Our guest for this episode is radio & TV producer Mark Robson, who regales us with stories from his long and varied career working alongside comedy greats such as Roy Hudd, Hale & Pace and Bremner, Bird & Fortune. He also oversaw fan favourite 'The Weekenders' and the 'Vic Reeves, Cock of The Wood' radio special. Hear of Bob’s unfortunate reaction to Paul Whitehouse’s one-take performance in 'The Weekenders', and of Jim’s unexpected reaction to Mark’s guitar tuning. Mark also tells us about Brian Conley’s secret button..

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We are honoured to once again bring you our very special returning guest, Jim Moir! The man otherwise known as Vic Reeves. Jim takes us on a trip through the 1990s, from The Weekenders to The Smell of R&M, to Shooting Stars and beyond. Hear tales of filming in the vicinity of a shit farm, exploring the catacombs under Hammersmith Apollo, dropping Charlie Higson from trees, arm wrestling Britpop bad boys and the agonising pain of entering the Cubiscus in Families At War. Plus discover the origins of the games and catchphrases from everyone’s favourite celebrity quiz show. Eranu!

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In this episode we chat with presenter, Alice Beer about her time as umpire on Families At War.. from witnessing Vic & Bob’s warm up routines to being present for the infamous ‘Leo Sayer Treadmill incident’. She tells us how a gift of a £100 bottle of wine from Jim Moir lead to the single most significant event in her life, and we also find out which R&M cohort spent their pre-school years with Alice’s mum. Plus Alice revisits the Shooting Stars impressions round.

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In this episode we chat with one of the original 'Big Night Out' performers, Peter Brooke Turner aka the Easy Listening Man.

Peter’s story takes us from Hogarthian nights with Vic & Bob in Deptford, to playing Glastonbury with Les, to traversing the globe as a member of the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain. Hear tales of singing underpants, the extraordinary orangeness of Des O’Connor and also how to stage a full one-man theatrical performance in an aeroplane lavatory..

End song is;

'Easy Listening Man' by Tony Penultimate & The Ukulele Kings

(copyright - Peter Brooke Turner)

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Ladies & Gentlemen, we give you the man who is Vic Reeves – the great Jim Moir! Join us on a glorious romp through the early days of the Big Night Out, from live yoghurt eating with Bob to cauliflowers in fish tanks, from Davy Stott’s dancing buttocks to sitting in a shed as Suzanne Vega’s support act, from weak lager at the Albany Empire to tequila shots on Top of The Pops.

Along the way we talk about comedy, art, music, catchphrases and handmade puppets. High quality!

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In this episode we chat with Ben Addison from Boys Wonder, the band described by Jim Moir as “the greatest band that never was”. Ben discusses his long-time friendship with Jim, from daytime drinking in Covent Garden to making home videos on tour in France to Jim introducing them on stage for the band’s recent comeback show. Also hear how an admin mix-up may have robbed Boys Wonder the chance of recording a possible hit single with Vic Reeves, and of when Ben’s other band Corduroy had a brief encounter with a Carry On legend.

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DONKEY!  In this episode we speak to the one and only David Kear, better known as Charlie Chuck. David regales us with a myriad of anecdotes from his many years in showbusiness; taking in everyone from Malcolm Hardee & Deborah Meaden to The Grumbleweeds & Sir Paul McCartney.  We also find out how a sparsely attended performance in Edinburgh lead to David being offered the role of Uncle Peter on 'The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer'.  I’ll tell yer that!

You can buy Charlie’s autobiography, "I’ll Tell Yer That" here:  

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