It’s me, Alan!

Alan’s unique style of humour and effortless stage presence has made him one of Britain’s most successful and treasured comedians. With sixteen series of Channel 4’s Chatty Man under his belt, Alan has won a multitude of awards including two NTA’s, two RTS Awards and a prestigious BAFTA in 2013.

Alan is always in high demand both as a host and guest right across television, including Interior Design Masters. As well as appearing as a guest judge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK, Alan is the host of smash hit gameshow Picture Slam, the Saturday night fast-paced gameshow on BBC One. Another TV show highlight saw Alan host The Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall. He also featured as a judge on the ITV musical competition series Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream, where he helped find the next 2 stars to play Sophie and Sky in the West End production of ABBA-inspired musical Mamma Mia. Alan is also set to be a team captain on the ITV gameshow Password, set to hit your screens later this year.

2023 saw Alan travel to Sicily with Amanda Holden on their very own Italian Job to renovate and rescue a rundown villa. The series was such a hit that Alan and Amanda returned to Italy this year to renovate another villa.

Alan can also be seen in his auto-biographical sitcom, Changing Ends (co-written with Simon Carlyle). Based on Alan’s early life growing up as the son of a football manager in Northampton in the 1980’s, the sitcom was a huge hit receiving rave reviews and showed everyone the making of a national treasure. So much so, it is set to return to your screens for a 2^nd series this year.

And for those looking for some escapism, Alan can be heard on his hit podcast Life’s A Beach, which has featured guests such as Louis Theroux, Michael Sheen, Damon Albarn, Michael Palin, Paloma Faith and Katherine Ryan.

TV and Radio

Alan is always in high demand both as a host and guest right across television. As well as appearing as a guest judge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Alan can be seen presenting his hit panel show There’s Something About Movies on Sky One, both of which are set to return for another series later this year. Other recent TV show highlights have seen Alan host Kylie’s Secret Night, Alan Carr’s Celebrity Replay, I Don’t Like Mondays and Alan Carr’s Happy Hour. Alan has also co-hosted four Stand Up to Cancer live fundraising events for Channel 4, as well as appearing on a Celebrity Bake Off Stand up To Cancer Special.

Later this year, Alan will be back on your television screens as host of ITV’s Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow, which will see five of the nation’s all-time favourite game shows return, supersized and reinvigorated for a brand new audience.

Tours and books

Alan’s 2015 tour Yap, Yap, Yap saw him perform over 150 dates across the UK and Ireland culminating in the release of his DVD. His previous tour Spexy Beast Live was a 33-date arena tour. The DVD of Alan’s 2007 stand-up show, Tooth Fairy Live topped the HMV charts and was a Christmas 2007 top seller. Alan can be seen this Autumn touring the nation with his new show Not Again, Alan. He has also released two best-selling books Look Who It Is and Alanatomy.

2020 will see Alan go back on the road with his new show Not Again, Alan.

Alan's Backstory

Son of Graham Carr (one-time Northampton Town FC player and later manager) Alan sportingly took on the Arsenal ladies team in 2008 in aid of Comic Relief. He sports some great moves. Watch Alan vs Arsenal Ladies!

Alan has been described as “the spiritual son of Frankie Howerd” (City Life). His formative years were spent working in a supermarket as well as a call centre for lost and stolen credit cards.

In 2002, his Edinburgh Festival show ‘Me ‘Ead’s Spinnin’ earned a four star review in Edinburgh bible, The List, and was the The Daily Telegraph‘s Critic’s Choice. There were no surprises, in 2003, when ‘I Love Alan Carr’ was rated a four star show in both the The Scotsman and The Independent, but it was at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005 that things really started to happen for our Alan. He earned five star reviews across the board in The Independent, The Scotsman and Three Weeks as well as numerous ‘Pick Of The Fringe’ accolades. It was here that Alan came to the attention of the Channel 4 bigwigs.

Alan has appeared at comedy festivals all over the world: Melbourne, Montreal’s ‘Just For Laughs’ and Kilkenny to name but a few. His stand up tours, Tooth Fairy, Spexy Beast and Yap Yap Yap have taken him all around the world from Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island to Tromso in the Arctic Circle; basically if there’s a theatre in your town Alan has probably played there!

Alan doesn’t just perform for commoners, he has performed for her Majesty The Queen at the Royal Variety Performance too!

Alan is Patron of Neuroblastoma UK. Neuroblastoma is an aggressive childhood cancer and the charity fund vital research into combating this childhood cancer.