Bob Mortimer

Bob Mortimer given Teesside University honorary degree

TV comedian Bob Mortimer has been awarded an honorary degree from Teesside University.

Bob Mortimer to be honoured for achievements in comedy

Bob Mortimer is to receive an honourary degree from Teesside University later this month for his achievements in comedy.

Top 5 Moments... Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars is without doubt the greatest panel show ever made, with it lasting for a healthy six series and spanning from 1993 to 2011. It remains a source of frustration for me that the programme was cancelled in 2011 as it definitely hadn't exhausted itself in any way. The best justification for this may very well be that the comedic style of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer was a tad too strange for a new and evolving audience, though there is still a gap in my life ever since its cancellation. I have very fond memories of being only nine or ten years old and absolutely crying with laughter at the madness that is Shooting Stars, from its Dove From Above round to Vic's pub singing.

Vic and Bob back to their best with House of Fools 2

Warning: Contains spoilers - As soon as Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer step in to their mocked-up living room, on the strangely tiny set of House of Fools, their chemistry is palpable.

Filming begins on series two of House of Fools

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's offbeat BBC Two sitcom returns for a new seven-part run later this year, despite rumours the show was to be axed after just one series.

Will Self: Vic & Bob cut my best jokes

Will Self has claimed that Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer cut his best lines from hit BBC quiz show Shooting Stars.

Radio Times review

This show's teams are so quick and on-the-comedy-ball, some guests barely get a look in. In this edition, it's Adil Ray - of Citizen Khan - who takes a back seat as the likes of Bob Mortimer and Lee Mack steer the WILTY charabanc to unlikely places.

Mortimer is on great form, making out that as a teenager he was banished from Castle Douglas for frightening the locals. As he piles on implausible details (a friend called Steve Bytheway, latex masks, and so on) with a straight face, you can't help feeling he's taken his flight of fancy too far. Or is it the old trick of elaborating an anecdote to make it sound ridiculous?

Also peddling tall tales are Kian Egan from Westlife, who may or may not have bid for his own waxwork, and Mel Giedroyc with, suitably enough, a cake-based story. It involves David Bowie.

TV review: Original comedy shorts (BBC iPlayer)

BBC Comedy has uploaded six Original Comedy Shorts on to iPlayer, possibly to convince disgruntled viewers that the internet service can provide a viable alternative to BBC Three as a showcase for new, innovative and experimental work. Having said that, the writers and performers involved are all solidly old guard, with Bob Mortimer contributing to half the series.

House of Fools: Bob Mortimer reveals series 2 details

Filming for series two of House of Fools will begin in October, star Bob Mortimer has confirmed.