Dave Lamb

Dave Lamb
Born	17 January 1969 (1969-01-17) (age 42) London, UK
Residence	Brighton[1]
Alma mater	University of Warwick
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, presenter
Television	Come Dine with Me Goodness Gracious Me Horrible Histories: Gory Games 2DTV Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask

Dave Lamb (born 1969)^[2] is a British actor and voice-over artist best known for his work on Come Dine with Me as well as appearances in British television and radio programmes, especially comedy programmes. He also currently presents the CBBC game show Horrible Histories: Gory Games.

Early work

Lamb's first noted credit was in the 1998 British sitcom How Do You Want Me?.^[3] His first notable appearances were in Indian sketch show Goodness Gracious Me being the only recurring white male in the cast. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s he also appeared in comedy programmes such as People Like Us, Hippies, Armstrong and Miller, The Smoking Room and Fun at the Funeral Parlour as well as having a brief role in a couple of episodes of Eastenders. He also made a brief appearance in DIY SOS.

Voice-over work

Dave Lamb was one of the main voice-over artists on satirical cartoon 2DTV alongside Jan Ravens and Jon Culshaw,^[4] but he gained cult status through his sarcastic voice-overs on dinner party show Come Dine With Me which began in 2005. In an interview he claimed that in the first series he did do quite a lot of ad-libbing but that the show's writers now know how to write for his voice. He also stated that he would never take part in a celebrity edition as he wasn't famous enough to participate.^[5]

In 2008, Lamb provided a voice for Lionhead Studios' Fable II and again in 2010 for Fable III.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 for the Big Brother 2011 Come Dine With Me task, Lamb took over from usual narrator Marcus Bentley for the feature, the first time that anyone other than Bentley had provided a voice-over for the show.^[6]

He also narrates Come Dine With Me (Ireland) and Come Dine With Me South Africa^[7] and provides the voice-over on the CBeebies animation series Big Barn Farm.^{[citation needed]} He narrated a special section of Blue Peter on the 25th of October 2011. The section was a spoof of Come Dine With Me at a zoo where the guests were animals.^{[citation needed]}

Recent TV appearances

Lamb has had two main-cast roles in television sitcoms, firstly as producer Des in The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (broadcast October 2007) and then in early 2008 he played put-upon television writer Carl Morris in ITV's Moving Wallpaper. He also played a police officer in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips, shown on BBC One on New Year's Day 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Dave now co-presents a CBBC show Horrible Histories: Gory Games and is a regular on Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask. In 2009, he appeared in Miranda, in the episode in which Miranda pretends to go to Thailand.^{[citation needed]}

Radio

Lamb was a member of radio comedy troupe The Cheese Shop and has also featured on radio recording three series of The Bigger Issues as well as featuring on 15 Minute Musical, The Alan Davies Show, ElvenQuest, No Future in Eternity, The Big Town All Stars, The Very World of Milton Jones and The Way It Is. He has also recorded two series of a radio drama entitled London, Europe for Radio 4, which he also wrote.^[8]

Stage work

Lamb made his stage debut alongside Russ Abbot and Eric Sykes in 2003 in a production of Ray Cooney's Caught In The Net at the Vaudeville Theatre.^[8]

Personal life

Lamb lives in Sussex and is a regular at the Dripping Pan, home of Lewes F.C..^[1] He is a shareholder of the club.^[9]

He attended The Broxbourne School in Hertfordshire,^{[citation needed]} and studied philosophy and literature at the University of Warwick.^[10]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "European Football Weekends: Dave Lamb interview". Europeanfootballweekends.blogspot.com. 2010-12-21. http://europeanfootballweekends.blogspot.com/2010/12/dave-lamb-interview.html. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
2. ^ "Dave Lamb, Esq". Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/22696/Dave+LAMB.aspx. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
3. ^ Dave Lamb (I). IMDB
4. ^ Full cast and crew for "2DTV" (2001). IMDB
5. ^ Wilkes, Neil (August 11, 2008). "Interview – Dave Lamb ('Come Dine With Me')". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a120974/dave-lamb-come-dine-with-me.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
6. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s149/big-brother/news/a243116/dave-lamb-to-guest-narrate-big-brother.html
7. ^ Nevill, Glenda. "Come Dine With Me SA has viewers eating out of its hand". The Media Online. http://themediaonline.co.za/2011/10/come-dine-with-me-sa-has-them-trending-on-twitter/. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Clore, Vivienne. "Clore clients to watch this week...". vivienneclore.com. http://www.vivienneclore.com/articles/Dave_938464_18.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010. ^{[not in citation given]}
9. ^ "List of Owners – Lewes FC". Lewesfc.com. http://lewesfc.com/owners/list-of-owners. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
10. ^ Laws, Roz (29 October 2010). "I'm a terrible cook, admits Come Dine With Me narrator Dave Lamb". The Birmingham Post. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2010/10/29/dining-with-dave-lamb-65233-27552398/#ixzz1X6n2UOpc. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 

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