Vic Reeves is known for his surreal sense of humour.
42 Facts About Vic Reeves
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Vic Reeves attended Heathfield Infants and Junior School and went on to the nearby secondary school, Eastbourne Comprehensive in Darlington.
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Vic Reeves sold tapes of his early material in the back pages of NME magazine under the name International Cod.
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Vic Reeves's stage show Vic Reeves Big Night Out began life as a regular Thursday night gig at Goldsmith's Tavern, New Cross.
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Vic Reeves' growing TV profile led to Big Night Out being given a slot on Channel 4 the following year.
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Vic Reeves appeared in the series Catterick with Mortimer appearing as several characters.
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In May 2006, Vic Reeves presented a programme on ITV Tyne Tees about Northeast comedy culture called It's Funny Up North with.
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In 2007, Reeves hosted a show called Vic Reeves Investigates: Jack the Ripper.
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On 8 May 2007, Vic Reeves was the main presenter of Brainiac: Science Abuse during the fifth and sixth series, replacing Richard Hammond.
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On 27 February 2008, Vic Reeves announced that he and Mortimer were working together on a new sitcom about superheroes who get their powers through a malfunctioning telegraph pole.
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Vic Reeves reiterated his desire to bring back Shooting Stars for a 6th series.
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In February 2009, Vic Reeves appeared as presenter of the first episode of My Brilliant Britain, one of the new television shows commissioned for UKTV People channel's relaunch as Blighty.
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On 25 August 2009, Vic Reeves appeared as a guest on BBC One's The One Show with Mortimer.
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Vic Reeves appeared as one of the guests in Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House, a light-hearted radio discussion show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in two parts on either side of Halloween on 29 October 2009 and 5 November 2009.
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In 2020, Vic Reeves co-hosted the Netflix original, reality series The Big Flower Fight alongside Natasia Demetriou.
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Vic Reeves has appeared in television advertisements, both with Mortimer and alone.
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Vic Reeves has done solo advertising work for a variety of products including Guinness, MFI, Muller Light, First Direct, Mars Bar, Fanta, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Domestos bleach, Maryland Cookies, 888 Ladies and East Coast Trains.
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Vic Reeves advertised Jools Holland's 2006 album Moving Out to the Country.
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Vic Reeves had a history with the track, having both sung it at the beginning of early Big Night Out performances in London, and opened the Channel 4 series with it.
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Later, Vic Reeves would advertise Holland's album Moving Out to the Country.
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Also in 1990, Vic Reeves provided backing vocals for former Smiths singer Morrissey's cover of "That's Entertainment", originally by The Jam.
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Vic Reeves' vocals were not used in the final edit but he was thanked in the sleeve notes of Morrissey's Sing Your Life single, which featured "That's Entertainment" as a bonus track.
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In 1992, Vic Reeves contributed a track to Ruby Trax, a compilation album released by NME magazine to commemorate 40 years of the publication.
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Vic Reeves covered the Ultravox song "Vienna", but drastically altered the original lyrics.
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In 1998, Vic Reeves contributed to Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward, a tribute album featuring notable singers and bands such as Elton John, Sting, Robbie Williams and Paul McCartney.
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Vic Reeves covered Coward's 1934 track "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage Mrs Worthington", which was arranged by David Arnold for the album.
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Vic Reeves was originally to duet with Nina Persson, who provided vocals, but missed the final cut.
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Vic Reeves's first was the 1987 video for Shakin' Stevens' single "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For".
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Vic Reeves appeared in the 1988 music video for Band of Holy Joy's song "Tactless".
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Vic Reeves introduces the band and can be seen at the bar part way through.
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Vic Reeves's work has been described as Dada-esque, surreal and sometimes macabre.
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Several of Vic Reeves' drawings are featured, illustrating the lyrics of the opening song.
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Vic Reeves has admitted to sneaking in and using their equipment regardless.
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Vic Reeves's drawings appear in his autobiography Me:Moir Volume One, and the published script book for The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.
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Vic Reeves provided thirty illustrations for Random House's 2011 reprint of Jerome K Jerome's classic story "Three Men in a Boat".
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Vic Reeves was commissioned to create several celebrity drawings for Jools Holland's Channel 5 series Name That Tune.
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In 2010, a selection of Vic Reeves' paintings were displayed at the Saatchi Gallery, London as part of an exhibition by charity The Art of Giving.
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Vic Reeves was a judge for the charity's open art competition.
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In 2012, Vic Reeves took part in the Illuminating York festival.
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Vic Reeves's illuminations, known as "Wonderland", were projected across a number of historic buildings including the Yorkshire Museum, St Mary's Abbey, and the ten-acre site of York Museum Gardens.
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Vic Reeves has appeared without Mortimer on a number of British television shows, primarily game shows, poll programmes and charity telethons.
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Vic Reeves met his second wife, Nancy Sorrell, in 2001; the couple married on 25 January 2003.