Yahoo News Vic and Mortimer are doing a full Big Night Out series
Vic & Bob's Big Night Out is returning for a full series, following news that it's coming back in the form of a Christmas special.
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are partnering with BBC Two to bring back the 1990s sketch series Vic Reeves Big Night Out, now being rebranded as Vic & Bob's Big Night Out.
Vic told The Sun: "We're going to start writing a full series of Big Night Out in January. We'll spend next year on it.
"Vic and Bob's Big Night Out is pretty much like Shooting Stars without the guests," he added. "TV audiences are a lot older now so if you do a bit of nostalgia, it's always going to appeal to them."
Meanwhile, the half-hour Christmas special will be airing on Friday, December 29 at 9pm on BBC Two, and will feature Vic & Bob revisiting some of their classic comedy characters along with special guest Matt Lucas.
"This is the show we wanted to perform back in the 1980s," Vic & Bob recently said. "Now the time is right. We will be increasing our respective heights in order to perform some of the more intricate and challenging moments."
Vic Reeves Big Night Out originally aired for just 15 episodes on Channel 4 in the early '90s, but proved pivotal for establishing the Vic & Bob partnership that's made us laugh ever since.
Since they first worked together more than 25 years ago on Big Night Out, Vic & Bob have gone on to make classic telly comedy in The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and plenty of other favourites.
Vic & Bob's Big Night Out airs on BBC Two on December 29 at 9pm.
For a full rundown of the BBC's Christmas schedule, click here.
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