Dick and Dom

Dick and Dom
Dick & Dom
Medium Television [Family entertainment]
Nationality British
Years active 1996–present
Genres Comedy
Members Richard McCourt
Dominic Wood

Dick and Dom (originally Richard and Dominic[1]) are a British comedy double act consisting of the presenters Richard "Dick" McCourt and Dominic "Dom" Wood. They are primarily known for presenting Children's BBC in the 1990s, before moving onto the double BAFTA Award winning Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, a children's entertainment show that was live during weekend mornings on BBC One, CBBC and later BBC Two. The show ran for five series between 2002 and 2006.

From October 2007 to September 2008, they presented The Sunday Morning Show on BBC Radio 1 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Also between 2007 and 2008, they presented Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? for two series on Sky 1.

Diddy Dick and Dom, originally a pre-recorded section during Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow, sees them playing themselves as miniaturised puppets. They now have a 30-minute show called Diddy Movies, with 2 series and now Diddy TV with 4 series.[2] They also starred in two shows on CBBC in 2009, The Legend of Dick and Dom and Da Dick and Dom Dairies (the best of Da Bungalow).

In early 2011, they presented Dick and Dom Go Wild, a nature series.[3] They also began hosting the UK version of Splatalot! on CBBC and made their first film appearances in 'Horrid Henry: The Movie', as hosts for the fictional game show 2Cool4School. They also both provide the voices of B1 and B2 in the ABC revived series, Bananas in Pyjamas.

On September 2012, Dick and Dom's Hoopla[4] started on the CBBC Channel, a comedy show in which it sees them host their own travelling funfair with games, acts, performers and celebrity appearances. The show had a positive reaction, but was decommissioned after one series.

In January 2013, the first episode of Dick and Dom's newest series titled Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom[5] was shown. An educational show that showed geniuses' work throughout the ages and how it has affected the modern world. Each show was dedicated to one genius (starting with Archimedes) and the duo also attempted to recreate their works. A special series titled APPsolute Genius, which focused on video games, aired in 2015. In 2016 Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom was renewed for a fifth series with filming starting in June 2016. Absolute Genius Monster Builds was the fifth and final series.

From December 2013 to January 2014, Dick and Dom played the roles of King Arthur and Patsy in the West End revival of Spamalot.[6]

In November 2014, Dick and Dom won the 2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA Award for Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom[7] Series 2 of Diddy Movies also won the 2014 Children's Comedy award.[8]

In 2016, the pair voiced the roles of Unhygienix and Fulliautomatix, the constantly-bickering fishmonger and blacksmith of the indomitable Gaulish village, in the English release of the 2014 CGI animated film Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods,

List of "Dick and Dom" shows, TV and radio broadcasts

UK tours

Dick vs Dom (Also known as Dick and Dom LIVE) is a live 60-minute stage adaptation to Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow. The stage show has been on tour since 2013 round all three Butlins resorts until October 2016. It was confirmed in September 2017 that Dick and Dom would return to Butlins in 2018. The show has been on a UK and Festival tour since 2011.

They brought Dick Vs Dom to the 2015 BST Hyde Park Festival, they had five 20-minute slots where they did a smaller vision of Dick Vs Dom before introducing the next act onto the stage. The duo have a regular slot at Camp Bestival, where they do Dick vs Dom performing throughout the day.[9]

In 2016 Dick and Dom returned with Dick vs Dom they brought new games to the tour. It was later announced that Dick and Dom would be doing two shows per holiday due to popular demand. On 30 May 2016 Dick and Dom took Dick Vs Dom Live to The Geronimo Festival.[10] They also brought Dick Vs Dom to Ampthill Gala Day on 3 July 2016.[11] Dick and Dom will be returning to Camp Bestival 2016 with Dick Vs Dom[12] They will also be taking Dick Vs Dom to the Gloworm Festival 2016 on 20 & 21 August[13] They also took Dick vs Dom to The Big Feastival in August 2016 & 2017. In 2018 they appeared at the Wychwood Festival and for the first time in 2018 they will be at the Edinburgh Festival as part of Underbelly.

Dick vs Dom (Butlins Tour) came to an end at the end of 2016 with a new show being launched Dick & Dom's Circus Showdown in 2018.[14][15] The U.K tour of Dick V Dom continued in 2017...2018 sees the return of Dick and Dom to the Edinburgh fringe.

