Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish will return to Dave for fifth series, starting 31st October.
Thursday 19th October Ratings and critical hit, Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish will return to Dave for a fifth series, starting at 10pm on 31st October. After attracting a peak of 1.5 million viewers and regularly receiving a total audience of over a million per episode in series four, the show is one of UKTVs most successful original commissions.
Armed with a computer, clicker and checked shirt, Dave Gorman continues to cast an eye over modern life in his own unique style combining stand-up, visual storytelling, and real-world experimentation. In these eight new mischievous comedy performances, Dave once again turns his attention to the areas of everyday life we normally take for granted- scrutinising the absurdities and contradictions that continue to fascinate and infuriate him.
In this series Dave takes to fatherhood in his usual spirit: playing tricks with singing toys, interrogating childrens TV characters, and messing with modern Monopoly. What does the term generation really mean? Why does his Mum use emojis? Are Life Hacks really any help at all? All these questions and more, will be answered. Sort of. Along the way, Dave tests the merits of man versus machine, in all its life-like glory. Plus, he finds himself in a lucrative but compromising situation. Of course, no Modern Life Is Goodish would be complete without our host sifting through the bottom half of the internet for those real words by real people; digging out the ridiculous, opinionated and downright maddest reader comments to be found on the most frenzy-inducing newspaper articles for, what Dave likes to call, a Found Poem.
The new run of Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish follows further hugely successful returning commissions for Dave - series five of Taskmaster, Red Dwarf XII and a second series of Zapped. The channel continues to increase its UKTV Original shows across the schedule with brand new Porters, The Joy of Techs, and Eat Your Heart Out with Nick Helm, while Jason Byrnes new show Dont Say It, Bring It and Ross Noble: Off Road are still to come later this year. Dave is also showing more live sport, committing to bring five live boxing matches to free television over the next year, in partnership with David Haye and Richard Schaefers Hayemaker Ringstar.
Dave Gorman Modern Life is Goodish starts Tuesday 21st October, 10pm on Dave. Series 1-4 are available to catchup now on UKTV Play.
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Series five of Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish starts Tuesday 31st October at 10pm on Dave.
He handles his audience like a DJ at a club, beginning with a thoughtful set about guilty pleasures (Meryl Streep apparently feels bad about watching Homes Under the Hammer) before building to a story about a complicated trick he once played on a know-all friend known as Micki Pedia, the punchline of which has the audience gasp with delight. Victoria Segal, The Sunday Times
as much a lecture as traditional stand-up, and features original journalism... Gorman makes me laugh. He also tells me stuff I dont know... The show was a little tour de force, terrific-ish Andrew Billen, The Times
King of PowerPoint comedy isnt a viciously contested mantle, but Gorman deserves praise for having mastered his craft...He has a pleasing streak of curmudgeon, and is as skilled with a comic callback as he is with his slides: his climatic anecdote about an online quiz is sublime. Jack Seale, The Guardian Guide
TV Gold: brilliantly-observed... and is naturally very funny Ally Ross, The Sun
Dave Gorman is a clever and inventive comic... and Modern Life Is Goodish shows why he is so popular Simon Horsford, The Daily Telegraph
Its a sort of cutting-edge documentary-slash-stand-up hybrid, with Gorman offering genius gags aplenty Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian Guide
Gorman is that rare thing: a comedian who leaves you with a warm glow and tears in your eyes Claire Webb, Radio Times
When TV goodish is perfect David Stephenson, Sunday Express
Dave Gorman is funny and brilliant in equal measure. David Chater, The Times
For more information please contact:
Victoria Wedderburn or Dan Lloyd at Avalon on: 020 7598 7222 or email VWedderburn@avalon-entertainment.com or DLloyd@avalon-entertainment.com
Notes to editors Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish has been commissioned by Iain Coyle for Dave. The shows Series Producer is James Fidler (Frank Skinners Opinionated), Series Consultant is Nick Martin (Have I Got News For You) and director is Paul Wheeler (Live At The Apollo), while the Executive Producers are Jamie Isaacs for Liberty Bell and Iain Coyle.
About Avalon
Avalon is a multi-award winning talent management, live promotion and television production group with offices in the UK and the USA.
Avalon and ARG, the talent management arm has discovered and represents many artists which are household names, both in the UK, the USA, and around the world.
In 2017 Avalon was named the number one true independent television production company in the UK and has produced numerous ground-breaking television shows including: Emmy and Peabody award winner Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), multi-award winning and Emmy-nominated Catastrophe (Channel 4/Amazon Prime), RTS and Rose dOr winning Not Going Out (the BBCs longest running sitcom currently on air), multi-BAFTA award winning TV Burp (ITV1), Russell Howards Good News (BBC2), Fantasy Football League (BBC/ITV) and Workaholics (Comedy Central USA).
Avalon and Topical Television form the television arm of the company and other shows currently in production include: The Button (BBC One), Taskmaster USA (Comedy Central), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One), Man Down (C4), Dave Gormans Modern Life is Goodish (Dave/UKTV), The Chris Ramsey Show (Comedy Central), and Stand Up Central with Chris R
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Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish will return to Dave for fifth series, starting 31st October.
