Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

Dave Gorman points out things he finds strange about modern life.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Dave Gorman , The Billroth String Quartet , Annabel Port , Pat Sharp , Martin Roberts , Frank Skinner , Mark Barton , Andy Gilmore , Steve Swallow , Paul Daniels , Debbie McGee , John R. Walker , Cressida Cooper , John Challis , Sinitta , John Hendy , Terry Coldwell , Christopher Maloney

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Not a Very Nice Biscuit

Tue, Sep 17, 2013

With the aid of a laptop, a clicker and PowerPoint Dave delves into stupid questions asked on the internet, Alan Sugar and social media marketing.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Badgers Don't Vote

Tue, Sep 24, 2013

Dave vents at newspaper headline hyperbole, moves onto celebrities, both major and minor, and their lookalikes, and covers everything from A to um.. well, you decide.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ I Is Da Queen

Tue, Oct 1, 2013

Dave annoys his wife to prove a point, explores the blister-pack economy and tries to make a quick (though hard-earned) profit, rails against weird envelopes (and then teases postmen with them), ropes in the Fijians via their dollars, and embarrasses a rich guy.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ A Prince, Not an Estate Agent

Tue, Oct 8, 2013

Misunderstood definitions, lotteries, greetings cards, presents, royal weddings, gifts and Marmite get the treatment from the check-shirted, bearded one..

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ I Like Eggs

Tue, Oct 15, 2013

With the aid of his trusty PowerPoint Dave reviews online reviews, pedantically takes a dishwasher product to task via Venn diagrams and maths, employs legerdemain to expose gullibility, lyricises over horsemeat and circles back to (unsuccessfully) annoy his wife via dishwasher products and more Venn diagrams.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Will It Make Toasters Cheaper?

Tue, Oct 22, 2013

Dave takes his trusty remote control and guides us through divine images, online outrage and faiths. With extra Found Poem!

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ I Call Mine Sally

Tue, Sep 9, 2014

In this series 2, episode 1 full episode of Modern Life is Goodish, Dave Gorman finds and develops a camera that has some rather uncompromising photographs on them.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Winston Churchill's Pants

Tue, Sep 16, 2014

Llanfair.. um, that place, makes Dave kick off about the nature of truth, facts and 'fun facts', actually. It's the real deal, same as always!

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Just Chips That Haven't Been Made Yet

Tue, Sep 23, 2014

Celebrity lifestyles and how (not) to attain them, things you didn't know (still) existed and endorsements, royal and otherwise, Dave puts his twist on them all.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Poogle

Tue, Sep 30, 2014

Cats, coffee, qr codes, cars and web sites get the Gorman treatment.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ I Would Drink That Bathwater

Tue, Oct 7, 2014

A laptop, a remote control and a big screen.. what more do you require to discuss manners, doppelgangers, e-petitions, obscene coinage, naughty bath snaps and slow romances in Letchworth.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Dat Is Data Dat Is

Tue, Oct 14, 2014

Bizarre ads, spam, tweets (and poor old Lord Sugar), dogging (and other) stories in regional papers, awkward proposals, tonight's show is about "messages that are travelling at an inappropriate scale" (sic).

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ I Like Hot Bananas

Tue, Oct 21, 2014

Superlatives, greatest hits, advertising overstatements and awards are dissected with the help of PowerPoint. Luxury audience give-aways, world records and quotes round off the evening.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Dirt Collects There

Tue, Oct 28, 2014

Dave reaches perfection with his wife but has to do better next year; the metaphor is extended to food and drink, deodorants, light bulbs and coins..

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Why Are There Still Chickens?

Tue, Sep 8, 2015

Oh dear. Dave discusses food, car and property porn, renovations and ruined surprises due to overly explained descriptions and, um, sorry Dave.. want to know more? Tune in to tonight's show.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Veneer of Civilisation

Tue, Sep 15, 2015

Antics and tactics in queues, Dave discusses British manners.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Ova Is Latin. For Eggs.

Tue, Sep 22, 2015

Communications, pronunciation, homonyms and commercialisation, Dave covers all that and introduces his new catphrase!

