Dave signs up David Hasselhoff for semi-improvised series
Channel Dave is working on a new show with David Hasselhoff.
Hoff The Record is a six-part semi-improvised comedy series produced by the production company behind Karl Pilkington hit An Idiot Abroad.
Shot in the style of a documentary, Hoff The Record will present a fictionalised version of the life of the Knight Rider and Baywatch star.
The channel explains: "After five divorces and some misguided career decisions, the series follows The Hoff as he moves to the UK to get his career back on track and make sense of his increasingly surreal life. It is an ambitious project, blurring the lines between real life and improvisational comedy and it will be filmed in the UK, and overseas, with an ensemble cast of new and established comedy talent."
David Hasselhoff says: "When I made Baywatch I dreamed of one day having my own show on a channel named after me. Hoff The Record is coming soon to the UK, only on Dave. They did name the channel after me, right...?"
Krishnendu Majumdar, from Me & You Productions, comments: "We grew up watching David Hasselhoff on TV so we are thrilled to be working with such a legend and are amazed that he is game to play a jaw dropping version of himself for us. This is our first series for Dave and it's great to be on such a supportive broadcaster making an ambitious cutting edge comedy series."
Commissioner Iain Coyle adds: "We are delighted to be working with a living legend. The Hoff is unique and so is this show; funny, clever and bizarre - in a good way. I can't wait."
Steve North, General Manager for Dave, notes: "It is a slightly surreal series for Dave and has to be seen to be believed, but it promises to be brilliant and to have The Hoff on the channel is a great coup. It cements Dave as the place to be for risk-taking comedies."
Hoff The Record, which will be overseen by Pramface director Misha Manson-Smith, will be shown on Dave in 2015.