Listen now: Vic Reeves live in Ilkley
Listen online: An exclusive interview with comic Vic Reeves and excerpts from his performance at the 2009 Ilkley Literature Festival.
Leeds-born Vic Reeves - or Jim Moir to his friends - is one of the most distinctive and original British comics of his generation. Familiar from TV shows like Big Night Out and Shooting Stars, he is also a prolific illustrator and has just published a surreal encyclopaedia called Vic Reeves' Vast Book of World Knowledge.
In this programme, he is in conversation with the Yorkshire Post's Digital Editor David Behrens, and in performance at the King's Hall, Ilkley.
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Print interview: The world according to Vic Reeves
Thought you knew your Vanilla Ice from your Leonardo da Vinci? Your X-Factor from your "X-Men"?
Vic Reeves' Vast Book of World Knowledge is a personally illustrated guide to all you really need to know about everything. Vic Reeves sees things differently from the rest of us, and this book takes us on a visual romp through his world - from exploding jellyfish to revolving toupees.
Vic Reeves' Vast Book of World Knowledge, 19.99, is published by Atlantic Books, ISBN: 1848871910.
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