The Satsuma Complex

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What’s more, this foray into fiction shares common ground with the likes of Richard Osman and Rev Richard Coles, whose successful transitions from light entertainers into light entertainment authors is clearly a blueprint. In November 2013, Reeves and Mortimer filmed episodes of a new BBC sitcom, House of Fools, also featuring Matt Berry (as Beef), Morgana Robinson (as Julie), and Dan Skinner (as Bosh).

I thought if I did the same character, I'll just write the same book," he said. "So I thought, you know, go do something different." The story is "about a bloke who's wife leaves him but maybe she's been taken, he's got to find out" Mortimer explained. "On the way he utilises a very long shoe to solve the mystery. It's a great book!"The Satsuma Complex is being published in the US on Tuesday but with its name changed to The Clementine Complex.

Nevertheless, marooned like desert islands in an endless ocean of guff, there is a smattering of truly sumptuous passages of writing. Sadly, they’re not arranged in any kind of structure that might approximate a story. (Paul Connolly) In 2003, Mortimer and Reeves were listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. [11] In a 2005 poll to find the Comedians' Comedian, the duo were voted the 9th greatest comedy act of all time by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. [12]

On 27 February 2008, Reeves announced that he and Mortimer were working together on a new sitcom about superheroes who get their powers through a malfunctioning telegraph pole. [14] If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. The UK and Australasia are in the same Blu-ray region (B). As a thriller, it’s admittedly lightweight but because Mortimer has such affection for his characters and appetite for regular flights of fancy that can sprinkle magic over humdrum situations, it’s a genuinely enjoyable debut. On 17 November 2007, Mortimer appeared as Reeves' hairdresser, Carl, in the weekly radio sketch show on BBC Radio 2 entitled Vic Reeves' House Arrest. [13]