Contestants will showcase their mundane passions

Interstellar is prepping a four-part comedy entertainment series for U&Dave which celebrates people who take pride in their mundane pastimes.   

Hosted by Dara Ó Briain, Dara’s Dull Appreciation Society is a 4 x 40-minute series in which people from across the country showcase their seemingly dull – but actually quite interesting – collections, pastimes and passions. Ó Briain and his board, which consists of comedian John Robins and two further comedian guests each episode, must then decide wins each week: picking up the Golden Fleece.  

Dara’s Dull Appreciation Society was commissioned for UKTV by Jason Dawson, commissioning executive, and ordered by Gerald Casey, director of programming, unscripted, and Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning. David Williams and Jamie Ormerod exec produce, while Sheryl Lacy is director of production and series producer is Mike Rayment. 

The series films next month and will stream on U and air on U&Dave next year.  

 Dawson said: “There’s an implicit irony in just how excited we are to be working with Dara, John, and the producers at Interstellar on this joyous show. Along with the funniest comedians in the country, we’re going to celebrate those eccentric everyday heroes who make the unremarkable truly remarkable and invite viewers to embrace their inner dull.”  

Ormerod and Williams, Interstellar, said: “In a world packed with cynicism that seems to spin ever faster, we’re appropriately whelmed to be making a show that slows down to appreciate the simple things in life. Dull is never boring; it’s often surprising, oddly fascinating, and in the hands of Dara Ó Briain, very, very funny too.”