Comedy Dave
| Dave Vitty (Comedy Dave) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Lloyd Vitty |
| Born |
24 April 1974 British Hong Kong |
| Show | The Chris Moyles Show |
| Station(s) | BBC Radio 1 |
| Time slot | 6:30am - 10am |
| Style | Disc jockey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Pontefract (2003 - 2006) Jayne Sharp (2008 - 2011) |
| Children | Nicole Catherine Vitty |
| Website |
Chris Moyles Chappers & Dave |
David Lloyd Vitty (born 24 April 1974 in Hong Kong) is a radio presenter working in the UK. He is best known as having worked alongside Chris Moyles at BBC Radio 1. He was originally a broadcast assistant on Moyles' early morning show, but soon became the show's head writer and 'Director of Comedy'. He moved with Moyles to the drivetime slot, and then to The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, during which time the programme was known as The Chris Moyles Show. In total, he spent 14 years from 1998-2012 working alongside Moyles.
Dave has also presented other shows on Radio 1 and BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as some presenting work on television, most notably on Channel 4's Coach Trip. He is a former contestant on Dancing on Ice.
Educated at Bedford School, Vitty studied Radio Production at college, but never had any ambitions to be on-air. He began working as a copywriter and then moved onto becoming a "tech op" for Radio 1 on 5 December 1996. In 1997, he then met Chris Moyles - they got on well with each other and Moyles invited Vitty to work with him on his early morning show. When Moyles transferred to drive time in 1998, Vitty went with him and became "Comedy Dave" after comedian Lee Hurst asked Vitty on the show who he was, he said "Super Dave" to which Lee sarcastically responded "Comedy Dave more like".
On 22 April 2011, Vitty and his wife, Jayne Sharp announced they were to split.
Vitty's regular daily contribution to the The Chris Moyles Show was the "Tedious Link" (which launched September 2002 - a parody of Jo Whiley's now-defunct "Tenuous Link"), a collection of loosely connected information, where one fact lead into another by way of juxtaposition, which then eventually lead into the title of a song (or the musicians responsible for it), often a "classic" or memorable tune, which was usually played at precisely 9 a.m., preceded by the Greenwich time pips. Once the song had been played he was questioned by listeners and the rest of the crew about the validity of the information given out during the "Tedious Link" (the theme tune from Treasure Hunt is usually played in the background). The theme music from the TV comedy show Bottom was used as the "bed" (underlying music) for the feature but for January 2009 Chris Moyles unveiled a new purpose-written jingle and music.
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