The Alan Carr Handbook - Everything you need to know about Alan Carr

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Alan Carr (born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian and television personality. He was born in Weymouth in Dorset yet spent his childhood in Northampton before moving to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester in his early 20s where he began his comedy career. Carr's breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Award.
In the ensuing years, his career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before becoming well known for hosting The Friday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong in 2008, and eventually, his popular comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which has been airing since 2009. Carr also hosted a radio show, Going Out with Alan Carr, on BBC Radio 2 for three years as well as going on two arena tours: Tooth Fairy Live (2007) and Spexy Beast Live (2011).

This book is your ultimate resource for Alan Carr. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Alan Carr's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Alan Carr, Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong, Alan Carr's Specstacular, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Allen Carr, British Comedy Awards, Comic Relief, FAQ U, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Going Out with Alan Carr, Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live, Latitude Festival, Law of the Playground, Lionel Blair, Live at the Apollo (TV series), Look Who It Is!, Manchester Arena, Melanie Sykes, Northampton, Playing It Straight, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, The Paul O'Grady Show, The Russell Brand Show (radio show), The Sunday Night Project, Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series) 149…and more pages!

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Sujets

• Autobiography
• Biography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781488512148
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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Contents

Articles Alan Carr Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong Alan Carr's Specstacular Alan Carr: Chatty Man Allen Carr British Comedy Awards Comic Relief FAQ U Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Going Out with Alan Carr Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live Latitude Festival Law of the Playground Lionel Blair

Live at the Apollo (TV series) Look Who It Is! Manchester Arena Melanie Sykes Northampton Playing It Straight The Big Fat Quiz of the Year The Paul O'Grady Show The Russell Brand Show (radio show) The Sunday Night Project Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Alan Carr

Genres

Notable works and roles

Website

Observational comedy

http://www.alancarr.net/

Everyday life, innuendo

Born

In the ensuing years, his career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before becoming well known for hostingThe Friday Night Projectwith Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dongin 2008, and eventually, his popular comedy chat showAlan Carr: Chatty Man, which has been airing since 2009. Carr also hosted a radio show,Going Out with Alan Carr, on BBC Radio 2 for three years as well as going on two arena tours:Tooth Fairy Live(2007) andSpexy Beast Live(2011).

Alan Carr(born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian and television personality. He was born in Weymouth in Dorset yet spent his childhood in Northampton before moving to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester in his early 20s where he began his comedy career. Carr's breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Award.

Alan Carr

Alan Carr

The Sunday Night Project Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Carr at the 2007 British Comedy Awards 14 June 1976 Weymouth, Dorset, England

Radio, stand-up comedy, television

Years active

Medium

Nationality

2001–present

British

Best Live Stand Up 2007 Best Entertainment Personality 2008

Subject(s)

British Comedy Awards

Alan Carr

Personal life He went to Weston Favell School, Northampton. His father is former Northampton Town and Nuneaton Borough [1] F.C. manager, and current Newcastle United chief scout Graham Carr. On his father's side, his family hail from [2] [] North East England. Carr has a younger brother, Gary. Carr gained a BA (Hons) degree in Drama and Theatre [3][4] Studies, graduating with a 2:1 from Middlesex University. After completing his degree in his early 20s, Carr moved to Manchester seeking a better life and with aspirations of becoming a comedian. He moved into a house full of activity in Chorlton-cum-Hardy after which he moved to [5] Stretford; which he cites as an inspiration for his comedic work. Carr soon became a regular on the Manchester comedy circuit, includingAlan Carr's Ice Cream Sundayat the Manchester Comedy Store. Carr also made friends with fellow comedians based on the Manchester circuit, including Jason Manford, Justin Moorhouse and John [6] Bishop. Despite being openly gay, he does not consider his sexuality to be a focal part of his act, once saying, "I just think gay people need to get over themselves. Just because you're gay and on the telly doesn't mean you're a role model. I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. What am I meant to do? Do I go down the Julian Clary route and talk about [] fisting and poppers? I don't talk about being gay and I think what better equality for gays than that?" On 21 September 2006, Carr and entertainer Lionel Blair helped save a man who was about to fall from a pier in [7] Blackpool. The man was holding on by his fingertips, but the two men managed to pull him to safety.

