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The show was hosted in a traditional [[Panel Game]] format, with Vic and Bob in the middle acting as quizmasters and two teams on either side, headed a regular team captain. Team A was always hosted by TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, while Team B was initially hosted by greasy-haired 1950s throwback Mark Lamarr (who himself hosted the [[Panel Game]] ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' for over a decade) and later by English intellectual and novelist Will Self. Comedian Johnny Vegas became a regular contestant on Ulrika's panel. The scores would be read out by George Dawes, a giant baby played by Matt Lucas (later the star of ''[[Little Britain]]''). Sometimes George's mother, Marjorie, (also played by Lucas) would take over.

 

 

There would then follow a question-and-answer round, where the answers were almost impossible to guess correctly (e.g., "True or false: Cupboard doors open outwards"; the answer is "false" because the question is asked from the perspective of a trapped cat). After this, there would be a random selection of other rounds including video rounds, in which the contestants must answer a question based on a short sketch; impressions rounds in which Vic sings a song in the style of an incoherent nightclub singer and the guests must guess what it is; and the interpretive dance round in which a guest must express something through the medium of dance.

A 15th-Anniversary Special was broadcast on 30 December 2008 with most of the original cast returning and Jack Dee filling in as the captain of Team B. The result was a new series which began in August the following year, with a new regular guest panelist in the form of [[Character as Himself|Angelos Epithemiou]]. In 2010, George Dawes left, and Angelos took over scoring. The show ended for the third time following its cancellation after the 2011 series.

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* [[Amusing Injuries]]: to Vic Reeves.

* [[Biggus Dickus]]:

** Vic and Bob also call any kind of hat "a helmet", which started on their earlier programmes.

* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: While it has yet to be explicitly brought up, (and is most likely coincidence) both current team captains -- founder captain Ulrika Johnsson and new captain Jack Dee -- have won ''Celebrity [[Big Brother]]''.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Some people use their first names "Vic and Bob" while others use their surnames "Reeves and Mortimer" to describe their partnership--a recent gag is for people to mix these two up and call them "Vic and Mortimer".

** A few times you can hear Bob accidentally call Vic "Jim", his real name.

* [[The Stoic]]: Team A's captain whoever it is, although Jack Dee has had his fair share of [[Not So Stoic]] moments.

* [[Subverted Trope]]: After Vic's incomprehensibly "singing a song in the club style" as a question, a former [[Running Gag]] was for Bob to then say "Let's hear that song sung correctly", only for Vic to sing it exactly the same as before. However in the 2011 series Vic has instead started singing the song normally, albeit with a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] routine complete with dancers.

** As of Series 7, Angelos Epithemiou for George Dawes, due to Matt Lucas' filming commitments.

* [[Running Gag]]: Vic Reeves' jokes about Jack Dee's face. Jack remains deadpan throughout, but ocassionally becomes [[Not So Stoic]].