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Dave is a number 1 best-selling author, award-winning stand-up comic and presenter.
Dave has appeared BBC, ITV & Channel 4 and last year presented a series of documentaries for BBC’s Tomorrow’s World on Body Dysmorphic Disorder. In addition, Dave has been on GMB, Lorraine, BBC Breakfast, Radio 1, Radio 4 BBC Radio 5 Live talking about these issues by using humour to make the conversation much more palatable.
Dave is a regular weekly presenter on Talk Radio with Julia Hartley-Brewer and is a weekend breakfast travel presenter for BBC Three Counties, BBC Solent, BBC Cambridge and BBC Surrey.
His recent book Weight Expectations became a best-seller just 3 days after being released and looks at his anorexic past and sensitively uses humour to tackle the very serious issues of Eating Disorders. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Metro & Cosmopolitan on topics such as masculinity, sexuality and mental health.
His most recent critically acclaimed stand up show Mental looked at mental health rather than mental illness and enjoyed a sold out run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is now taking the show on tour around the UK.  This show sensitively uses comedy to take seemingly mundane Public Health information and deliver it in an engaging, entertaining and educating way. He has been Co-presenter of the Breakfast Show on Panda Radio and Drive Time host for Fix Radio.
Dave is now in demand as a host and compare for live events as well a keynote speaker on a range of topics including Mental Wellbeing, Men’s Mental Health, Technology and Mental Health, Eating Disorders and Mental Wellbeing in the work virus.
Dave is an Ambassador for Mind, Rethink Mental Illness, The Mental Health Foundation and BEAT (UK’s Eating Disorder Charity).

Television Appearances

BBC – Tomorrow’s World, Presenter
BBC 1 – Breakfast ,Trust Me I’m A Doctor, and News at 1
BBC 2 – Mock The Week (Stand In)  and Victoria Derbyshire Show
BBC Three – We Need To Talk & Things Not To Say To People with Eating Disorders
ITV – Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, Fixers & Bring it on
Channel 4 – First Dates  and Year Dot
Dave – Taskmaster (Stand In)
Sky – Sky News  & Sunrise
Discovery Channel – Mind Control Freaks
London Live – Afternoon & London Go
Loaded TV – Lads Lit

Radio Appearances

BBC Radio 1 – The Surgery (Guest)
BBC Radio 4 – Today Programme (Featured Guest)
BBC Radio 2 – Graham Norton Show, (Clip)
BBC Radio 5 Live – Saturday Breakfast (Guest)
BBC Radio 5 Live – 5 Live Daily (Guest)
BBC Radio 5 Live – Afternoon Edition (Guest)
Absolute Radio – Traffic & Travel Reporter
Fix Radio – The Happy Hour, Presenter
Fix Radio – The Ugly Phil Breakfast Show, Reporter
Panda Radio – Breakfast Presenter
Talk Radio – Drive Time Regular Guest
Talk Radio – Drive Time Traffic & Travel Presenter
TalkSport – Travel Presenter
LBC – Nick Ferrari (Breakfast Show), Guest
LBC – Andrew Castle Show
LBC – Julia Hartley Brewer Breakfast Show Co-Host
Capital FM South Coast Breakfast Show – Guest
Smooth Radio – Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Radio Wales – Morning Programme
BBC Scotland – Janice Forsyth Show
BBC London – Guest
BBC Three Counties – Drive Time Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Solent – Drive Time Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Cambridge – Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Bristol – Guest
BBC Radio Devon – Drive Time Show
BBC Berkshire – Anne Diamond Show
BBC Newcastle – Guest
BBC Radio Sussex – Drive Time Show, Guest
BBC Radio Derby – Breakfast Show, Guest
BBC Radio Solent – Breakfast Show, Guest
BBC Radio Gloucester – Guest
BBC Radio Oxford – Guest
BBC Cambridge – Guest
BBC Radio Leicester – Guest
Radio Essex – Traffic & Travel Presenter

Writer For
The Guardian, The Telegraph, Metro, Cosmopolitan and GQ