Alan Carr Launches New Podcast “Bottoms Up!” with Lee Peart
Alan Carr teams up with long-time friend and comedian Lee Peart for “Bottoms Up!”, a playful podcast described as “a wine show for people who don’t own a decanter.”
Each episode blends entertaining chat, gossip, and chaos with wine insights, tackling questions like whether it’s okay to add ice to your rosé or how to handle a disappointing bottle at the table. The show mixes real wine wisdom with signature humor, stories from the duo’s tour mishaps, and guidance from wine experts, winemakers, and celebrity guests.
Alan says, “Half the time we’ve no idea what we’re drinking. This podcast is a roundabout way of enjoying a glass together, and trying to get a bit more wine savvy on the way.”
From bargain bottles to splurge-worthy specials, Bottoms Up! is about discovering the joys, surprises, and occasional disasters hidden in every bottle. A Listen production, brought to you by Laithwaites.
The hugely popular and award winning Changing Ends returns for a third series this Autumn on ITVX, ITV1, and STV.
Since the series 1 launch, Alan Carr‘s semi-autobiographical comedy has been streamed over 14 million times on ITVX, been BAFTA-nominated, and earlier this year won an RTS Award.
We join series 3 in the summer of 1989 as Alan enters a new era as a fully fledged teenager. Growing up brings Alan new problems as he struggles to find his place in the world, and gets particularly hot under the collar around his new crush Jake. At the same time Graham faces the heat from fans as the Cobblers take a dive in division three.
Does love struck Alan suppress this crush, or shout about it from the rooftops? Whatever happens, it’s going to be tough as Alan has the thankless task of navigating the adolescent minefields that are sleepovers, swimming lessons, and nights out with the boys – and the girls. But it’s not all doom and gloom as some unexpected allies give Alan a much needed glimpse of a hopeful future, and they’re not a million miles away from his own doorstep.
Series 3 sees the return of all the principal cast, Oliver Savell (young Alan), Shaun Dooley (Graham Carr), Nancy Sullivan (Christine Carr), Taylor Fay (Gary Carr), Gabby Best (Angela Hudson), Harry Peacock (Nigel Hudson), Rourke Mooney (Charlie Hudson), Colin Salmon (Ron), Dotty Davies (Kay), and Alan himself.
The series is produced by Baby Cow Productions, written by Alan Carr and Gabby Best, and was co-created by the late Simon Carlyle. The director is Dave Lambert, and the producer is Mollie Freedman Berthoud. The Executive producers are Rupert Majendie for Baby Cow, Sarah Monteith, Alan Carr, and Danny Julian.
ALAN CARR’S PICTURE SLAM RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD SEASON
The addictive, shout-at-the-telly quiz show – where a picture’s worth a thousand words and thousands of pounds – is back on BBC One at 5:45pm on Saturday nights, airing just before Strictly Come Dancing.
Do you know your Victoria Beckham from your Victoria Sponge? Alan Carr‘s stupendous show also has previous series available to catch up on iPlayer now.
ALAN CARR WINS THE CELEBRITY TRAITORS
Congratulations to Alan Carr who was crowned the winner of The Celebrity Traitors in last night’s dramatic finale!
As the last Traitor standing at the Round Table, Alan outwitted his fellow contestants to win the prize pot of £87,500 which he will donate to Neuroblastoma UK, a children’s cancer charity.
Alan Carr Revealed in the Cast For Last One Laughing Season 2 in 2026
The hit Prime UK Original returns for a second season with another line-up of comedians: Alan Carr will be joined by Romesh Ranganathan, David Mitchell, Diane Morgan, Amy Gledhill, Maisie Adam, Mel Giedroyc, , Gbemisola Ikumelo, Sam Campbell, and inauguralseason 1winner Bob Mortimer returning to defend his crown.
Season 2 will see the brand-new set of comedians using any means necessary to try and break their opponents – but will they do it all with a straight face? In this new season, Jimmy Carr will once again challenge 10 of Britain’s funniest comedians to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile.
Alan and Amanda Head To Greece for Amanda and Alan’s Big Greek Job.
BBC Factual announces that following the remarkable success of Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Job, Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are dusting down their boiler suits and teaming up for another exciting renovation project for iPlayer and BBC One.
This time they will be embracing island life as they head to sunny Corfu, keen to embrace a new culture, ready to throw themselves into local life, make new friends and take on the challenges that inevitably lie ahead.
Speaking about their new series Alan Carr said: “Greece is always my ‘Go To’ place for holiday fun, so it will be strange for me to be packing a hard hat, drill and paint roller in my suitcase instead of my usual suntan lotion and budgie smugglers. After the success of Sicily, Tuscany and Andalusia I think Greece is the perfect next step for some Alamanda magic, with its rich history and culture and let’s not forget the delicious food and drink, it feels like its already gearing up to be an unforgettable summer”.
SIXTH SERIES OF INTERIOR DESIGN MASTERS WITH ALAN CARR HITS BBC ONE
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr returns this Thursday (10th April) at 10:00 pm on BBC One.
Tune in to watch Alan Carr introduce a brand new cohort of interior designers, as they transform vastly different spaces across the next eight weeks. Their first challenge is to demonstrate their signature style on YHA bunk rooms in the Lake District. Judges Michelle Ogundehin and Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen must then decide who will win Stand Out Space and which designer will be the first to go home.
Yep – that’s me in the famous Bake Off tent baking up a storm! Find out how I got on on Tuesday 3 April at 8pm on Channel 4 – and whether I won the coveted star baker prize… I’m up against comedian Aisling Bea, Paralympian Kadeena Cox, and actress and author Teri Hatcher 😬 x
Back on RuPaul's Drag Race UK
“Sashay we stay!!”
Absolutely thrilled to be returning as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2. I can’t wait to give even more constructive, and let’s face it downright bitchy, criticism to this seasons queens as they fight to become the next Drag Race UK Superstar.
Oh and if you have a minute – could you vote for us at the NTAs for Best Entertainment programme? PLEEAASSSSEEEE!! Its such a tough category but we’d really appreciate your vote. Thank you!
Radio and telly update
Need a giggle? Catch Alan and Mel’s Summer Escape on Radio 2 every Saturday until the 7th September 2019. You can catch up all the episodes so far on BBC Sounds!
Coming up later this year is a second series of There’s Something About Movies on Sky 1 as well as a brand new series for ITV: Alan Carr’s Epic Game Show. This sees five of the country’s all-time favourite gameshows supersized and reinvigorated for 2019 – all presented by Alan! You’ll be treated to Play Your Cards Right, Take Your Pick, Strike It Lucky, Bullseye, and The Price is Right.
Plus Alan will be a judge on the brand new UK series of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK – but you all knew that anyway, didn’t you. Hands up who’s excited?!
There’s Something About Movies will return for Series 3 in summer 2020!
Alan Carr & Friends LIVE
Please join me at Alexandra Palace Theatre on Thursday 18th April for a fantastic night of comedy. I am proud patron of Neuroblastoma.org.uk its such a wonderful charity that does marvellous work and every penny raised on the 18th goes to them. It’s going to be such a fun night and the line up is amazing Sean Lock, Seann Walsh, Suzi Ruffell, Joel Dommett, Nish Kumar and Marlon Davis and of course little old me!
It was a proper ‘pinch me’ moment, when I was asked if I wanted to do ‘Desert Island Discs’ on BBC Radio 4. Of course I did!
If you missed it and would like to hear me chatting with Lauren Laverne about my life and, more importantly, what discs I chose to take on the island, then the link is here – enjoy!
