Vic Reeves Big Night Out 1990

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Title: Vic Reeves Big Night Out.
Year: 1990.
Genre: British cult comedy.
Format: Stage show and later TV series.
Network: Channel 4.
Run: Two series in 1990 and 1991, plus a New Year special.
Key People: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Significance: Marked the beginning of the collaboration between Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and started their Vic and Bob comedy double act. Acknowledged as a seminal force in British comedy throughout the 1990s and continues to the present day.
Style: Arguably the most surreal of the pair's work. Effectively a parody of the variety shows which dominated the early years of television.
Draft 1 (Mental Outline): Vic Reeves Big Night Out is a British cult comedy series. It began as a stage show before becoming a television series on Channel 4. The show aired two series in 1