David Lloyd Vitty was born on 24 April 1974 and is a British radio presenter.
23 Facts About David Vitty
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David Vitty worked alongside Chris Moyles at BBC Radio 1, having originally been a broadcast assistant on Moyles' early morning show.
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David Vitty became the show's head writer and 'Director of Comedy' and moved with Moyles to the drivetime slot, and then to Radio 1 Breakfast, during which time the programme was known as The Chris Moyles Show.
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David Vitty is a former contestant on Dancing on Ice.
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David Vitty was educated at Glenealy Junior School and Bedford School, the name 'Comedy Dave' came from when he ran the tuck shop in the school hall and would regularly tell jokes in order to make more sales, many included impersonations of the teachers accents.
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David Vitty began working as a copywriter and then moved onto becoming a "tech op" for Radio 1 on 5 December 1996.
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David Vitty is a fan of Everton FC as his father and other family members from the Prenton area were a fans of the club.
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Around 9:05am, David Vitty sang "Let's get ready to ramble", signifying the start of the feature "Half-Time in the Show", holding onto the last syllable for a good ten to twenty seconds, in the style of Michael Buffer.
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On 5 January 2013 David Vitty made his debut on BBC Three Counties Radio presenting Saturday Breakfast for two weeks.
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David Vitty was part of the comedy folk band Folk Face with Dominic Byrne, a newsreader on The Chris Moyles Show.
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David Vitty appeared on the 6th series of Dancing on Ice with British adagio ice skater Frankie Poultney.
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David Vitty was knocked out in the skate-off on Sunday 13 February 2011.
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David Vitty has co-presented cover shows on Radio 1 entitled Chappers and Dave, with the ex- The Scott Mills Show sidekick Mark Chapman.
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On 30 December 2006, on the "Celebrity Couples Edition" of The Weakest Link, Chapman and David Vitty won, beating the Chuckle Brothers in the final round.
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On 28 February 2007, David Vitty appeared in an edition of Ready Steady Cook, beating radio colleague, and former band member of Folk Face, Dominic Byrne.
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David Vitty previously presented a programme called Shed Sports 1 on Nuts TV and co-presented on UK Play's The Chris Moyles Show.
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David Vitty appeared on BBC game show, Hole in the Wall in an episode aired on 26 September 2009.
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David Vitty failed to get through any of the holes except for the very first.
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On 29 December 2009, David Vitty appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, raising money for Cancer Research UK.
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David Vitty finished third overall on 17 points after the general knowledge round, having recovered from scoring 6 points on the first round answering questions about British motorways.
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Between 2010 and 2012, David Vitty provided the narration for Channel 4 series Coach Trip for a total of four series.
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In 2020, David Vitty started co-hosting Fuelling Around, a motoring podcast with British Touring Car Championship driver Jason Plato.
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David Vitty hosted a first live show with an appearance from Bradley Walsh marking the start of a third series in November 2021.