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	Although his most famous feature was his daily [[Tedious Link]] (launched September 2002), he was also the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.		Although his most famous feature was his daily [[Tedious Link]] (launched September 2002), he was also the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.
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		+	In 2018, it was announced that he was to return to radio as part of Key 103's breakfast show, meaning that he would be going head-to-head with Chris Moyles.

	==Television Work==		==Television Work==

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 His TV work includes co-hosting ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' on UK Play in 1998-99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXs5--TTyR4 ''Reverse-A-Word''], a self-devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen. Also in 2011, he guested on [[Chris Moyles Quiz Night]] on Channel 4 as a question setter.
-His TV voice over work includes Channel 4's ''Coach Trip'', which he has provided the voice-over for since 2010.
+His TV voice over work includes Channel 4's ''Coach Trip'', which he provided the voice-over for from 2010 until 2012.
 ==Other Work==

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 Vitty's debut book, [[Comedy Dave's Book]], was published on 11 November 2011.
-In 2013, Dave became a Talent Consultant for the charity Cancer Research UK.
+In 2013, Dave became a Talent Consultant for the charity Cancer Research UK. He helped launch a production company in 2014 called Stripey Horse, where he took the role of Head of Development.
 ==Personal Life==

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 ==Television Work==
-His TV work includes co-hosting ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV show)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' on UK Play in 1998-99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXs5--TTyR4 ''Reverse-A-Word''], a self-devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen. Also in 2011, he guested on [[Chris Moyles Quiz Night]] on Channel 4 as a question setter.
+His TV work includes co-hosting ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' on UK Play in 1998-99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXs5--TTyR4 ''Reverse-A-Word''], a self-devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen. Also in 2011, he guested on [[Chris Moyles Quiz Night]] on Channel 4 as a question setter.
 His TV voice over work includes Channel 4's ''Coach Trip'', which he has provided the voice-over for since 2010.

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+{{TeamMember|Dave_2012.png|Dave Vitty (BBC)|Dave Vitty}}
-{{TeamMember|Dave_2012.png|Dave Vitty (BBC)}}
+'''David Lloyd Vitty''' (also known as 'Comedy Dave') was officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris' "sidekick".
 '''David Lloyd Vitty''' was officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris' "sidekick".
 ==Radio Career==
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 Vitty's debut book, [[Comedy Dave's Book]], was published on 11 November 2011.
 ==Personal Life==

