The Ministry of Curious Stuff: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mysteries will be solved and questions answered when viewers enter Vic Reeves' Ministry of Curious Stuff - a CBBC comedy sketch show. The programme is set in The Ministry of Curious Stuff - a fantastical depository of information, and occasional misinformation, run by Vic and his inquisitive and extraordinary team of researchers. Each episode sees the team answering three questions posed by CBBC viewers, launching a fact-finding mission full of sketches, songs, animations and Vic's unique flights of fancy. Will dinosaurs ever come back? Can you dance in space? Can you marry a house? Only Vic and his team have the answers... Vic is joined by his able team of researchers - Captain Lengthwidth, Mr Frazernagle, Mr Lovett, Miss Tea Party and Miss Wannamaker - to answer viewers' questions.

Series details

• Title: The Ministry of Curious Stuff
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children
• Premiere date: 2012-01-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-03-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBBC
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29613
• TVDB ID: 255426

Cast and credited roles

• Vic Reeves — Vic Reeves

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-01-09; final listed air date 2012-04-02.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-02-01; final listed air date 2013-03-31; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Ministry of Curious Stuff on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.