Vic and Bob ‘over the moon’ with new foolish sitcom

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are to lead a new BBC Two sitcom called House Of Fools. 

The duo had been axed by the channel in 2011 when their long running spoof game show Shooting Stars was dropped by the beeb, at the time Sky said they were open to discussions to take on the award winning show, however nothing came of it.

Vic and Bob noted, jointly, “We’re back where we belong and over the moon about making a series of House Of Fools for the BBC”.

Now the pair are back with a studio audience based sitcom set in Bob’s grubby flat which he unwillingly shares with Vic… and a constant stream of unwanted visitors, including lady-obsessed lothario Beef and Geordie ex-con Bosh. Hidden away upstairs is Erik, Bob’s sulky son played by comic Daniel Simonsen and lurking next door is man-eater Julie.

Just as they bent the rules of the panel show format, House Of Fools does the same to the studio sitcom. It’s half an hour of unadulterated Reeves and Mortimer, uniquely surreal jokes, physical nonsense, daft songs, unimaginable props and impossible situations with a comedy thoroughbred cast.

Shane Allen, Controller, Comedy Commissioning, said: “Vic and Bob are the daddies of daft comedy and it’s a total joy to watch two men in their 50s goof about so gloriously. I’m extremely proud to bring them back to the BBC in this hilarious reincarnation.”

The supporting cast includes Matt Berry, Dan Skinner, Morgana Robinson and Daniel Simonsen. The series will shoot later in the year for transmission in 2014. House Of Fools will be a six part series of half hour episodes.