Comic given 'clean bill of health' after scare

Vic Reeves was rushed to hospital by ambulance following a medical emergency at a wedding last weekend.

The comedia became unwell at the Hotel du Vin in Poole whilst attending a friend's nuptials  in Dorset .

Reports suggest 67-year-old Reeves, real name Jim Moir, had ‘pushed himself too hard’ during the festivities at the Hotel du Vin in Poole.

His representatives say he ‘was checked over and given a clean bill of health.’ 

Paramedics were called to the hotel after he suffered what witnesses described as a dramatic deterioration in his condition.

A source told the Daily Mail: ‘Vic was telling jokes and entertaining people - and obviously everyone was hitting the bar as the party went on just as you'd expect,

‘But suddenly it appeared to take a bit of a turn for the worse – there was a commotion in the middle of the group, and staff were being asked to call for an ambulance which turned out to be for Vic, who wasn't looking at all well. It all happened very quickly.

‘The next thing, he was being wheeled out by paramedics. It all seemed to shift from lots of laughter to serious concern pretty fast.

In 2021, Moir disclosed that doctors had identified an inoperable growth in his brain called a vestibular schwannoma which resulted in complete hearing loss on his left side.

He told The Adam Buxton Podcast: ‘It’s benign. They can't remove it – they can shrink it, or they can just leave it and keep an eye on it, and that's what they're doing.’

Moir was at the wedding with his wife, Nancy Sorrell, 52.

Published: 11 Oct 2026