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 and Bob a double act, though they have also worked alone or in collaboration with other people. (For Reeves' work outside of the Reeves & Mortimer double act, see Vic Reeves. For Mortimer's work, see Bob Mortimer.) Jim Moir's comedy career began in New Cross, London, in the mid-1980s. Having tried out various stage names, he settled on "Vic Reeves" and began a show called "Vic Reeves' Big Night Out" at The Goldsmiths Tavern. There he met and began working with Bob Mortimer, and the show then moved to a bigger venue, the Albany Theatre in Deptford, in 1989. The show began