Alan Carr: podcast appearances and interviews

Alan Graham Carr, born on 14 June 1976, is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality affiliated with Sustainable West Midlands. He achieved early recognition in 2001 when he won the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. Following this breakthrough, Carr's comedy career developed rapidly on the Manchester comedy circuit, leading to national exposure. He co-hosted the comedy variety show The Friday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins from 2006 to 2009, which increased his prominence in television. During this period, he also hosted Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong and later the talk show Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which aired from 2009 to 2017. Carr's television work extends to being a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, judging RuPaul's Drag Race UK, starring in the sitcom Changing Ends since 2023, and winning the first series of The Celebrity Traitors in 2025. From 2009 to 2012, he hosted the radio show Going Out with Alan Carr on BBC Radio 2. As a stand-up comedian, Carr has performed five tours including Tooth Fairy Live, Spexy Beast Live, Yap Yap Yap!, Not Again Alan!, and Regional Trinket. In addition to his comedic work, he authored the autobiographical book Look Who It Is! in 2008. Carr has received multiple awards including three British Comedy Awards, two National Television Awards, and two BAFTA TV Awards. In February 2026, it was announced that he purchased Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders.