After winning ITV's Take The Mike he gave up the day job as a recruitment consultant to focus on his comedy career. Regular performances at the UK's top comedy clubs followed and between 1998 - 2000 he was part of the award-winning writing team on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show, writing jokes for Sacha Baron Cohen, Ricky Gervais and Mackenzie Crook. In addition to writing and performing, Dave is regularly invited to lecture on trademark law. He is also the proud recipient of a Thames Valley Bravery Award for apprehending a robber who was making off with £22,000. Oh, and he has climbed the Matterhorn. He will be performing his show called C U in Court at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015 and a major documentary called King Cnut is in the making about his 14-year battle with French Connection.