Category: Vic & Bob

  • It’s Ulrika!
    It’s Ulrika!

    On the 25 August, in 1997, on BBC2 at 10.15pm, the one off special It’s Ulrika! hit the screens. The show was written by Reeves and Mortimer, with additional material from Steve Burge and Rhys Thomas. I expect it was meant to serve as a pilot for a full series.

  • 7 You Tubular Algy Rhythms
    7 You Tubular Algy Rhythms

    For want of anything else to write about today, here are the first seven videos that YouTube is recommending I watch today. So, let’s watch them together.

  • Bit Of Shooting Stars
    Bit Of Shooting Stars

    The more I think about it, the more annoyed I am that there’s still not been a full release of Shooting Stars. I say this every time I mention the show, and every time I want it more. For example, I had forgotten that Angelos and George were on the show together. These challenges were…

  • Cappachoochoo
    Cappachoochoo

    If you haven’t had the pleasure of Bob Mortimer’s Train Guy videos, do yourself a lemony lemon and watch them all. Here’s just a sprinkling.

  • The Fast Red Fun Smell Show
    The Fast Red Fun Smell Show

    On this day in 1996, Fargo was released in cinemas. On this day in 1987, NBC aired the last ever episode of The A-Team. But also, on this day in ’96, as it was a Friday, you could have watched BBC Two all night, and had a great time. At 9pm, The Fast Show was…

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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