Vic Reeves

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
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM

‘The comedy was a distraction’: Jim Moir on leaving Vic Reeves behind to paint rocks all day
Edging away from the spotlight as a comedian, Moir has devoted himself to painting birds, rocks and punch-ups in dinghies. Is he one of Britain’s most prolific artists?
Andy Welch
20, Sep, 2022 @9:18 AM

The Warhol of bird painting – Vic Reeves, AKA Jim Moir, and his uncanny avians
The artist and comedian is a keen birdwatcher – and it shows in these intense, meticulously detailed portraits that are both funny and full of pop art twists
Jonathan Jones
12, May, 2022 @12:22 PM

Vic Reeves reveals inoperable tumour has left him deaf in one ear
Comic says doctors are monitoring his vestibular schwannoma, a non-cancerous brain tumour
Sarah Marsh
28, Sep, 2021 @8:42 AM

And Away… review – how Bob Mortimer went from sidekick to standalone
An often moving memoir examines the comedian’s unlikely journey from Big Nights Out to riverbank ruminations with Paul Whitehouse
Stephanie Merritt
26, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM

Farty paintings and getting sozzled on gin: a seriously silly history of art and comedy colliding
Can comedy ever be art? From the crucifixion in puppet form to Vic Reeves on dada, we celebrate the daftness that can ensue when one spills over into the other
Hettie Judah
16, Jul, 2020 @8:11 AM

‘Lager and fags were our main vices’: Vic Reeves on booze, guns and his rock’n’roll years
As he prepares to host The Big Flower Fight, the comedian born Jim Moir discusses his wild fame in the 90s – and why he now prefers a pork pie to a pint
Emine Saner
05, May, 2020 @5:00 AM

‘I got obsessed with Chris Tarrant’: comedians on their art
As a new exhibition on comic’s prints and portraits opens, Harry Hill, Vic Reeves, Lolly Adefope and more talk us through their masterworks
Paul Fleckney
07, Dec, 2019 @6:59 AM

The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
From apocalyptic standup Frankie Boyle to the many hilarious faces of Tina Fey, Steve Coogan, Sharon Horgan and Kristen Wiig, we present the funniest people of the era
Hannah J Davies, Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Brian Logan and Stuart Heritage
18, Sep, 2019 @2:45 PM

Jim Moir: ‘I’ve been trying to shake Vic Reeves off for about 20 years’
The comedian, 60, on his passion for painting, being accident-prone, and learning cool dances to surprise his twins
Caroline Rees
07, Sep, 2019 @12:59 PM

Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out review – don’t analyse, just marvel as it takes flight
The duo are back, emanating warm currents of guff including ‘Britain’s only gay man’ Graham Lister and his pet owl, Beaky
Lucy Mangan
05, Dec, 2018 @10:30 PM

The best of Reeves & Mortimer: our rundown of their finest moments
Ahead of Big Night Out’s return, we go over the comedy duo’s work, including The Weekenders, Monkey Trousers and Catterick
Mark Gibbings-Jones
27, Nov, 2018 @8:00 AM
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