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 {{Outdated}}
-{{TeamMember|Dave_2012.png|Dave Vitty (BBC)|Dave Vitty}}
+{{TeamMember|Dave_2012.png|Dave Vitty (BBC)}}
-'''David Lloyd Vitty''' was officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris’s "sidekick".
+'''David Lloyd Vitty''' was officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris' "sidekick".
 ==Radio Career==
-Dave was born on April 24th 1974 in Hong Kong where he attended Glenealy Junior School. He then moved to attend secondary school in Bedford, England between the age of 11 and 18, before going to college in Warrington from 1992 to 1995 studying a Media and Business course at North Cheshire College. Dave then landed a job at the BBC Monitoring Centre in Caversham, Berks where he worked as a researcher producing music copyright reports for Radio One. He joined Radio One in December 1996 to work as a technical operative. On his first day at the station Nicky Campbell threw a mini disc at his head, and soon after Dave pulled the Simon Mayo show off the air in a technical mishap which he says nearly ended his career.
+Dave was born on 24 April 1974 in Hong Kong where he attended Glenealy Junior School. He then moved to attend secondary school in Bedford, England between the age of 11 and 18, before going to college in Warrington from 1992 to 1995 studying a Media and Business course at North Cheshire College. Dave then landed a job at the BBC Monitoring Centre in Caversham, Berkshire, where he worked as a researcher, producing music copyright reports for Radio One. He joined Radio One in December 1996 to work as a technical operative. On his first day at the station, Nicky Campbell threw a mini disc at his head, and soon after Dave pulled the Simon Mayo show off the air in a technical mishap, which he says nearly ended his career.
-Dave met Chris whilst working early mornings as the London based "button puncher" on Mark and Lard’s ill fated breakfast show. They got on with each other as mates, went to the pub (a lot), and were soon throwing ideas around. Eventually an opportunity came up to work as a broadcast assistant on Chris's 4-7am show. Dave took it, and the rest as they say is history.
+Dave met Chris whilst working early mornings as the London-based "button-puncher" on Mark and Lard’s ill-fated breakfast show, which was broadcast from the BBC's Oxford Road studio in Manchester. They got on with each other as mates, went to the pub (a lot), and were soon throwing ideas around. Eventually an opportunity came up to work as a broadcast assistant on [[The Early Bit|Chris' 4-7am show]]. Dave took it, and the rest as they say is history.
-The nickname "Comedy Dave" was originally suggested ironically by comedian Lee Hurst, to highlight the fact that Dave, er, wasn’t very funny. Although the tag stuck, we have since found out his original nickname was "Super-Dave". Dave has been an ever present on the show through the years, and has helped contribute some of its finest moments. His work includes devising spoof adverts, sketches and many of Chris's legendary song parodies.
+The nickname "Comedy Dave" was originally suggested ironically by comedian Lee Hurst (best known as a team captain on the sports quiz ''They Think It's All Over''), to highlight the fact that Dave wasn’t very funny. Although the tag stuck, we have since found out his original nickname was "Super-Dave". Dave was an ever-present on the show through the years, and helped contribute some of its finest moments. His work includes devising spoof adverts, sketches and many of Chris' legendary song parodies.
-Although his most famous feature was his daily Tedious Link (launched September 2002), he was also the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.
+Although his most famous feature was his daily [[Tedious Link]] (launched September 2002), he was also the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.
 ==Television Work==
-His TV work includes co hosting The Chris Moyles Show on UK Play in 1998/99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and ''Reverse-A-Word'', a self devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen.
+His TV work includes co-hosting ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV show)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' on UK Play in 1998-99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXs5--TTyR4 ''Reverse-A-Word''], a self-devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen. Also in 2011, he guested on [[Chris Moyles Quiz Night]] on Channel 4 as a question setter.
 His TV voice over work includes Channel 4's ''Coach Trip'', which he has provided the voice-over for since 2010.
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 ==Other Work==
-Dave has also been a founding member of short lived (and much missed) musical outfits Ghettolife and Folkface, along with TCMS colleague [[Dominic Byrne]], playing with the latter at Glastonbury 2005. Dave, along with his colleagues from the Chris Moyles Show, was also a member of Mouldy Lookin' Stain, who had a number one hit on the download chart with a parody of Goldie Lookin' Chain's hit "Guns Don's Kill People, Rappers Do" entitled "Dogs Don't Kill People, Rabbits Do".
+Dave has also been a founding member of short-lived musical outfits Ghettolife and Folkface, along with TCMS colleague [[Dominic Byrne]], playing with the latter at Glastonbury 2005. Dave, along with his colleagues from the Chris Moyles Show, was also a member of Mouldy Lookin' Stain, who had a number one hit on the download chart with a parody of Goldie Lookin' Chain's hit ''"Guns Don's Kill People, Rappers Do"'' entitled ''"Dogs Don't Kill People, Rabbits Do"''.
-Dave is also a passionate football fan and a big supporter of Everton FC. In 2001 and 2003 he helped raise over £300,000 for Comic Relief by collecting football memorabilia from across the country with Mark Chapman. Since 2003, the pair have also hosted their own show on Radio 1. Chappers and Dave were given an extended summer run in 2004. They also regularly perform DJ sets at venues across the UK, as part of their “World Tour”.
+Dave is also a passionate football fan and a big supporter of Everton FC. In 2001 and 2003 he helped raise over £300,000 for Comic Relief by collecting football memorabilia from across the country with Mark Chapman. Since 2003, the pair have also hosted their own show on Radio 1. Chappers and Dave were given an extended summer run in 2004. They also regularly perform DJ sets at venues across the UK, as part of their "World Tour".
 Dave has also appeared as a presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and is a frequent guest on Richard Bacon's show on the same station.
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 ==Personal Life==
-Although famous for sleeping with ugly women, Dave settled down and married fiancée Emma Pontefract on August 23rd 2003, however they divorced in September 2006.
+Dave settled down and married fiancée Emma Pontefract on 23 August 2003, however they divorced in September 2006.
 He then married TV presenter Jayne Sharp who was formerly a runner on 'The Chris Moyles Show' and used to date Chris Evans. They had a daughter, Nicole, in 2007, but Dave and Jayne split in April 2011.
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 Following the end of the Chris Moyles Show, Dave and [[Dominic Byrne]] went on tour as Folk Face, playing gigs around the UK. In January 2013, Dominic announced that the band had come to an end.
-In autumn 2012, newspaper reports appeared claiming that Chris and Dave were no longer on speaking terms, though the pair have not as yet confirmed or denied the accusations.
+In autumn 2012, newspaper reports appeared claiming that Chris and Dave were no longer on speaking terms, due to Chris going on holiday with Dave's ex-wife Jayne, though the pair have not as yet confirmed or denied the accusations.
 == Trivia ==

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	Dave has also appeared as a presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and is a frequent guest on Richard Bacon's show on the same station.		Dave has also appeared as a presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and is a frequent guest on Richard Bacon's show on the same station.
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		+	Vitty's debut book, [[Comedy Dave's Book]], was published on 11 November 2011.

