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Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

  • TV panel show
  • BBC Two / BBC Choice
  • 1993 - 2011
  • 72 episodes (8 series)

Possibly the world's barmiest, weirdest, surreal and off-the-wall panel show. Presented by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. Also features Ulrika Jonsson, Mark Lamarr, Will Self, Jack Dee, Johnny Vegas and more.

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Series 7, Episode 3

Joining Vic, Bob, Ulrika, Jack and Angelos on the hit comedy quiz this week are Strictly dancer Brendan Cole, football pundit Chris Kamara, war correspondent John Simpson and Tulisa from top pop group N-Dubz.

Preview clips

Further details

Tonight, Angelos interrogates John Simpson, Bob questions Chris's professional abilities and Vic impresses Tulisa with an incredible display of strength.

Brendan takes part in the final challenge and joins Vic and Bob for a very special face picnic.

Round 1 - True or False

The round includes questions about Bruce Forsyth and Hollyoaks.

Angelos doesn't tell Bob the scores.

Round 2 - Clips

The sketch is an advert for Q&B. Bob asks the teams what the 3 highest selling items at DIY shops are.

What's in your bag, Angelos? - a little piece of Hampstead Heath and a set of false teeth.

At the end of the round, Team A have 3 points and Team B have 1 point.

Round 3 - The Dove From Above

The categories are Grind, Bone, Dancing Queen and Propaganda.

At the end of the round, Team A have 4 points and Team B have 3 points.

Round 4 - Quickfire

The round includes questions about Norman Wisdom and Fearne Cotton.

At the end of the round, Team B have won. Angelos doesn't say the final scores.

Challenge

Brendan Cole is lying on a scaffold board. Bob drops food onto his face - a piece of naan bread, some Italian bread and a wheel of edam. Brendan has already won a bike. The prizes for each item of food are, respectively, are a kitchen device, a labrador and an eagle. Unfortunately, Vic has lost both the labrador and the eagle.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 27th July 2010
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 30th July 2010 11:35pm BBC2
Sunday 19th August 2012 10:40am Dave
Monday 8th October 2012 4:00pm Dave
Tuesday 9th October 2012 2:00am Dave
Saturday 24th November 2012 1:20am Dave
Wednesday 6th March 2013 11:40pm Gold
Saturday 8th June 2013 11:20pm Gold
Sunday 9th June 2013 2:00am Gold
Saturday 17th August 2013 10:45am Gold
Monday 24th February 2014 11:00pm Gold
Tuesday 25th February 2014 2:00am Gold
Monday 21st April 2014 12:40am Gold
Monday 21st April 2014 2:15am Gold
Sunday 1st June 2014 1:15am Gold
Monday 2nd June 2014 12:35am Gold
Friday 19th September 2014 11:00pm Gold
Saturday 20th September 2014 1:55am Gold
Friday 6th March 2015 12:20am Gold
Friday 6th March 2015 2:00am Gold
Friday 21st August 2015 12:20am Gold
Friday 21st August 2015 3:00am Gold
Friday 9th October 2015 11:40pm Gold
Saturday 10th October 2015 2:20am Gold
Friday 22nd April 2016 12:30am Gold
Thursday 16th March 2017 3:00am Gold
Tuesday 2nd May 2017 1:30am Gold
Wednesday 3rd May 2017 1:15am Gold
Friday 12th January 2018 12:20am Gold
Friday 12th January 2018 2:50am Gold
Sunday 18th November 2018 3:30am Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Vic Reeves Host / Presenter
Bob Mortimer Host / Presenter
Ulrika Jonsson Team Captain
Jack Dee Team Captain
Dan Skinner Angelos Epithemiou
Guest cast
Brendan Cole Guest
Tulisa Contostavlos Guest
Chris Kamara Guest
John Simpson Guest
Writing team
Vic Reeves Writer
Bob Mortimer Writer
Production team
Ian Trill Director
Ben Wheatley Location Director
Lisa Clark Producer
Ruby Kuraishe Executive Producer
Gavin Ames Editor
Jane Tomblin Production Designer
June Nevin Costume Designer
Lisa Cavalli-Green Make-up Designer
Martin Kempton Lighting Designer
Pete Baikie (as Peter Baikie) Composer
Dan McGrath Composer
Josh Phillips Composer

Video

Q&B Advert

The cast of Shooting Stars spoof a popular DIY store advert, in their very own store called Q&B.

Featuring: Jack Dee, Ulrika Jonsson, Bob Mortimer, Vic Reeves & Dan Skinner (Angelos Epithemiou).

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