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The new primetime semi-improvised comedy series called Hoff The Record airs on DAVE from June.
Hoff the Record, produced by the award-winning makers of An Idiot Abroad, is a brand new and exclusive six part semi-improvised comedy series. Living legend David Hasslehoff, playing a fictionalised version of himself (complete with a previously unknown German son and an oddball entourage) as he arrives in the UK in an attempt to reignite his career.
David Hasselhoff said, “When I made Baywatch I dreamed of one day having my own show on a channel named after me. Hoff The Record is coming soon to the UK, only on Dave. They did name the channel after me, right…?”
Shot in the style of a documentary, Hoff the Record is about the life of The Hoff, 30 years after rising to fame with the global hits Knight Rider and Baywatch. After five divorces and some misguided career decisions, the series follows The Hoff as he moves to the UK to get his career back on track, starting with an audition for an independent film.
Things don’t get off to the best of starts however when he gets the low-budget treatment on his arrival from a Hollywood; a PA who’s never been a PA before and a foul-mouthed, star-struck driver. To make matters worse, the Hoff has some clashes with the young film director. Disgruntled, Hoff tasks his UK manager to find him something more worthy of his talents; everything from fronting a charity to becoming a global peacemaker.
Are you excited? We’re terribly excited. Here are some people saying excited things about Hoff The Record:
Executive Producer Krishnendu Majumdar: “We grew up watching David Hasselhoff on TV so we are thrilled to be working with such a legend and are amazed that he is game to play a jaw dropping version of himself for us. This is our first series for Dave and it’s great to be on such a supportive broadcaster making an ambitious cutting edge comedy series.”
UKTV’s Commissioning Editor, Iain Coyle: “We are delighted to be working with a living legend. The Hoff is unique and so is this show; funny, clever and bizarre – in a good way. I can’t wait.”
Steve North, Dave General Manager: “It is a slightly surreal series for Dave and has to be seen to be believed, but it promises to be brilliant and to have The Hoff on the channel is a great coup. It cements Dave as the place to be for risk-taking comedies.”
#HOFFONDAVE – Via dave.uktv.co.uk
UKTV’s number one most watched non-PSB channel Dave continues to bring wit to your world, this time welcoming international TV legend David Hasselhoff to the channel. Hoff the Record (6×30’) is a brand new and exclusive six part semi-improvised comedy series, produced by Me & You Productions (the award winning makers of An Idiot Abroad).
Shot in the style of a documentary, Hoff the Record is about the life of The Hoff, a fictionalised version of Hasselhoff, 30 years after rising to fame with the global hits Knight Rider and Baywatch. After five divorces and some misguided career decisions, the series follows The Hoff as he moves to the UK to get his career back on track and make sense of his increasingly surreal life. It is an ambitious project, blurring the lines between real life and improvisational comedy and it will be filmed in the UK, and overseas, with an ensemble cast of new and established comedy talent.
An original commission, Hoff the Record has been ordered by UKTV’s Director of Commissioning Richard Watsham and Dave General Manager Steve North. The executive producers for Me & You Productions are Krishnendu Majumdar, Richard Yee and Eric Gardner, and for UKTV, Commissioning Editor Iain Coyle. The series is directed by the multi award-winning Misha Manson-Smith and the show will air on Dave in 2015.
David Hasselhoff says,
“When I made Baywatch I dreamed of one day having my own show on a channel named after me. Hoff The Record is coming soon to the UK, only on Dave. They did name the channel after me, right…?”
Read more at corporate.uktv.co.uk/