Years active 2000s–present | ||
Medium Television (children's entertainment) Members Richard McCourt
Dominic Wood | ||
Dick and Dom 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.
Contents
- List of Dick and Dom shows TV and radio appearances
- Butlins tour Dick vs Dom UK tour
- Tour overview
- Games Items
- References
From October 2007 to September 2008, they presented The Sunday Morning Show on BBC Radio 1 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. 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 so far. 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 new shows on CBBC: Dick and Dom's Funny Business and Dick and Dom Go Wild, a nature series. 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 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, however in December 2012, it was reported that Ofcom was to investigate the programme after two competitors were seen vomiting into a bucket after playing a game.
In January 2013, the first episode of Dick and Dom's newest series titled Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom 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.
In February 2013, Dick and Dom were confirmed to be the new voice presenters of the UK version of Takeshi's Castle on Challenge.
From December 2013 to January 2014, Dick and Dom played the roles of King Arthur and Patsy in the West End revival of Spamalot.
In November 2014, Dick and Dom won the 2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA Award for Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom Series 2 of Diddy Movies also won the 2014 Children's Comedy award.
List of "Dick and Dom" shows, TV and radio appearances
Butlins tour/ Dick vs Dom UK tour
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. Dick and Dom have visited all three Butlins camps every half term and in the summer holidays with their game show Dick vs Dom.
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 through out the day, however they didn't return to Butlins in 2015 due to Stephen Mulhern touring butlins holiday camps that year. Dick and Dom and Stephen take it in turns touring Butlins holiday camps. On 5 September 2015 Dick vs Dom was due to be at the G Live, Guildford however due to filming commitments this event had to be cancelled.
In 2016 Dick and Dom returned with Dick vs Dom they brought new games to the tour and a new daytime activity event. It was later announced that Dick and Dom will be doing two shows per holiday due to poplar demand. On 30 May 2016 Dick and Dom took Dick Vs Dom Live to The Geronimo Festival. They also brought Dick Vs Dom to Ampthill Gala Day on 3 July 2016. Dick and Dom will be returning to Camp Bestival 2016 with Dick Vs Dom They will also be taking Dick Vs Dom to the Gloworm Festival 2016 on 20 & 21 August They will also take Dick vs Dom to The Big Feastival in August 2016.
Dick vs Dom (Butlins Tour) will be coming to an end at the end of 2016 due to Sam and Mark and Stephen Mulhern replacing Dick vs Dom and they will be touring Butlins throughout the 2017 season with their two show. The U.K tour will continue into 2017.
On 29 December 2016 it was announced via Dick and Dom's official twitter account that the Dick vs Dom will go on it's first full UK tour in 2017 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 will began on 10 April 2017 and end on 29 October 2017 and will run for 22 shows.
Tour overview
NOTES:
^1 Due to filming commitments the Dick V Dom Show had to be canceled. ^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.
Games/ Items
This is a list of current and ex games/ items from Dick V Dom.