The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

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The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
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Genre	Sketch comedy Slapstick Surreal humour
Created by	Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer
Starring	Vic Reeves Bob Mortimer Charlie Chuck Patrick Allen Steve Coogan Mark Williams Paul Whitehouse Charlie Higson Matt Lucas
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Channel X
Running time	30 minutes (series 2 on VHS and series 1–2 on DVD) 40 minutes (series 1 on VHS)
Production company	Channel X
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	21 September 1993 (1993-09-21) – 9 June 1995 (1995-06-09)
Related
Vic Reeves Big Night Out Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer
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The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer is a BBC TV sketch show written by and starring double act Vic & Bob (Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer). Its first series appeared in 1993 following the duo's move to the BBC after parting company with Channel 4. The show developed and expanded upon the absurd, anarchic comedy that the pair had first explored on Channel 4's Vic Reeves Big Night Out.

The major development from the previous series was that Mortimer now hosted the show alongside Reeves. As well as Mortimer getting his name in the title, he and Reeves sat together behind the large prop-strewn desk.

With virtually all of the Vic Reeves Big Night Out characters consigned to the past (only Greg Mitchell and the Stotts survived, with the Stotts appearing in the second series), a whole range of new characters appeared. The show also featured pre-recorded sketches and a lavish studio set laden with columns and pillars, and in the centre the enormous letters R&M, from which the duo emerged at the start of each show.

The show would usually close with the song "Let's Have A Little Bit More," which saw the pair enthusing about various smells, from "Pol Pot's Dungarees" to "Lulu's Hairdos."