Carr reunited with Sykes to present a 10-week show called Summer Escapes sitting in for Graham Norton on Saturdays from July to September on BBC Radio 2 yearly from 2017 until its final run in 2020 following Norton's departure from the station. He returned on Boxing Day 2015 for a one-off show on the station.įor four weeks in January/February 2017 Carr again returned to BBC Radio 2 to sit in for Paul O'Grady on his Sunday show. On 6 March 2012 it was reported that he had made the decision to leave to focus on his Chatty Man show. The show was broadcast every Saturday evening from 6 pm to 8 pm. On 25 April 2009, Carr began hosting Going Out with Alan Carr, a new show for BBC Radio 2, in conjunction with Emma Forbes (later replaced by Melanie Sykes). He also presented Alan Carr's Comedy Outings for BBC Radio 2 in 2008.
He filled in on BBC Radio 6 Music on 16 February and 14 June 2008 for Adam and Joe and co-presented The Russell Brand Show on 4 October 2008. Radio Ĭarr made his radio presenting debut on Christmas Day 2007 for BBC Radio 2 as part of their Festive Highlights with the show Alan Carr's Christmas Box.
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Carr went on to host two series of Channel 4's game show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong from 2007-2009, and the chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which ran for 16 series from 2009-2016, with Christmas Specials in 20. He and Justin Lee Collins co-hosted The Friday Night Project from series two in 2006 until it was cancelled after the end of series eight in February 2009.
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Career Television & film Ĭarr's early TV career included guest appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats in 2005 and The Law of the Playground in 2006.
Carr worked in a call centre for five years and performed on the comedy circuit in his spare time, before moving into comedy as a full-time career. He lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy after which he moved to Stretford, which he cites as an inspiration for his comedic work. Īfter completing his degree in his early 20s, Carr moved to Manchester, aspiring to be a comedian. Ĭarr went to Weston Favell Upper School in Northampton and graduated from Middlesex University with a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. His father, whose family comes from the North East of England, is a former Northampton Town manager and Newcastle United chief scout. Carr has won three British Comedy Awards (2007, 2008, 2013), two National Television Awards (2012, 2015) and a BAFTA TV Award (2013).Īlan Graham Carr was born on 14 June 1976 in Weymouth, Dorset, oldest son of Christine and Graham Carr, and spent the majority of his childhood in Northampton.
In 2021, he took over from Fearne Cotton as host of BBC’s Interior Design Masters.Ĭarr hosted the radio show Going Out with Alan Carr on BBC Radio 2 (2009–2012), as well as releasing his autobiography book Look Who It Is! (2008), and going on three arena stand-up comedy tours: Tooth Fairy Live (2007), Spexy Beast Live (2011) and Yap, Yap, Yap! (2015).
In 2019, he became a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Since 2017, Carr often stands in as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to star in the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2016) which aired on Channel 4. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. Alan Graham Carr (born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian, broadcaster and writer.
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