedian Joe Kent-Walters: ‘I used to do a strip tease with carrier bags’

The Yorkshire-born standups’s surreal take on a working men’s club has bagged him comedy awards and a BBC radio pilot. But even as he dreams of a Mrs Merton-style talkshow, he’s still insistent on keeping things surreal

The Guardian - UK

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing season 7 — release date, locations and everything we know

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing season 7 sees the comedians visit more of the UK’s most picturesque beauty spots.

WhatToWatch

‘The fact that I’m still here is amazing’: Noel Fielding on Bake Off, booze and the Boosh

He has gone from cult niche to smash hit and he still can’t believe it. As Bake Off returns, the comic talks about his ‘feral’ upbringing, his party years – and the day Hammond fell out of a hammock

The Guardian - UK

"It was a perfect moment of rock’n’roll bedlam”: the inside story of the night Jarvis Cocker wiggled his bum at Michael Jackson at the Brits, by the man who took him

The Pulp singer took exception at Jackson's messianic act and one of the most famous stage invasions ever occured

Louder

Bob Mortimer wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for his ‘mischievous’ debut novel

A pig will be named in honour of The Satsuma Complex, this year’s winner of the award for comic fiction

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Vic Reeves and wife Nancy Sorrell indulge their love of bird-watching for new TV show

You might know him best from Shooting Stars and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer - but he's now more likely to be found in the reedbeds of Kent, near the couple's home

Nottingham Post

Vic Reeves alter-ego gone as Jim Moir reveals doesn't speak much to Bob Mortimer

Jim Moir says he doesn't speak to comedy sidekick Bob Mortimer

WhatToWatch

Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir season 1: release date, trailer, locations, star guests and everything we know

Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir — a complete guide to season 1 of the Sky Arts series.

Evening Standard

Vic Reeves reveals he ‘never really speaks’ to comedy partner Bob Mortimer

The pair formed their comedy double act Vic and Bob after meeting in 1986

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The Independent UK

Vic Reeves admits he ‘never really speaks’ to comedy partner Bob Mortimer

Pair met in 1986 and formed their comedy partnership

Daily Mirror

Vic Reeves admits he 'never really speaks much' to comedy partner Bob Mortimer these days

Comedian Vic Reeves - real name Jim Moir - makes the surprising comment during a joint interview with his wife Nancy

Daily Mirror

Bob Mortimer wows fans with throwback snap of homeless hostel he lived in during crisis

While living in the Peckham hostel, comedian Bob Mortimer 's life changed forever and lead him down a path of fame and fortune after he was forced to leave his London flat after a cockroach infestation

Chronicle Live

Newcastle to host Vic Reeves exhibition as talented comedian returns with latest artwork

Comedian and artist Jim Moir - best known as his alter-ego Vic Reeves who he will be retiring next year - will be showing his third exhibition, Hot Buttered Mattress, in Newcastle from March

Liverpool Echo

BBC Would I Lie To You's Bob Mortimer's scary health battle, legal career and why his dad's death 'defined him'

The comedian is well-known for his double act with Vic Reeves and absurd stories on Would I Lie To You

Evening Standard

Vic Reeves and wife Nancy Sorrell celebrate 20 years of marriage with tribute posts

The couple marked their anniversary after marrying in 2003

The Guardian - UK

Lea Bertucci: Xtended Vox review – shimmering soundscapes with added growling dog

It might sound a bit Vic Reeves, but go past the giggles and the experimental vocalists and this compilation touches profundity in fascinating ways

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