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Shooting Stars

1993–2011 · 8 seasons

A chaotic, silly panel show where the hosts gleefully break their own rules, making for an unpredictable and laugh-out-loud watch.

Created by
Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Matt Lucas, Bob Mortimer, Johnny Vegas
Overview
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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Created by
Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Matt Lucas, Bob Mortimer, Johnny Vegas
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • celebrity
  • friendship
  • art
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour9
Realism2
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Starring
Matt Lucas, Bob Mortimer, Johnny Vegas, Mark Lamarr, Ulrika Jonsson, Vic Reeves, Will Self, Jack Dee
Length
8 seasons, 70 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Choice, BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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