Dave has commissioned a new series, Joy of Techs, in which technophobe Marcus Brigstocke and his gadget obsessive mate, actor, broadcaster and 2016 Celebrity Masterchef winner Alexis Conran, will travel around the UK, pitting themselves against each other as they tackle classic scenarios, hobbies and games from opposite ends of the spectrum and put the world’s top gadgets to the test.

Joy of Techs sees the friends experiencing the great outdoors as they go low and high tech camping. Alexis tries to convince Marcus technology is the way forward while Marcus is sure the old way is best and will do everything in his might to prove he’s right. 

Marcus Brigstocke says: “Even if we needed half the so called 'life-hack' crap they produce - most of it is so complicated it rarely works. You're left with some gormless consumption slave holding a widget aloft trying to find a signal. Nonsense! I'll tell you a good bit of tech - the zip. That works. The match. Brilliant. Now poor Alex is obsessed with this stuff and in the Joy of Techs I will take great pleasure in demonstrating to him that it's a waste of time and money. It's going to be fun. I will be setting the timer on my VHS recorder for this series... If I can find the remote control thing.”

Alexis Conran added: “Technology is the way forward and if anything has a button on it… I’m in! I’m not worried about our friendship suffering on this show, as we can both be stubborn and argumentative, but I do worry about killing ourselves trying to prove our point!”

Iain Coyle, UKTV senior commissioning editor, said, “Alexis and Marcus have a real friendship - warm, funny and encompassing a competitiveness bordering on the unhealthy. It’s a brilliantly simple format that pushes all those buttons and you get to see solar powered cars and flying bikes too."

Joy of Techs will air on Dave in 2017.