Dermot Murnaghan

Vic and Bob eye lead actors for their new film

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are writing a feature film they will star in and want their leading ladies to be comedy queen Julia Davis... and Eggheads presenter Dermot Murnaghan.

The Sun, 14th December 2012

I can't shake off the sense that this show has switched onto cruise control. It's still funny and there are excellent moments, but they come as occasional flashes. There isn't the sense of one belter of a sketch following another. Focusing on the positives, this week we get an inspired 1960s-style safety film that offers a neat solution to the lack of seatbelts in the backs of cars. And there's a new character, too: champagne-quaffing royal correspondent Terry Devlin, who sits in a breakfast news studio with a sweater draped over his shoulders answering questions such as "What would be the prince's state of mind at this time?" with an expertise that turns out to be distinctly limited. Alexander Armstrong's posh/slightly camp Northern Irish accent (if I'm hearing it right) for the character is a tour de force. Elsewhere, the Spitfire pilots have discovered that there's a spy in the ranks ("The group captain's well vex"). And the businessman who strides through the office taking on-the-hoof briefings learns "Beetroot's making a comeback" and "Nobody misses Sodastream". Plus, look out for a cameo from Dermot Murnaghan.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 30th October 2009