Shooting Stars (1993)
Shooting Stars is a 1993 comedy series created by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves. It stars Bob Mortimer, Ulrika Jonsson and Vic Reeves.
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
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What is Shooting Stars about?
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
When was Shooting Stars released?
Shooting Stars was released on 27 December 1993.
How many episodes does Shooting Stars have?
Shooting Stars has 70 episodes across 8 seasons.
Who made Shooting Stars?
Shooting Stars was created by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves.
Cast
- Bob Mortimer as Self - Presenter
- Ulrika Jonsson as Self- Team Captain
- Vic Reeves as Self - Presenter
- Matt Lucas as George Dawes
- Graham Skidmore as Self - Narrator
- Mark Lamarr as Self- Team Captain
- Johnny Vegas as Self - Panelist
- Jack Dee as Self- Team Captain
- Dan Renton Skinner as Angelos Epithemiou
- Nico Tatarowicz as Self - Narrator
- Will Self as Self - Captain
- Carol Vorderman as Self