On 29 December 2016 it was announced via Dick and Dom's official Twitter account that the Dick vs Dom will go on its first full UK tour in 2017[16] On 31 January 2017 the full details of the tour was announced via Dick and Dom's official Twitter account and the Dick and Dom official website, The tour began on 10 April 2017 and ended on 29 October 2017, running for 22 shows.[17]

On 19 September 2017 it was confirmed that Dick & Dom's Circus Showdown a new show to Butlins would launch in May half term and October half term 2018.[18]

Tour overview

Tours Number of shows Opening Date Closing Date
Butlins 2013 19 February 2013 October 2013
Butlins 2014 19 February 2014 October 2014
Festival tours UK1 N/A 30 July 2011 – present Present
Butlins 20162 38 8 April 2016 28 October 2016
Dick vs Dom 2017 UK tour[17] 22 10 April 2017 29 October 2017
Butlins 2018 17 May 2018 October 2018
Edinburgh 2018 12 1st 12 August

^1 [19] ^2 Due to popular demand from past years, Dick and Dom did two shows per holiday doubling the shows from 19 to 38 one in the afternoon and one in the evening allowing more people to watch the show due to the fact Centre Stage can only hold 3000 People.[20]

Games/ Items

Below is a list of current and ex games/ items from Dick V Dom.

TitlePointsDescriptionYear
My Bogies Lie Over the Ocean1 pointSong with hand and arm actions for the whole audience to take part in2013–present
Fresh Punch1 PointOne dad from each team play this game on stage2015–present
Dick and Dom's Crowd Surfing1 PointTwo life-sized dolls are thrown out into the audience - one for each team - which then has to be passed to the rear of the room and back again before theother team does the same thing. In 2013, blow-up bananas were used instead. On the UK festival tours giant blow up beach balls are used instead[21]2013–present
Bag Lady1 PointOne mum from each teamplays this game on stage. Each mum has an oversized bag place over them and is wearing boxing gloves; the first one to break free in the time limit of 60 seconds wins2015–present
Slightly naughty words1 pointDick and Dom sit down on the stage where they begin to teach new words to the audience which leads into a song about words they've made up2015–present
Musical Splatues1 pointSix children join Dick and Dom on stage to play a game much like musical statues but, when the music stops, the first person caught moving will receive a pie in the face and sent out. Usually, a pie fight ensues between the final three contestants, under the ruling that Dick and Dom 'can't figure out who will win'.2013–present
Celebrity makeover1 pointIn this game, Dick and Dom get one dad up from each team and proceed to ask the father multiple questions. The dad is wearing a mask hiding their mouth and Dick and Dom answer their own questions for him is a humorous voice[22]2016–present
Nellie the ElephantFinaleDick and Dom squirt water guns into the audience and play the 'Nellie the Elephant Song'2013–present

References

  1. ↑ "CBBC 30th anniversary: Hacker's Birthday Bash". BBC Media Centre. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Diddy Dick and Dom at the CBBC , BBC website. Accessed April 2011
  3. ↑ Dick and Dom Go Wild at the CBBC , BBC website.
  4. ↑ Dick and Dom's Hoopla at the CBBC , BBC website. Accessed November 2012
  5. ↑ at the CBBC , BBC website. Accessed February 2013
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA". BAFTA. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014 Children's Comedy BAFTA". BAFTA. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dick v Dom Live - Saturday 5 September 2015 - G Live, Guildford". glive.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Tweets with replies by Geronimo Festival (@geronimofest_uk) on Twitter". twitter.com.
  11. ↑ "Bedfordshire onsunday has closed". www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk.
  12. ↑ Sketchanet. "Camp Bestival 2018 - Line-Up". www.campbestival.net.
  13. ↑ http://www.experiencenottinghamshire.com/whats-on/gloworm-festival-p682241
  14. ↑ https://www.butlins.com/where-to-stay-dine-and-play/where-to-play/sam-and-mark-dates.aspx
  15. ↑ "Stephen Mulhern - 2018 Entertainment & Shows - Butlins". Butlins.
  16. ↑ "Dick and Dom on Twitter".
  17. 1 2 "Dick and Dom Live! Tour dates". Never Mind The Blogs. It's Dick and Dom!.
  18. ↑ "Butlin's Official Instagram on Instagram: "We are so excited to announce that Dick and Dom will be returning to our resorts in #Butlins2018! With a long history of laughter at…"". Instagram.
  19. ↑ "Dick v Dom Live - Saturday 5 September 2015 - G Live, Guildford". glive.co.uk.
  20. ↑ https://www.butlins.com/pdfs/minehead-whatsonguide-10.pdf
  21. ↑ "Lorraine Henderson on Twitter".
  22. ↑ Butlins Feb 16 Dick V Dom. 21 February 2016 – via YouTube.
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