Radio Carr made his radio presenting debut on Christmas Day 2007 for BBC Radio 2 as part of their Festive Highlights, [] with the showAlan Carr's Christmas Boxalso filled in on BBC 6Music on 16 February and 14 June 2008 for. He Adam and Joe and co-presentedThe Russell Brand Showon 4 October 2008. He also presentedAlan Carr's Comedy Outingsfor BBC Radio 2 in 2008. 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). The show was broadcast every [8] Saturday evening from 6pm-8pm. On 7 March 2012 Alan announced that he made the decision to hang up his headphones to focus on his Chatty Man show. Carr said: 'I've loved every minute of it but it's time to reclaim my [9] weekends.'I wish Radio 2 every success but I'll listen from my home in the future instead." His last show was on 31 March 2012.

Performance Carr performs stand-up regularly, on tour and on television. He has been featured in three Edinburgh shows and in 2007 he toured throughout the UK, which was followed by a DVD entitled "Tooth Fairy Live". Carr had his own [] monthly show in a Manchester comedy club and he has toured nationwide, supporting other acts. He has performed at the Apollo Theatre in London, which was televised for the BBC1 series 'Live At The Apollo', and has been featured in the Royal Variety Performance. Carr has appeared and performed at many festivals, including the Reading and Leeds Festivals, Latitude Festival, the Kilkenny Comedy Festival and Live Earth, where he welcomed musical acts David Gray and Damien Rice on stage. [] He has performed stand-up internationally, including an appearance at the Montreal 'Just For Laughs' festival. On 4 September 2009, Carr switched-on the Illuminations in Blackpool along with JLS. In 2010, Carr took part inChannel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.

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2006

2005

2004

3

The Graham Norton Show

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

2009–present

2010

Nativity!

Comic Relief

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year

This Morning

Pride of Britain Awards

GMTV

Later... with Jools Holland

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

Role

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2009

2008

T4

Top Gear

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Show

FAQ U

Countdown

Richard & Judy

Guest

Himself

Contestant

Himself

Law of the Playground

Big Fat Anniversary Quiz

2008

Live at the Apollo

Host

Himself

Guest

Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live

Critic

2007, 2008

8 out of 10 Cats

2007–2008

2007, 2008, 2009

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

The Paul O'Grady Show

2007, 2008

Alan Carr

Controversy In December 2008, when accepting his award for Best Entertainment Personality at the British Comedy Awards, Carr dedicated it to Karen Matthews, who had earlier that month been found guilty of kidnapping Shannon Matthews, her own daughter. Carr was quoted by BBC News as stating: "I should dedicate this award to her [Karen]. [10] She would be my dream guest. I think she's a gay icon. People like a bit of rough, don't they?" Shahid Malik, MP for Matthews' constituency of Dewsbury described Carr's comments about Shannon Matthews as "sick and insensitive". Carr subsequently apologised for his comments, saying "I realise what I said was insensitive [11] and I am very sorry for any offence caused." On his own website he added: "For those of you who have enjoyed my comedy and seen my act over the last seven years you all would have got used to my tongue in cheek style and near the knuckle observations. Last night at the Comedy Awards [...] I was being ironic, these aren't my real [12] sentiments obviously."

Himself

2007

Year

2006–2009

Filmography

Host

Himself

Today with Des and Mel

Friday/Sunday Night Project

Alan Carr

Stand-up DVDs

2011

2012

2013

Title

Tooth Fairy LIVE

Spexy Beast Live

Who Do You Think You Are?

Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular

Playing It Straight UK

Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular

Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular 2

Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular

Himself

Host

Narrator

Host

Host

Host

Alan Carr's Grand National SpecstacularHost

Released

12 November 2007

14 November 2011

Notes

Live at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo

Live at Manchester's Evening News Arena

Awards  2001 Manchester City Life Best Newcomer of the Year  2001 The BBC Best New Stand Up  2006 Best In Showa—Sheffield Comedy Festival  2006 The Golden Rose of Montreaux for Best Entertainment Show for The Friday Night Project  2006 LAFTA's Funniest Double Act (with Justin Lee Collins)  2006 LAFTA's Funniest Entertainment Show for The Friday Night Project 2005  2007 British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand Up  2007 Cosmopolitan Celebrity Men Of The Year (with Justin Lee Collins)  2007 LAFTA's Funniest Double Act (with Justin Lee Collins)  2008 British Comedy Award for Best Entertainment Personality  2009 Television and Radio Industries Club 'Personality of the Year' Award  2009 Royal Television Society Entertainment Performance of the Year  2009 Heat's Funniest Book of 2009  2010 Alan Carr: Chatty Man wins Best Entertainment Show at the TV Choice Awards  2012 Best Talk Show at the National Television Awards for Alan Carr: Chatty Man  2012 Loaded LAFTA Award for Best Stand Up  2012 Television and Radio Industries Club for Best TV Personality  2013 BAFTA for Entertainment Performance

