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Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish is a British comedy television show that ran for five series between 2013 and 2017, with a revival series due on U&Dave in 2024.[1] It was broadcast on Dave and presented by Dave Gorman. The series mainly consisted of Gorman presenting comedic PowerPoint presentations in which he attempts to argue that modern life is neither bad nor good, but "good...ish". The series began on 17 September 2013. A fifth series began airing on 31 October 2017.[2] Gorman announced on 18 December 2017 that the show would conclude after the final episode of series 5 aired the following night.[3] In July 2024, it was announced that four brand-new hour long specials had been ordered by UKTV for their rebranded Dave channel.[4]

Format

Each episode sees Gorman present a stand-up show using PowerPoint, on a particular theme about modern life. Examples include celebrity culture and social media. Each episode features a recurring section called the "Found Poem", in which Gorman reads out a selection of bizarre comments left on news websites, all covering a particular story. Gorman performs the Found Poem with a lone spotlight shining on him, while accompanied by the Billroth String Quartet[5] (Billroth Ensemble from Series 4) playing 'Sarabande' from George Frideric Handel's Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437). The title of each episode comes from a line out of the Found Poem.[6]

Production

The programmes were recorded at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill. The episodes were recorded in pairs. Prior to the final recordings, Gorman did "dry run" performances of each episode's content in small theatres. Gorman frequently rewrote portions of the performance after the dry runs.[3]

The show was labour-intensive to create; in the final three weeks before taping a pair of episodes, Gorman would work for over 100 hours a week.[3] The heavy workload was one of the contributing factors to the decision to end the show in 2017. Another factor was Gorman's decision to tour in 2018.[3]

The show's title is similar to that of the 1993 Blur album Modern Life Is Rubbish. When asked if the title was an intentional reference, Gorman said 'I think it's a Blur reference if you want it to be. The "rubbish" version, I think, comes to mind anyway. I just like that'.[7]

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

Series 2 (2014)

Series 3 (2015)

Goodish Hits (2016)

Series 4 (2016)

Series 4 of Modern Life Is Goodish was confirmed on 7 August 2015. The series contained only 6 episodes because Gorman took a break to look after his expected baby.[citation needed] The show began airing on Dave on 8 November 2016.

Series 5 (2017)

Series 5 of Modern Life Is Goodish was also confirmed on 7 August 2015;[citation needed] the series contained 8 episodes. It was confirmed on 18 December 2017, by Gorman, that there would be no sixth series.

Notes

  1. ^
    Ratings sourced from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.[8]
  2. ^
    453,000 on Dave and 59,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  3. ^
    582,000 on Dave and 61,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  4. ^
    504,000 on Dave and 46,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  5. ^
    455,000 on Dave and 40,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  6. ^
    478,000 on Dave and 55,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  7. ^
    592,000 on Dave and 58,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  8. ^
    565,000 on Dave and 73,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  9. ^
    611,000 on Dave and 74,000 on Dave Ja Vu
  10. ^
    621,000 on Dave and 85,000 on Dave Ja Vu

References

  1. ^ https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-modernlifeisgoodish-daves7
  2. ^ "Dave commissions two more series from Dave Gorman". British Comedy Guide. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Gorman, Dave (18 December 2017). "Dave Gorman: Goodish Bye". Dave Gorman. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ^ https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-modernlifeisgoodish-daves7
  5. ^ "The Billroth String Quartet". IMDb. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Dave Gorman's Found Poems - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ^ Dave Gorman [@DaveGorman] (19 September 2013). "Jamiegitberger I think it's a Blur reference if you want it to be. The "rubbish" version, I think, comes to mind anyway. I just like that" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Weekly top 10 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB".

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