The BEST episodes of Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish
Every episode of Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish!
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman takes a sideways look at modern life in a series of stand-up performances powered by his laptop.
#1 - I've Never Seen a Cat
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/2017
One very funny man and his laptop. Dave plays tricks with singing toys, interrogates kids' TV characters, and messes with Monopoly.
#2 - That's What We Grow In
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2015
A sideways look at the ups and downs of modern life. Dave suggests revamping the calendar and considers the upshot of buying Twitter followers.
#3 - A German Tradition
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2015
Beard-stroking musings on modern life. With the help of Ant and Dec's fans, Dave ponders our fixation with customer feedback and market research.
#4 - It Was an Accident and I Was Hospitalised
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/2016
The man with at least 54 namesakes restarts his laptop for more witty asides. Dave irks an old pal and explains why he isn't 'a geek'.
#5 - If You Put a Sausage in It, It's Not a Viennetta
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/15/2016
Mirthful musings on modern life. Dave explores the perils of stock photography modelling and experiments with a celebrity.
#6 - That's What Debt Actually Is, Actually
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/2016
Dave Gorman's wry take on modern life, featuring a method to get rid of an unwanted gift and the reboot of a classic game show.
#7 - Vicars, Horses, Doctors and Smurfs
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/29/2016
Dave Gorman's laptop screen is back on the small screen, as he waxes lyrical on flirty hotel soap, kinky cages and overly familiar foods.
#8 - Nobody Wants Vom on Their Cheerios
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/6/2016
Amusing musings on 21st century life. Dave ponders whether people's behaviour is the same in the real world as it is online.
#9 - Spray Gravy
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/13/2016
Mirthful musings on life's little foibles. Dave invents a way of minimising the time it takes to listen to your favourite songs.
#10 - Like Top Gun All Over Again
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/2017
In the first episode, Dave explores whether a knock-off can ever be as good as the real thing. For Dave, this involves examining DVDs, baking and his favourite band, Bucks Fizz...
#11 - Stuck on Level 342
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2015
Musings on modern life with the laptop-literate funny man - computer ads, board games, puzzle books and Dave's jigsaw habit come under his gaze.
#12 - A Helicopter Is Quicker Than a Car
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2017
Dave Gorman wittily scrutinises the modern world. Analysing nature's warning signs, he enlists celebrities, insect repellent and Doctor Google.
#13 - You Use a Spoon for Licking Custard
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/2017
Life's little absurdities are wittily dissected. Dave asks what the term 'generation' really means. And why does his mum use emojis?
#14 - It Does Not Bong
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/2017
All the wit, wonder and woes of modern life, as Dave tests the merits of man vs machine in all its lifelike glory. A lucrative situation presents itself.
#15 - Drippy Strummer
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2017
Amusing musings on 21st century life. Dave asks just how gullible people are as he looks at movie marketing and whether celebrities really can sell anything.
#16 - A Physically Large Head
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/2017
Mirthful musings on life with the laptop-literate comedian. Dave ponders society's image obsession and investigates how far people will go for fame.
#17 - My Childhood is Ruined
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/2017
Dave reveals how TV is made and examines the nature of happiness - with the help of Kate Middleton's clothes and Thomas the Tank Engine.
#18 - Twelve Is The Number We Do Things In
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/24/2025
Dave Gorman is back probing modern life's follies, fake search engines, big tech's rules and a wager that goes too far.
#19 - That's Why Seas Are Salty
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2025
Dave Gorman and his iconic big screen explore more absurdities of modern life - Dave this time reinvents the alphabet and battles an online nemesis.
#20 - Britain Is Also An Island
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2025
Dave Gorman's inquisitive mind takes on more quirks of modern life - AI, honesty in TV, leaving London and notions of 'celebrity' get his treatment this time.
#21 - I Would Drink That Bathwater
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2014
Dave devilishly dissects modern life as he judges the worth of online petitions and reveals how he beat Alex Reid - not at cage fighting, obviously
#22 - Badgers Don't Vote
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2013
The titular comic examines celebrity culture and star lookalikes.
#23 - I Is Da Queen
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2013
Money is the root of all comedy as Dave considers our love of cash.
#24 - A Prince, Not an Estate Agent
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2013
Ingenious observational stand-up from the laptop-loving comedian, who here casts a wry eye over the role of family in modern life.
#25 - I Like Eggs
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2013
Dave Gorman vents his spleen about modern life in these crafty shows recorded for Dave. Here he looks at the footprint we leave behind when surfing the web.