Digital Spy have reported on a new sitcom to be penned by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, set to feature superheroes who acquire their powers from a telegraph pole.

“It’s about superheroes who get skills through a telegraph pole that malfunctions. Then they go around helping people in their local community.”

There’s also talk of a new series of Shooting Stars, depending on the BBC.

Frankly, it’s a disgrace.

Reeve & Mortimer should be starring in their own series of sketches, fun and frivolity with the best comedy writers the BBC can lay their hands on providing the path into Vic and Bob’s world.

Scrabbling around begging the BBC to let them make a sitcom which the BBC will then demand x amount of Shooting Stars episodes for is unbecoming of performers of Vic and Bob’s standing and influence in British Comedy.

They deserve the best contracts, the best teams behind them and the best material - as well as the best slots on BBC One on a Saturday night.

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