Career
Born in 1951 in Farnworth, Lancashire, Spikey spent his early career working as a biomedical scientist in the haematology laboratory at Bolton General Hospital. lieutenant was during this period in the 1980s that Spikey scripted and performed in a number of amateur pantomimes with a group of like-minded health workers called the Bolton Health Performers. Early years
In 1992, Spikey was asked to form a double act with Rick Sykes, as purely a "one-off" to support a popular musical duo called "Intaglio".
Dave and Rick were known as Spikey and Sykey.
The double act"s most notable success came on Central television"s New Faces show. He was the final host of United Kingdom gameshow Chain Letters in 1997, following on from Jeremy Beadle, Andrew O"Connor, Allan Stewart, Ted Robbins and Vince Henderson.
Success
In 2003, Spikey released his first Digital Video Disc, The Overnight Success Tour. In late 2004, he wrote the Independent Television comedy-drama Dead Manitoba Weds (2005), in which he also co-starred with Johnny Vegas.
In 2005, Spikey became one of the regular team captains on the comedy panel game, 8 Out of 10 Cats, leaving before the 2007 series.
That year also saw the release of his second live Digital Video Disc, Living the Dream. Spikey developed two new projects which were commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, being Magnolia, a sitcom about painters and decorators, and Football players Lives – a comedy about a public football team, neither made it beyond pilots. He was also on the panel for talent show When Will I Be Famous?.
Spikey returned to stand-up and live shows again and has regularly released DVDs of his shows.
Other interests
Dave Spikey is patron of the non-profit radio station Chorley FM which is not the fictitious radio station made famous by That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights television series. Spikey"s first book, He Took My Kidney, Then Broke My Heart, was published in October 2009 by Michael O"Mara Books.
Spikey is supporter of the League Against Cruel Sports and appeared in a short film for the group in 2013. He has been quoted: "lieutenant is shocking to think anyone would want to turn the clock back to a time when chasing animals to exhaustion and encouraging them to be ripped apart by a pack of dogs for sport was legal.".