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 {{TeamMember|Dave_2012.png|Dave Vitty (BBC)|Dave Vitty}}
 David Lloyd Vitty is officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris’s "sidekick".
 Dave was born on April 24th 1974 in Hong Kong where he attended Glenealy Junior School. He then moved to attend secondary school in Bedford, England between the age of 11 and 18, before going to college in Warrington from 1992 to 1995 studying a Media and Business course at North Cheshire College. Dave then landed a job at the BBC Monitoring Centre in Caversham, Berks where he worked as a researcher producing music copyright reports for Radio One. He joined Radio One in December 1996 to work as a technical operative. On his first day at the station Nicky Campbell threw a mini disc at his head, and soon after Dave pulled the Simon Mayo show off the air in a technical mishap which he says nearly ended his career.
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 Dave met Chris whilst working early mornings as the London based "button puncher" on Mark and Lard’s ill fated breakfast show. They got on with each other as mates, went to the pub (a lot), and were soon throwing ideas around. Eventually an opportunity came up to work as a broadcast assistant on Chris's 4-7am show. Dave took it, and the rest as they say is history.
-The nickname "Comedy Dave" was originally suggested ironically by Moyles, to highlight the fact that Dave, er, wasn’t very funny. Although the tag stuck, we have since found out his original nickname was "Super-Dave". Dave has been an ever present on the show through the years, and has helped contribute some of its finest moments. His work includes devising spoof adverts, sketches and many of Chris's legendary song parodies.
+The nickname "Comedy Dave" was originally suggested ironically by comedian Lee Hurst, to highlight the fact that Dave, er, wasn’t very funny. Although the tag stuck, we have since found out his original nickname was "Super-Dave". Dave has been an ever present on the show through the years, and has helped contribute some of its finest moments. His work includes devising spoof adverts, sketches and many of Chris's legendary song parodies.
-Although his most famous feature is his daily Tedious Link (launched September 2002), he has also been the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes Car Park Catchphrase and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.
+Although his most famous feature is his daily Tedious Link (launched September 2002), he has also been the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.
-His TV work includes co hosting The Chris Moyles Show on UK Play in 1998/99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on Match of The Day 2 and Reverse-A-Word, a self devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. Dave has also been a founding member of short lived (and much missed) musical outfits Ghettolife and Folkface, playing with the latter at Glastonbury 2005.
+==Television Work==
-Dave is also a passionate football fan and a big supporter of Everton FC. In 2001 and 2003 he helped raise over £300,000 for Comic Relief by collecting football memorabilia from across the country with Mark Chapman. Since 2003, the pair have also hosted their own show on Radio 1. Chappers and Dave were given an extended summer run in 2004 but can now usually be found filling weekend schedules. They also regularly perform DJ sets at venues across the UK, as part of their “World Tour”. Their latest tour dates can be found here on MySpace.
+His TV work includes co hosting The Chris Moyles Show on UK Play in 1998/99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and ''Reverse-A-Word'', a self devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen.
 Although famous for sleeping with ugly women, Dave settled down and married fiancée Emma Pontefract on August 23rd 2003, however they divorced in September 2006.
-He then married TV presenter Jayne Sharp who was formerly a runner on 'The Chris Moyles Show' and used to date Chris Evans. He split from her in April 2011.
+He then married TV presenter Jayne Sharp who was formerly a runner on 'The Chris Moyles Show' and used to date Chris Evans. They had a daughter, Nicole, in 2007, but Dave and Jayne split in April 2011.
-= Trivia =
+Following the end of the Chris Moyles Show, Dave and [[Dominic Byrne]] went on tour, playing gigs around the UK.
 * He speaks a little Cantonese and used to work as a waiter
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 * If he could have any wish, it’d be Everton to win the Premiership
 * If he could be any animal, he would be a giraffe
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