Vic & Bob reunite with old pals

Matt Lucas and Matt Berry are joining Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the Big Night Out revival.

The four have been filming sketches for the BBC Two one-off, posting images from the set.

Mortimer posted one image of himself as Ed Sheeran, Lucas as Rag'nBone Man. Reeves appears to be Bruno Mars, though it's not clear who Berry is with his shock of grey hair:

Los 4 Amigos pic.twitter.com/62HdwKP3Yf

— Bob Mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) May 22, 2017

Lucas, who shot to fame as George Dawes in Shooting Stars, postesd: 'Reunited with Vic and Bob today! Filming with them for the first time in 8 years. Was magical. Always is.'

Another image posted by Reeves, under his real name Jim Moir, shows Berry – who starred in the Reeves and Mortimer sitcom House Of Fools – with a packed lunch and an antique pistol.

4 chumps. pic.twitter.com/gLlQTQ1f4r

— Jim Moir (@JamesMoir10) May 23, 2017

When the revival of Big Night Out was announced last week, Vic and Bob said in a statement: ‘This is the show we wanted to perform back in the 1980s. Now the time is right. We will be increasing our respective heights in order to perform some of the more intricate and challenging moments.’

The pair revived many of their Big Night Out creations, including The Man With The Stick, Judge Nutmeg, and The Stotts for their 2015-2016 live tour Poignant Moments, their first in more than  20 years.

The revival of Big Night Out will be the pair’s first BBC show since their sitcom House Of Fools was axed in 2015; although they appeared on the  Comic Relief telethon this year – prompting complaints about Reeves’s  prosthetic penis poking out of his outfit while the pair interviewed presenter Susannah Reid.

Published: 24 May 2017