BAFTA winning comedian’s beloved show to make shock return

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UKTV’s Dave, now known as U&Dave, have announced they are reviving Dave Groman’s Modern Life is Goodish, seven years after being axed.

The show which is hosted by the BAFTA award winning comedian, 53, saw the funnyman take a look at modern life in a string of stand-up performances with the help of powerpoint.

Modern Life is Goodish originally ran for five series between 2013 and 2017, and attracted an average of 1.5M viewers, before the comedian reportedly stepped away to spend more time with his young family. 

Following the news funnyman Dave told The Sun: ‘I’m delighted to be getting back in the Goodish saddle’.

‘It’s been 7 years since I hung up my Modern Life Is Goodish clicker and in that time, life has definitely got 7 years moderner – so there should be plenty to get my teeth into.’

UKTV’s Mark Iddon said: ‘I’m massively 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 his stand-up and has also appeared in Absolutely Fabulous and on the Daily Show in the US. 

Elsewhere on the channel Dermot O’Leary has landed his own game show, promoting bookies to predict he could soon ditch his presenting duties on This Morning.

Dermot, 51, is set to front his new series Silence Is Golden alongside comedian Katherine Ryan, 41 – and the exciting gig comes just months after he missed out on replacing Phillip Schofield as full-time host of This Morning.

His upcoming show, which is produced by GMB‘s Richard Bacon, will see the studio audience trying not to laugh while being entertained by a string of comedians, in a bid to keep a share of the £250K prize.

However, betting sites are tipping that by spreading his wings elsewhere, there’s a strong chance the presenter could be planning to walk away from his ITV duties.

Following a list of ITV presenters to take up roles away from the channel, betideas.com is predicting Dermot is 11/10 to quit the programme anytime in 2024. 

Lee Astley, a spokesperson for the betting site, said: ‘Dermot O’Leary is the latest big ITV name to start branching out from his duties with the channel, with rumours rife that his tenure on ITV’s This Morning is coming to an end.

‘We make him 11/10 to quit the flagship daytime programme altogether and 3/1 to start his own talk show, while appearances on a selection of BBC programmes also seems a possibility.’

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According to the site, the presenter has also been rumoured to defect to the BBC and is 7/2 to present The One Show and 4/1 for a stint on Morning Live, while he is 3/1 to start his own TV talk show. 

MailOnline has contacted Dermot’s representatives for comment. 

Alison, 49, and Dermot, who present the ITV show on Fridays and holiday cover were ‘snubbed’ from the top job with Cat Deeley, 47, and Ben Shephard, 49, replacing 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 up to host a reported two shows on rival BBC.

One will see her spend 48 hours with some of the UK’s best-loved celebrities and will enter their homes and give fans a glimpse into their glamorous lives in Alison Hammond’s Big Weekend.

It’s also been reported that the TV star has been approached by BBC to front a travel show called Florida Unpacked, which could go head to head in the daytime schedule with This Morning. 

It comes following This Morning’s ‘viewing figures plummeting by half’, according to new reports.

Since hosts Cat and Ben took over, half a million viewers have stopped tuning into the ITV Daytime show.

With over a million viewers watching their first day back in March, two months later figures currently stand at less than 500,000 – a dramatic drop.