David Hasselhoff Heads to UKTV’s Dave

LONDON: UKTV's Dave channel is set to launch in 2015 a semi-improvised comedy series starring David Hasselhoff, produced by the team behind An Idiot Abroad.

Me & You Productions is making the 6×30-minute Hoff the Record, which will be shot in documentary style, chronicling the life of "The Hoff," a fictionalized version of the Baywatch actor as he moves to the U.K. to get his career back on track. The reality spoof is set to air in 2015, with BBC Worldwide, which developed and co-funded the show, holding global distribution rights.

Krishnendu Majumdar, exec producer of Me & You Productions, noted, “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.”

“It is a slightly surreal series for Dave and has to be seen to be believed,” said Steve North, the general manager of Dave, “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.”