David Vitty
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David Vitty | |
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Born | David Lloyd Vitty 24 April 1974 |
Education | Bedford School |
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Children | 1 |
Career | |
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Time slot | 6:30 am – 10 am |
Style | Disc jockey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Website | www |
David Lloyd Vitty (born 24 April 1974)
Vitty has also presented other shows on
Background
David was educated at
On 22 April 2011, Vitty and his wife, Jayne Sharp announced they were to split.[citation needed]
Vitty is a fan of Everton F.C. as his father and other family members from the Prenton area were also a fans of the club[4]
The Chris Moyles Show
Vitty's regular daily contribution to
Around 9:05 am, Vitty sang "Let's get ready to ramble", signifying the start of the feature "Half-Time in the Show", holding onto the last syllable for a good ten to twenty seconds, in the style of Michael Buffer. This feature was dropped on the show's return for the new year in January 2009.
It was announced on the show on 11 July 2012 that Chris Moyles would be leaving the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in September 2012. Moyles went on to play Herod in a UK tour of the
Vitty did not return when The Chris Moyles Show did in September 2015 on Radio X, as he is currently running a production company, called Stripey Horse.
Marathon broadcast for Comic Relief
Moyles announced in February 2011 that both he and Vitty would, in aid of
Subsequently, the total raised has increased to £2,821,831 and with an audience of 2.84 million, it was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever.[8] 3.8 Million people watched on the Radio 1 Website.
Other radio work
On 5 January 2013 Vitty made his debut on BBC Three Counties Radio presenting Saturday Breakfast for two weeks.[9]
In 2018, Vitty returned to early morning on the new "Hits Radio", presenting alongside Gethin Jones & Gemma Atkinson. It was announced on 30 May 2019 that Vitty and Jones would leave the station, with Atkinson moving to the Drivetime show after her maternity leave.[10]
Stripey Horse
In 2014 Vitty set-up a production company called Stripey Horse along with Nic Franklin, Luke Hammersley and Nicola Martin.
Bands
Vitty was part of the comedy folk band Folk Face with Dominic Byrne who is the newsreader on The Chris Moyles Show.
Dancing on Ice
Vitty appeared on the 6th series of
Other work
Vitty has co-presented cover shows on Radio 1 entitled
On 28 February 2007, Vitty appeared in an edition of Ready Steady Cook, beating radio colleague, and former band member of Folk Face, Dominic Byrne. He previously presented a programme called Shed Sports 1 on Nuts TV and co-presented on UK Play's The Chris Moyles Show.[citation needed]
Vitty appeared on BBC game show,
On 29 December 2009, Vitty appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, raising money for Cancer Research UK. He finished third overall on 17 points after the general knowledge round, having recovered from scoring 6 points on the first round answering questions about British motorways.[citation needed]
Between 2010 and 2012, David provided the narration for Channel 4 series
In 2020, Vitty started co-hosting Fuelling Around, a motoring podcast with British Touring Car Championship driver Jason Plato. With almost 65,000 listens across podcast platforms and YouTube, the show received a five-star rating on Apple where it was ranked the number one automotive podcast.[citation needed] It was confirmed on 30 March 2021, that the chat-show style offering would be returning for a second series.[13] He hosted a first live show [14] with an appearance from Bradley Walsh marking the start of a third series in November 2021.[15]
References
- ^ Chris Moyles Team – Dave Archived 5 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Interview with 'Comedy' Dave Archived 27 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of a Man and His Mouth"
- ^ "Dave Vitty | My Everton Story"
- ^ "Chris Moyles sets world record for longest broadcast". The Daily Telegraph. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011.Jack Caba,
- ^ "Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave attempt world record radio broadcast"; SWNS; 16 March 2011 Archived 18 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, (Retrieved 16 March 2011)
- ^ "Chris Moyles breaks radio show record for Comic Relief" (Retrieved 13:13 Friday, 18 March 2011)
- ^ "Moyles record grabs 2.8m on Red Button". Digital Spy. 23 March 2011.Laughlin Andrew,
- ^ "BBC Three Counties Radio - Saturday Breakfast, with Dave Vitty".
- ^ "Gethin, Gemma and Dave exit Hits Radio Breakfast Show".
- ^ Hole in the Wall
- ^ "Comedy Dave to narrate new 'Coach Trip'". Digital Spy. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Fuelling Around podcast earns second series". Fluxposure. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Relive top night as Fuelling Around podcast makes live debut". 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Fuelling Around podcast: Chasing a dream with Bradley Walsh". 3 November 2021.
External links
- David Vitty at IMDb
- Profile on ChrisMoyles.Net
- David Vitty on Twitter