Hebburn (TV series) March 2014 it was announced by the BBC that "Hebburn" would not be returning for a third series. The series follows the Pearson family, Joe (Vic Reeves, credited under his real name, Jim Moir) and Pauline (Gina McKee) and their son Jack (Chris Ramsey), who secretly married a middle-class Jewish girl, Sarah (Kimberley Nixon), in a drunken binge in Las Vegas. "Hebburn" was created by comic Jason Cook, inspired by Hebburn in South Tyneside, the town in which he was raised. It was piloted in October 2011 through a live performance as part of the Salford Sitcom Showcase at MediaCityUK.
Vic Reeves Big Night Out shows. Usually however, they just give up and leave the set before their spot is supposed to finish. The Stotts were one of the very few characters from "Vic Reeves Big Night Out" to return in later Reeves & Mortimer series. They appeared in the second series of "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer" and "Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer" as talk show hosts again, often interviewing celebrities such as Sting and Damon Hill. A pair of genial, bearded, anorak-wearing ramblers who tell amusing anecdotes and share their knowledge of the world of rambling with the audience, constantly assuring