Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment Explained

Producer:Dave Gorman; Danny Wallace
Director:Gareth Carrivick
Presenter:Dave Gorman
Judges:Denise Robertson, Hilary Jones, Alvin Hall
Theme Music Composer:Banks & Wag
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:6
Executive Producer:Myfanwy Moore
Editor:Nick Watts
Runtime:30 mins
Network:BBC Two

Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment is a BBC television comedy series presented by Dave Gorman which was broadcast in 2002. The studio-based show was interspersed with footage of Gorman literally taking the advice of horoscopes for 40 days and nights to see if following astrology enhances love, health and wealth, and, ultimately, happiness.

To see if his life was better for following astrology, Gorman's twin brother Nick was used as a control experiment. A panel of experts - including agony aunt Denise Robertson, TV doctor Hilary Jones and financial advisor Alvin Hall - commented on the success, or otherwise, of the progress of the experiment. The studio audience voted on whether Dave's life was turning out better as a consequence of the experiment compared to Nick's, with results represented as a graph.[1]

The series was cited in a scholarly journal as an example of "television that combines humour with serious topics, which has been increasingly evident since the 1990s" alongside The Mark Thomas Comedy Product and The Mark Steel Lectures.[2] The show was written by Gorman and Danny Wallace, and followed their acclaimed series The Dave Gorman Collection.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DAVE GORMAN'S IMPORTANT ASTROLOGY EXPERIMENT . 2 August 2002 . BBC - Press Office . 24 April 2021.
  2. Comic investigation and genre-mixing: the television docucomedies of Lawrence Leung, Judith Lucy and Luke McGregor . Lesley . Speed . Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies . 34 . 2020 . 5 . 690–702 . 10.1080/10304312.2020.1782838. 225729153 .