David James "Dave" Gorman is an English author, comedian, and television presenter. He has performed comedy shows on stage in which he tells stories of extreme adventures and presents the evidence to the audience in order to prove to them that they are true stories. He was a stand-up comedian before he became famous for Are You Dave Gorman?. Gorman took a break from stand-up to undertake a sponsored hitchhike around the pacific rim countries. He began and ended this journey at the district municipality of Ucluelet on the Ucluelet Peninsula in Canada. He returned to stand-up in 2009 with a show called Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up whose unique feature was that he cycled 1,563 miles from the southernmost point of Great Britain to the easternmost to the westernmost and then to the northernmost, with a gig following each night. 

March 2nd, 1971 in Stafford (Age 53)