49 Facts About Dave Gorman

David James Gorman was born on 2 March 1971 and is an English comedian, presenter, and writer.

Dave Gorman began his career writing for comedy series such as The Mrs Merton Show and The Fast Show, and later garnered acclaim for his stand-up shows, one of which earned him a nomination for a Perrier Award.

Dave Gorman has been a guest on other shows such as Have I Got News for You, Taskmaster, Go 8 Bit, They Think It's All Over, and QI.

David James Dave Gorman was born in Stafford on 2 March 1971.

Dave Gorman studied mathematics at the University of Manchester but dropped out after a year.

Dave Gorman has written for comedians Harry Hill and Steve Coogan.

Dave Gorman then attempted to carry out their suggestions in order to determine their efficacy.

Dave Gorman shot to fame following a drunken bet with his flatmate Danny Wallace, which became the backdrop to a book, written by Dave Gorman, and a play written by Wallace.

On each episode of the show, Dave Gorman would show footage of the amusing situations he got into by trying to follow his horoscope, and then asked a panel of "experts", agony aunt Denise Robertson, GMTV's Dr Hilary Jones and financial expert Alvin Hall, in the studio to assess how he had fared in the three areas.

Dave Gorman showed that his wealth was rapidly declining, as were happiness and love, until, on the last day, he invested the last of his money to travel to Dubai to watch a golf tournament and bet on Ian Woosnam, a golfer that shared his birthday.

Dave Gorman emptied his account to travel there and, using his lucky number of the day from each of the 40 days of his experiment to determine how much he should bet, went ahead with the plan.

At 31 Dave Gorman decided to give up his stupid ways, grow a beard and write a novel.

Dave Gorman eventually spent his publisher's advance on the quest, without writing any of the promised novel, and had to create the Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure show to pay them back.

In 2005, Dave Gorman toured the US and performed his Googlewhack show in several cities.

In 2011, Dave Gorman published a book about his adventures in various British towns, during a period of his life when he challenged people to invite him to game-playing sessions.

Dave Gorman hosted a BBC Radio 4 show called Genius, in which members of the public submitted suggestions to make a better world.

Dave Gorman has made many references to disliking Darren Day in various episodes of the show.

On 24 April 2006, Gorman made his first appearance as a reporter, in which he was credited as the show's senior new correspondent.

Dave Gorman was the first Daily Show correspondent to have been born in England, and the third Daily Show correspondent to have been born outside of the United States.

Dave Gorman has appeared co-hosting a segment called "ConTROVersy" with the Daily Show's other English correspondent, John Oliver, in which the pair calmly and genteelly discussed former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair over tea, parodying American stereotypes of Britons.

Between 22 October and 5 December 2006, Dave Gorman undertook a coast-to-coast road trip through 17 states from the west coast to east coast of the United States.

Dave Gorman ate, slept, and filled his car in restaurants, hotels, and petrol stations which were all independently owned.

Dave Gorman was a regular guest on The Geoff Show, having been on a guest on the show three times, while he had weekly interviews on Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show to discuss his bikeathon during his Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up Tour.

Dave Gorman filled in for weekend presenter Frank Skinner for three weeks during the summer of 2009.

Dave Gorman performed numerous times as a stand up earlier in his career.

In 2010, Dave Gorman performed a 37-date tour as an extension of his 2009 Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up Tour.

The fifth series ran from 31 October to 20 December 2017, after which Dave Gorman confirmed that it was the final series.

On 13 November 2017, towards the end of the run of Modern Life Is Goodish, Dave Gorman announced a new stage show to conclude the series called With Great PowerPoint Comes Great ResponsibilityPoint.

In June 2019, it was announced on Chortle that Gorman will be hosting a new TV series on Dave called Terms and Conditions Apply.

The format is similar to that of Modern Life Is Goodish, however Dave Gorman shall be joined by guest stars on each episode, competing in various games based on the subjects presented.

On 30 April 2022, Dave Gorman announced another live stage show tour called PowerPoint to the People for autumn 2022.

Dave Gorman appeared in one episode of Absolutely Fabulous in 2001.

Dave Gorman played the part of Rimmer, a photographer, in the fourth season's third episode "Paris".

Dave Gorman appeared for two series as one of the team captains on the BBC Three television show, Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive.

Dave Gorman has listed among his ambitions a wish to become a captain on the quiz show Call My Bluff.

Dave Gorman appeared in two episodes of Have I Got News For You, including the famous episode broadcast in the week that news broke of host Angus Deayton's scandal involving prostitutes and the use of illegal drugs.

Dave Gorman appeared in an episode of the sports comedy quiz They Think It's All Over.

Dave Gorman appeared on, and won, episode nine of the first series of QI, in which the guests included Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy.

Dave Gorman appeared again in 2011 in the ninth series, winning again.

Dave Gorman appeared as a guest on the Frank Skinner show Opinionated on 23 April 2010.

In 2009, Gorman appeared in Robert Llewellyn's online programme Carpool which was broadcast on Dave, and can be viewed at Llewellyn's YouTube channel, LlewTube.

Dave Gorman presented Bravo TV's first live PDC darts coverage alongside James Richardson during the 2010 European Championship Darts.

Dave Gorman appeared on the week-long special Grand Designs Live, in which he showcased eccentric houses in the United States in 2015.

Dave Gorman was a regular alongside Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio's The Geoff Show, appearing on the same presenter's Hometime Show.

Dave Gorman has made many appearances on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff, and has appeared on several episodes of Radio 4's Just a Minute.

Dave Gorman was 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 Eyjafjallajokull.

Dave Gorman has provided voiceover for a television campaign by Homebase, the UK DIY chain.

Dave Gorman has been mistakenly identified as Jewish, which once led to his inclusion in the Jewish magazine JLifestyle list of top "literary Jews" in 2008.

Dave Gorman has often been incorrectly described as a vegetarian when he is actually pescatarian, primarily due to his habit of simply saying he does not eat meat rather than specifying that he still eats seafood.