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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

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"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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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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.

WhatToWatch

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

Evening Standard

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

Pair met in 1986 and formed their comedy partnership

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Chronicle Live

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

What links Lesley Manville to Nic Roeg and Vic Reeves?

Go down the rabbit hole to discover how acting royalty meets the real thing, by way of Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Verve

Liverpool Echo

The Tube at 40: Fun facts about loved 80s TV show that came to Liverpool

The first episode of The Tube was broadcast on Bonfire Night, 1982

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The Guardian - UK

Channel 4’s 40 best shows – ranked

From a prime minister violating a pig to a pre-watershed lesbian kiss, Catastrophe to, er, Countdown, Channel 4 has been at the forefront of cutting-edge programming. As the station turns 40, we rate its best shows

Daily Mirror

Bob Mortimer's quiet life in Tunbridge Wells and favourite spot for nap in his car

Bob Mortimer underwent triple heart bypass surgery in 2015, which he later revealed cured discomfort that he felt in the afternoon, that had actually prompted him to take hour-long naps in his car

The Guardian - UK

From The Archers to I’m Alan Partridge: your favourite BBC shows ever

For the BBC centenary, we asked you to name the shows you have loved the most. From the rural radio classic to an ‘absolutely perfect’ comedy and more, here are your top picks

Manchester Evening News

He painted the city and taught LS Lowry, now Adolphe Valette is back in Manchester

Fifty nine works to go on sale by the French Impressionist who was also a Father of Mancunian art

The Guardian - UK

The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!

As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

Wales Online

Bob Mortimer says 'I'm not very well at the moment' after he's taken to hospital

The Gone Fishing star was recently taken to hospital

Nottingham Post

Bob Mortimer tells fans he's 'not very well' after hospital visit

"It's a real downer", he said

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