Are You Dave Gorman?

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Bley Griffiths, Eleanor. "Dave Gorman confirms the end of Modern Life Is Goodish". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017 . Retrieved 21 December 2017. Wolf, Ian (19 September 2007). "A Genius TV programme". British Sitcom Guide. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020 . Retrieved 20 September 2007. Before Modern Life Is Good(ish), Dave Gorman wrote and performed a pair of what would become known as his trademark comedic lectures in the early 2000s. The first of these was Are You Dave Gorman?, the result of a drunken bet between him and his housemate, Danny Wallace, after learning that the assistant manager of a Scottish football team shared his name. Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply – TVrecordings". Archived from the original on 29 August 2019 . Retrieved 29 August 2019.

With Dave nearly bankrupting himself, and Danny's personal life nearly ruined out of all proportion, this is a book which describes the obsession and dedication of two men to a cause, and how one woman dealt with the fallout that was left in its wake. America Unchained also is the name of an annual campaign spearheaded by the American Independent Business Alliance since 2004 to promote the economic, cultural, and democratic importance of independent locally owned businesses. A documentary film of the adventure was also made and was aired on the British TV channel More4 on 5 February 2008 and released on DVD [18] on 11 February. In 2007, it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Austin Film Festival. He said: “I’m going to play a theatre where 1,000 people want to see me and the good thing about Dudley for me it that, depending on the rest of the tour schedule, I might get to pop in and see my mum as well, which is like an added bonus.

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Grand Designs Live". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 . Retrieved 29 March 2015. Dave Gorman (5 October 2015). "The Best Two and a Half Days of My Life..." gormano.blogspot.co.uk. dave gorman. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016 . Retrieved 19 December 2016. He said: "Normally, the venues are booked a year in advance for a tour, but the venues are telling me that they're still dealing with all the people they had to postpone, let along three times the normal number of people who want to go out on the road. Not a work of fiction, but much to the despair of the other protagonist, a work of fact - the story begins when the comedian, Dave Gorman, gets a job in London, but has to wrestle with the vexed issue of moving out of his beloved Manchester.

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There’s such a big gap between when you do the tasks and when you sit in the studio, spending 10 days in that house and doing stuff, then you’re in the studio months later as they have to edit it and construct their stories and work out which ones they’re going to use, as some tasks don’t make it. Gorman was a regular alongside Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio's The Geoff Show, also appearing on the same presenter's Hometime Show. Following the rebranding of the station to Absolute Radio, Gorman joined the station as a presenter himself. He has made many appearances on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff, and has appeared on several episodes of Radio 4's Just a Minute. Gorman was also the "Curator" for John Lloyd's BBC Radio 4 series Museum of Curiosity in the fourth series, as well as standing in for Jon Richardson in one edition of the third series after the latter was left stranded due to the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull. Dave Gorman has been hailed as the "high priest of the comedy Powerpoint talk” by the Times and said it was a really good comedy tool because, first of all, it was disarming for the audience. At the same time, the journalist, Danny Wallace, living in Harrow-on-the-Hill, needs to find a new flatmate, after the his old one was deported. By some good fortune, one finds the other, and after various other issues, both end up sharing a flat in East London.

I love cycling as your brain solves problems when you're not thinking about them and one of the problems I solved was that the girlfriend I was with was the person I wanted to spend my life with, so I had my tour manager go to the northernmost point and hide a bottle of champagne, strawberries and a ring. Stephenson, John-Paul (18 November 2012). "A tribute to The Dave Gorman Show". Giggle Beats. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013 . Retrieved 19 November 2012. Gorman, Dave (27 November 2020). "Why I've swapped gigs for grids – meet Dave Gorman, our new crossword compiler". The Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020 . Retrieved 2 March 2021. Between 22 October and 5 December 2006, Gorman undertook a coast-to-coast road trip through 17 states from the west coast to east coast of the United States. A book about the trip, entitled America Unchained: A Freewheeling Roadtrip in Search of Non-Corporate USA, was released on 3 April 2008. The rationale for the trip was to discover whether it is possible to travel across the United States without ever patronising any corporate or chain-style businesses (" The Man"). [18] Gorman ate, slept, and filled his car in restaurants, hotels, and petrol stations which were all independently owned. Gorman's journey started in Coronado, California, and ended in Savannah, Georgia, and he was continually challenged to find independently owned gas stations, as well as repairing the car itself – which broke down surprisingly little, considering the age and mileage (124,000 at start). [ citation needed] Absolute Radio [ edit ]

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The suffering flatmate, Danny Wallace is an award-winning producer, writer and journalist who first started out in media at the tender age of 13 writing for computer games magazines, albeit with the initial intention of blagging a few free games for himself. However, having been bitten by the journalistic bug, he then went on to set up a magazine at the age of 18, which folded all too soon after it was launched. In June 2019, it was announced on Chortle that Gorman would be hosting a new TV series on Dave called Terms and Conditions Apply, with eight one-hour long episodes. The format is similar to that of Modern Life Is Goodish, however Gorman was joined by guest stars on each episode, competing in various games based on the subjects presented. [24] Filming for the first series took place from 2 July to 29 August 2019. [29] It began airing on Dave in October 2019. [30] PowerPoint to the People [ edit ]

In September 2013, Gorman returned to television with a new show, Modern Life Is Goodish, on the Dave channel. [21] In January 2014, the show was renewed for two additional series to follow the initial three. [22] The fourth series commenced in November 2016. The fifth series ran from 31 October to 20 December 2017, after which Gorman confirmed that it was the final series. [23] At its peak, the series attracted 1.5 million viewers. [24] With Great PowerPoint Comes Great ResponsibilityPoint [ edit ] If I'm honest I found the early developments a little frustrating and came to loathe Dave for his complete disregard for Danny's personal life. However, the further along I read the more I appreciated the depth of their friendship and Danny's almost saintly patience. Helen Linsell hated ballet lessons as a child but has spent her entire career encouraging others to dance. As the artistic director of Dance United Yorkshire, Helen works on dance projects with disadvantaged community groups, watching people grow in confidence through the power of movement. This dance-powered boost is something that Helen knows first-hand, from her own journey from shy and struggling adolescent to confident and courageous adult.He said: "I do find myself telling him some of those stories and feeling like it happened to someone else as this seems so far-fetched. Are You Dave Gorman? is the title of a stage show by the English documentary comedian Dave Gorman and the book of the same name, co-written by Gorman and Danny Wallace. The BBC television series The Dave Gorman Collection—Gorman's first television show—was based on the show. The original show was created for the 2000 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was nominated for a prestigious Perrier award. An extended version of the show was taken to the West End, then to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (where it was nominated for a Barry Award), the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado (where it won the Jury Award for Best One Person Show) and finally to New York where it ran for more than three months and was named Best Comedy Show of 2001 by Time Out New York. With the shared authorship of the book and the paired nature of the quest for Dave Gormen 3, the book is written to accommodate both sides of the story - Dave's deepening obsession versus Danny's sarcastic overtones. So the book is written in two aptly-chosen fonts; Dave in the bold, and Danny in the not-so-bold.