It’s me, Alan!

Alan’s unique sense of humour and effortless stage presence have 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 NTAs, two RTS Awards and a prestigious BAFTA in 2013.

Alan remains in high demand both as a host and guest across television. This year alone has seen him take on the role of a traitor and win, The Celebrity Traitors, serve as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, host of Interior Design Masters and he will soon appear on series two of Last One Laughing.

Alan stars in his autobiographical sitcom Changing Ends based on his early life growing up as the son of a football manager in Northampton during the 1980s. The show was a huge hit, receiving rave reviews. Its third is now airing and a fourth series is due to air soon. Alan also provides the voiceover for the CBBC show The Football Academy.

In 2023 Alan turned his hand to property development with his friend Amanda Holden, transforming run-down properties in Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job and Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Job. The pair will soon return to our screens in Amanda and Alan’s Big Greek Job.

Alan is the host of the smash-hit Saturday night gameshow Picture Slam which has returned for its third series this yearand has hosted and appeared on The Royal Variety Performance on numerous occasions. He also featured as a judge on the ITV musical competition Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream.

Alan can also be heard on his hit podcast Life’s A Beach, which has featured guests such as Norman Cook, Mariah Carey, Michael McIntyre, Louis Theroux, Michael Sheen, Damon Albarn, Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Katherine Ryan and has just launched a brand new show Bottoms Up! with long term pal Lee Peart.

TV and Radio

Alan is always in high demand both as a host and guest right across television. As well as appearing as a traitor on BBC One’s The Celebrity Traitors and as a guest judge on BBC Three’s Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK, Alan can also be seen presenting his hit game show Picture Slam on BBC One and hosting Interior Design Masters. Other recent TV show highlights have seen Alan turn his hand to property development with his friend Amanda Holden, transforming run-down properties in Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job and Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Job. The pair will soon return to our screens in Amanda and Alan’s Big Greek Job.

In 2026 will will see Alan as a contestant on season 2 of Last One Laughing on Prime as well as the airing of the fourth series his comedy drama, Changing Ends on ITV1.

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.