Shooting Stars (1993 TV series)

Shooting Stars
GenreSurreal comedy, Slapstick comedy, British comedy
Created byVic Reeves
Bob Mortimer
Presented byVic Reeves
Bob Mortimer
Starring
Team captains

Regular panellists

Scorekeepers

  • George Dawes (Matt Lucas) (1995–2009)
  • Angelos Epithemiou (Dan Renton Skinner) (2010–2011)
Voices ofGraham Skidmore (1993–2002)
Nico Tatarowicz (2008–2011)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series8
No. of episodes72 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersAlan Marke (1995–1997)
Lisa Clark (2002–2011)
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two (1993–1997, 2008–2011)
BBC Choice (2002)
Release27 December 1993 (1993-12-27) –
12 September 2011 (2011-09-12)
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Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as three full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with two series before returning to BBC Two for another three 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 that 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.