BAFTA winning comedian’s beloved show to make shock return – seven years after being AXED
UKTV’s Dave, now known as U&Dave, has announced that they are reviving Dave Groman’s Modern Life is Goodish, seven years after it was axed.
The show is hosted by BAFTA award-winning comedian 53. In a series of stand-up comedy performances, the comedian provides an insight into modern life with the help of PowerPoint.
Modern Life is Goodish originally ran for five seasons between 2013 and 2017, averaging 1.5 million viewers. The comedian reportedly left the show afterward to spend more time with his young family.
Following the news, comedian Dave The sun: ‘I’m happy to be back in the Goodish saddle’.
‘It’s been 7 years since I hung up my Modern Life Is Goodish clicker. In that time my life has become at least 7 years more modern. So there’s plenty to discover.’
UKTV’s Dave, now known as U&Dave, has announced they are reviving Dave Groman’s Modern Life is Goodish, seven years after it was axed
The show, hosted by the BAFTA award-winning comedian, 53, saw the comedian take a look at modern life in a series of stand-up performances using PowerPoint
Mark Iddon from UKTV said: ‘I’m absolutely thrilled to announce the return of Modern Life Is Goodish to the U&Dave audience. Dave Gorman’s unique comedic insights and witty PowerPoint presentations have always resonated with our audience.
Dave won a BAFTA for his role as a writer on The Mrs Merton Show, he tours with his cabaret and has also appeared on Absolutely Fabulous and the Daily Show in the US.
Elsewhere on the channel, Dermot O’Leary has launched his own game show, encouraging bookmakers to predict that he will soon to give up his presenting duties on This Morning.
His upcoming show, produced by GMB’s Richard Bacon, will see the studio audience do their best to hold back their laughter as they are entertained by a number of comedians in an effort to win a share of the £250,000 top prize.
However, betting companies suspect that now that the presenter is spreading his wings, he is likely planning to quit his duties at ITV.
After a list was drawn up of ITV presenters who have taken on other roles at the channel, betideas.com predicts that Dermot will leave the programme in 2024 with 11% of candidates.
Lee Astley, a spokesman for the betting site, said: ‘Dermot O’Leary is the latest big name from ITV to step outside his duties at the channel, with rumours circulating that his time at ITV’s This Morning is coming to an end.
Modern Life is Goodish originally ran for five seasons between 2013 and 2017 before the comedian reportedly took a step back to spend more time with his young family
After the news, the comedian said: ‘I’m happy to be back in the Goodish saddle’
‘We’re giving him odds of 11/10 if he quits the main daytime programme altogether and odds of 3/1 if he starts his own talk show. Appearances on a number of BBC programmes also seem to be a possibility.’
According to the site, the presenter is rumoured to be moving to the BBC. He is likely to present The One Show, appear on Morning Live and is 3/1 to start his own talk show.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Dermot for comment.
Alison, 49, and Dermot, who present the ITV programme on Fridays and during the festive period, were ‘passed over’ for the top job in March. Cat Deeley, 47, and Ben Shephard, 49, replaced Phillip and Holly Willoughby in March.
As well as presenting For The Love Of Dogs on ITV and Bake Off on Channel 4, Alison has also signed on to present two programmes on the rival BBC.
In Alison Hammond’s Big Weekend, she spends 48 hours with some of the UK’s most beloved celebrities, entering their homes and giving fans an insight into their glamorous lives.
Elsewhere on the channel, Dermot O’Leary has launched his own game show, encouraging bookmakers to predict he could soon step down from presenting duties on This Morning
Betting houses suspect that the presenter, by spreading his wings elsewhere, plans to step down from his duties at ITV.
Dermot, 51, will present his new series alongside comedian Katherine Ryan, 41 (pictured)
There are also reports that the TV star has been approached by the BBC to present the travel programme Florida Unpacked, which would compete with This Morning on the daytime schedule.
The reason for this is that according to new reports, This Morning’s viewing figures have fallen by half.
Since presenters Cat and Ben took over, half a million viewers have stopped watching the ITV Daytime programme.
On the first day in March, the series was watched by over a million people, but two months later, the viewing figures are less than 500,000. That is a dramatic drop.