“With everything, 'Shooting Stars' included, we'll just have some words on a card to prompt us - 'How would Rod Stewart die,' that kind of thing - and we'll just run with that idea, as if we were talking to each other, messing around. And I'm no scholar of these things, but I think that's what double acts should do, isn't it?”

English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor

Bob Mortimer is an English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor. He is best known as one half of the comedy double act Reeves and Mortimer, alongside Vic Reeves, and for his work on television across panel shows and other comedy formats. He appears with Paul Whitehouse in Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, and has also been a familiar presence on programmes such as Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster. In 2026, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for his work on Last One Laughing.