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.
Hebburn (TV series) last-ever episode of "Hebburn" as it was later axed in March 2014. The first series received mixed reviews. "The Guardian"s Sam Wollaston labelled the series "Hebburn Meh-burn", saying that its "neither brave nor original," claiming that the characters "don't behave or speak like real people, they behave and speak like a sitcom family." similarly, "The Independent"s Tom Sutcliffe suggested "there's not a lot in "Hebburn" that you haven't seen before", comparing the show to "The Royle Family". However, Sutcliffe says that "Hebburn" "is quite distinctively its own thing", and praises the show's "sharpness of characterisation for them to show how