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Too-Ra Taloo Rye-Eh

Tue, Sep 29, 2015

Unwanted gifts, twitter and twitter weirdos get Dave buzzing..

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Negative Nancy

Tue, Oct 6, 2015

Lies, gullibility, how-to guides, elephants, insults, flag-burning and tracking down an identity thief.. Dave links his way through these and more with the aid of his laptop, a remote control and a big screen.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Stuck on Level 342

Tue, Oct 13, 2015

Dave quite likes a Puzzle. Dave gets up to mischief once again while messing around with Puzzles featuring Tom Jones, Sir Alan Lord Sugar and much more.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ That's What We Grow In

Tue, Oct 20, 2015

Dave "Gormanuary" Gorman buys some Twitter followers, reforms the calendar, and drives in many strange directions.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ A German Tradition

Tue, Oct 27, 2015

Dave pokes fun at polling site YouGov, and points out the suspiciously lucrative business model of the Product of the Year awards with his own comedic spin throughout.

0Season 4

S4.E0 ∙ Goodish Hits: Series 1 Highlights

Wed, May 11, 2016

Add a plot

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ It Was an Accident and I Was Hospitalised

Tue, Nov 8, 2016

Dave Gorman segues his way through guilty pleasures, 'extractor' fans, geeks and specialist magazines before circling back to geeks and fans.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ If You Put a Sausage in It, It's Not a Viennetta

Tue, Nov 15, 2016

Dave clicks, links and graphs his way through 'recommended stories', the dangers (for the model) of stock photos, lies, sites that will do anything for very little, and internet bargains.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ That's What Debt Actually Is, Actually

Tue, Nov 22, 2016

Dave discovers Push Presents, explores the nature of Wikipedia, digs into diamonds, takes a look at personalised number plates, casts an eye at Kanye West tweets and gives away a BMW.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Vicars, Horses, Doctors and Smurfs

Tue, Nov 29, 2016

With the aid of PowerPoint Dave dissects warning signs, newspapers, water, freecycling, 'wackaging' and his love of ping-pong.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Nobody Wants Vom on Their Cheerios

Tue, Dec 6, 2016

Dave Gorman tackles the unspoken rules of food packaging, from salt and pepper shakers to friendly mascots on cereal boxes.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Spray Gravy

Tue, Dec 13, 2016

Dave Gorman tackles bizarre baby names and the food of the future.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Like Top Gun All Over Again

Tue, Oct 31, 2017

Armed with his trademark computer, clicker and checked shirt comedian Dave Gorman asks if a knock-off can ever be as good as the genuine article examining DVDs, baking and Bucks Fizz.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ I've Never Seen a Cat

Tue, Nov 7, 2017

Comedian Dave Gorman looks at modern life by messing with modern Monopoly, interrogating children's TV characters and playing tricks with singing toys.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ A Helicopter Is Quicker Than a Car

Tue, Nov 14, 2017

The comedian continues to put the modern world under scrutiny. To look at nature's warning signs he enlists the aid of celebrities, insect repellent and Doctor Google.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ You Use a Spoon for Licking Custard

Tue, Nov 21, 2017

Dave asks what the term 'generation' actually means. Why his mother uses emojis and If 'Life Hacks' are any use at all.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ It Does Not Bong

Tue, Nov 28, 2017

Dave tests the merits of man versus machine. Plus, he also finds himself in a financially lucrative but compromising situation.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Drippy Strummer

Tue, Dec 5, 2017

Dave Gorman looks at how gullible people are, focusing on movie franchise marketing, soundtracks and asks can celebrities sell anything?

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ A Physically Large Head

Tue, Dec 12, 2017

Stand-up comedian Dave Gorman ponders society's obsession with image. He also investigates quite how far people are willing to go for fame.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ My Childhood is Ruined

Tue, Dec 19, 2017

Dave peeks behind the curtain to reveal secrets of how TV is produced. He also examined the nature of happiness with the aid of Kate Middleton's dresses and Thomas the Tank Engine.