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Dave Gorman's Episode 2 blog

It couldn't have panned out the way it did if we'd had lawyers demanding scripts in advance. Weirdly, it's the fact that they accepted the idea of honing the stuff live - and without a paper trail of words for them to stay on top of - that meant tonight's show was able to contain the surprise it does.

Dave Gorman: A serious message about our media overkill

It's the information age - so why is there so much misinformation around? Dave Gorman searches for the truth.

Dave Gorman: Modern strife and how to deal with it

I've loved making Modern Life Is Goodish for Dave. Instead of shouting at the telly, I get to shout on the telly.

Dave Gorman: TV's sometimes arrogant about the Internet

It's called Modern Life is Goodish and I guess it's more about the -ish than the good.

Dave Gorman has turned the 'Powerpoint Presentation as Sketch Show' into something of an art form, getting comic mileage out of some pretty flimsy premises. Modern Life is Goodish is no exception, encouraging us to look a little closer and pay a little more attention: to terms and conditions, to pernicious marketing campaigns and, above all, to the internet.

Adam Buxton may do it darker and Alex Zane dumber, but they leave Gorman to plough the reasonably fertile middle ground of mocking idiots online, in this case as they debate Leap Years and non-news stories. Gorman's mounting incredulity becomes a little exhausting over the course of the hour and his climactic 'Found Poem' is overlong, but there are still plenty of laughs - and any time spent scrutinising Alan Sugar's doomed E-Mailer phone is never wasted. Goodish is about right.

Dave Gorman's favourite TV

The presenter, comedian and serial Googlewhacker on his TV predilections.

Modern Life Is Goodish review

All in all, Modern Life Is Goodish is a very smart and entertaining programme - exactly the type you'd expect from Dave Gorman. I for one can't wait for the rest of the series to see what other modern life-isms Dave will tear apart.

Media Talk podcast: Dave Gorman

The comedian and writer talks to John Plunkett about his approach to making comedy for television - and how to keep creative control of your projects.

Comedy gold - Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure

The self-mocking anecdotalist pinballs around the planet on an absurd, 91,000-mile trek fuelled only by goodhearted positivity.

Casting - passing messages on is important

Someone, somewhere had the job of casting these ads. And they had to meet various, young actresses. And they were still working from a script that involved an actress in a bikini. Because nobody had passed on the message.