Dave makes a good call and commissions Get Off My Phone! for Dave YouTube channel

Monday 21 November, 2022 UKTV has commissioned Get Off My Phone!, six short-form comedy episodes (6x15) for Daves YouTube channel.

Get Off My Phone! is produced by Mermade and is a new format that sees six comedians hand over their phones to their family members. Giving them free reign to deep dive into their digital other halves, their family members will be able to access messages, social media platforms and dating apps to name a few, taking their relationships to a whole new level.

The brave comedians taking part in the series include Ania Magliano, Travis Jay, Thanyia Moore, Hayley Morris, Finlay Christie and father-daughter duo Grace and Alastair Campbell.

The first episode of Get Off My Phone! is available now. Further episodes will drop on YouTube on Fridays at 5pm.

Get Off My Phone! - Alastair and Grace Campbell

Get Off My Phone! has been commissioned for UKTV by Sarah Asante, commissioning editor and ordered by Erina Jones, director of social and online media with Cherie Cunningham, Dave channel director and Andrea Amey, general manager for digital.

The series is produced by Mermade and directed by Josh Buckingham, series produced by Charlie Laurie with Benjamin Sutton as director and producer.

Sarah Asante said,

Im very pleased we are making this original series for the Dave YouTube channel, working with some young, up and coming talent that weve had our eyes and ears on for a little while. The idea of sharing the entire contents of your phone with a family member is both an amusing one, and also a rather terrifying one. Rather them than me!

Erina Jones said,

We are so excited to launch Get Off My Phone!, our second YouTube exclusive series for Dave. Daves YouTube presence is a critical part of Daves mission to connect with audiences wherever theyre spending their time and this warm and funny series is sure to do just that.

Get Off My Phone! sits alongside UKTV Original short form pieces Great Britain: Wide Open & Ready, Who Cares? With Amelia Dimoldenberg and Big Zuus Wrap Clash.

For more information, please contact:

Lauren Mutimer, Platform Publicist, UKTV - PressOffice@uktv.co.uk

About Dave

Dave is the award-winning entertainment channel home to a veritable feast of UKTV Original comedy hits from some of the biggest stars in the UK. Comedy entertainment shows like BAFTA-winning Big Zuus Big Eats, Outsiders, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Hypothetical, Comedians Giving Lectures, Question Team, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, The Island and British As Folk sit alongside scripted comedies such as Meet The Richardsons and Red Dwarf.

But Dave isnt just restricted to television screens. Theres exclusive online content, with Youtubes Big Zuus Wrap Clash and Who Cares? With Amelia Dimoldenberg, as well as Facebook series The Comedy Guide To Life, Bad Advice with Olga Koch and BackChat. Daves partnership with CALM has led to exclusive commissions and innovative online and marketing campaigns such as #BeTheMateYoudWant. Dave also crowns its yearly Joke Of The Edinburgh Fringe every August.

About UKTV

UKTV has been at the forefront of branded television for over 25 years, entertaining the nation with programmes they love. Its leading brands - Dave, Gold, W, Drama, Alibi, Eden and Yesterday - span comedy, entertainment, natural history, factual and drama, and are delivered to audiences through UKTV Play, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat and Amazon Fire. The broadcaster is a significant investor in British creativity and is committed to working with new and established writers, directors and programme-makers.

UKTV is part of BBC Studios, the UKs most-awarded production company, a world-class distributor with international branded services, and a commercial subsidiary of the worlds leading public service broadcaster, the BBC.

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About Mermade

Mermade is a digitally focused production and entertainment company working across the US and UK. We specialise in scripted and non-scripted for social, digital and OnDemand broadcasters. Mermade was founded in 2018 as the sister company to Merman. We exist to delight and disrupt the premium digital landscape. Generating original IP and breaking the new wave of talent.

In 2018 Mermade signed a first look deal with Topic developing a mix of short form scripted and long form broadcast shows. Down From London came out of this collaboration and is currently in paid development to become a feature.

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