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Dave Gorman is to front a ‘mischievous’ new TV series mixing stand-up with real-life experiments.

He is to make six hour-long episodes of Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish For Dave, which are said to be loosely based on his latest stand-up tour, Powerpoint Presentation.

It will be Gorman’s first new TV show since the second series of Genius aired in 2010, and will focus on the aspects on the fringes of modern living that prove irritating.

According to the publicity blurb Gorman is ‘endlessly being sold stuff he doesn't need, feeling manipulated by the media and harassed by technology’ – and will explore the concepts through ‘a blend of stand up, visual storytelling and real-world experimentation’.

Richard Watsham, who commissioned the show fro Dave, said: ‘This is a wonderfully innovative comedy format that takes the best of Dave Gorman’s brilliant stand up and adds additional layers that will really bring it to life for TV. I’m very excited that more people will get to see just how good Dave is.’

And executive producer Jamie Isaacs added that Gorman was ‘a unique voice in comedy... his intellectual curiosity and sense of fun make him a perfect guide to the countless questionable things we’re all exposed to and just seem to accept as OK.

The series will be filmed this spring by Liberty Bell, the Avalon-owned production house that specialises in documentaries and factual entertainment, and is set to air in the autumn.

Published: 2 Apr 2013