Dave Fishwick is reportedly joining the cast of Strictly Come Dancing 2024.
The Bank Of Dave star, 52, has allegedly signed up for the new series, which kicks off in September.
And finally making his ‘dreams come true’, Dave recently ‘signed the dotted line to confirm his place after being a approached by BBC bosses earlier this year’.
Dave, who left school at 16 without any qualifications, has loaned more than £27 million to people and businesses since setting up a community bank.
According to The Sun, a source said: ‘Dave is a real community hero and the best of British.
Dave Fishwick, 52, is reportedly joining the cast of Strictly Come Dancing 2024, which kicks off in September
And finally making his ‘dreams come true’, Dave recently ‘signed the dotted line to confirm his place after being a approached by BBC bosses earlier this year’
‘Strictly think his inspiring back story will win him new fans on and shine a spotlight on the amazing work he has done for people and business in Lancashire.
‘Dave has told his friends he has accepted and cannot wait to get started. For Dave it’s a dream come true. He is a working-class man who did well for himself and decided to use his success to help others.’
His bank Burnley Savings and Loans, which is still going strong today, operated on a not for profit basis and all surplus money went to good causes.
From his desk at his small headquarters in Burnley town centre, Dave has loaned thousands of locals to cover everything, from funeral expenses to IVF.
The down to earth businessman’s extraordinary life was recently captured in the recent biopic called Bank of Dave which trended number one on Netflix.
James Bond star Rory Kinnear played him in the feel good film which also starred Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor.
It’s a captivating feel good story that caught the eye of Hollywood scriptwriters, who have turned Dave’s battle with the banking giants into a big-budget biopic.
Speaking to the Mail Online previously, he said: ‘People who rob banks go to prison, but banks who rob people get paid bonuses and get bailed out.
Dave, who left school at 16 without any qualifications, has loaned more than £27 million to people and businesses since setting up a community bank
A source said: ‘Dave is a real community hero and the best of British. ‘Strictly think his inspiring back story will win him new fans on and shine a spotlight on the amazing work he has done for people and business in Lancashire.
The down to earth businessman’s extraordinary life was recently captured in the recent biopic called Bank of Dave which trended number one on Netflix (Rory Kinnear (centre) plays Dave)
‘The truth is, we’ve been badly served by the banks in the past and we need change. Banks that are too big to fail are just too big to exist.’
‘I like going home. I like my own bed, and being around family,’ he says.
‘When I’ve had a really tough day — and I’ve had plenty of tough days — I open my front door, I can smell apple pie, and my wife, Nicola, will have run me a bath with a bottle of beer there. What can be nicer? Burnley is where I’m from, where my pals don’t care who I am, and rightly so.’
