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 August 2009, Reeves appeared as a guest on the BBC One's "The One Show" with Mortimer. Series 6 of "Shooting Stars" began airing on 26 August 2009 with Reeves and Mortimer, along with Ulrika Jonsson and Jack Dee as team captains. Reeves appeared as one of the guests in "Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House", a light-hearted radio discussion show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in two parts on either side of Halloween on 29 October 2009 and 5 November 2009. Reeves also lends his voice to the Virgin Atlantic Airlines onboard safety video, with Dani Behr. In July 2011, Reeves and