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Alan Carr

Book  2008Look Who It Is!HarperCollins Publishers (autobiography)

References [2]Evening Chronicle(http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/05/07/ comedian-alan-carr-back-to-his-north-east-roots-72703-28651980/ ) [8] Going Out With Alan Carr (http:/ /www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k2lq6/episodes/2009) [10] Carr sorry over comedy award dedication (http:/ /www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a137777/carr-sorry-over-comedy-award-dedication. html)Digital Spy. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008 [12] Apologies All Round (http://www.alancarr.net/diary/2008/12/apologies-all-round.html). 8 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.

External links  Official website (http://www.alancarr.net) Alan Carr: Chatty Man(http://www.channel4.com/programmes/alan-carr-chatty-man) on channel4.com  Alan Carr (https://twitter.com/alancarr) on Twitter  Alan Carr (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1168834/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

Format

Part of the title sequence for the show.

Created by

Developed by

Starring

Narrated by

Country of origin

No. of series

No. of episodes

Location(s)

Running time

Original channel

Picture format

Original run

Game show, Variety show

Open Mike Productions

Alan Carr

Alan Carr

Peter Dickson

United Kingdom

2

12

Production

BBC Television Centre

45 minutes

Broadcast

Channel 4

16:9

1 February 2008–23 December 2008

External links

[1] Website

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dongwas an entertainment show on Channel 4, presented by Alan Carr. During the first [2] series, voice-over commentary in between rounds on the scores is provided by Leslie Phillips. From Series 2, the announcer is Peter Dickson. Season was released onto DVD in 2008.

Due to the success ofAlan Carr: Chatty Manit has been announced that the show would not return for a third series.

Format The first series was based around a gameshow format where two teams—"Celebrities" and "Civilians"—were asked a series of questions relating to the other team's lifestyle. Rounds included 'Celebrity Crypts', 'Life Swap', 'Kiss [3] and Tell' and 'How the Other Half Lives'; producers claim that "fantastic prizes" can be won, much like a [4] traditional gameshow format. The second series abandoned the "Celebrities vs. Civilians" angle and went with two different teams of celebrities [5] each episode. [6] The show also includes a celebrity news section, where Carr will irreverently discuss the week's showbiz news.

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Antony Costa, Kenzie, Tony Mortimer andKian Egan (Boy bands)

Paul O'Grady, Patrick McGuinness, Myleene Klass, Peter Andre and David Gest

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

The winning celebrity team

Date

Adele Silva, Paul Daniels, Debra Stephenson andBarbara Windsor(Panto Goodies)

Episode number

3

2

Ding Team

1

Martine McCutcheon, Todd Carty, Gillian Taylforth and Joe Swash (EastEnders)

Julie Goodyear, Ian Reddington, Sally Lindsay and Bruce Jones (Coronation Street)

Dong Team

Danny Dyer, Nick Moran, Martin Kemp and Neil Ruddock (Hard Men)

Davina McCall, Les Dennis, Konnie Huq, Kirsty Gallacher and Alex Zane

Johnny Vegas, Jenni Falconer, Lee Ryan, Jermaine Jackson and Sara Cox

Richard E. Grant, Les Dennis and Justin Hawkins

Louis Walsh, Sarah Beeny, Richard Fleeshman, Jayne Middlemiss and Bruno Tonioli

7

22 February 2008

29 February 2008

5

4

2

8 February 2008

3

1 February 2008

15 February 2008

1

Betty, Dennis, Berthrand, Debra and Kojak from Lewisham

31 October 2008

Civilian team

10 October 2008

4

Shaznay Lewis, Coleen Nolan, Jenny Frost and Mutya Buena (Girl bands)

Gari, Lisa, Ross, Daithi and Shelly from Shannon

7 March 2008

6

Recording The first series was recorded in Autumn 2007 at the BBC Television Centre, in the same studio as8 Out of 10 Cats. [7] The second series was recorded only a few days before broadcast.

Robbie, Vicki, Andy, Abbie and Peter from Liverpool

Mel, Adele, Chris, Will and Sephra from Huddersfield

Lorraine Kelly, Trisha Goddard, Brendan Cole, Matt Di Angelo and Sally Lindsay

The music played over the end credits of every episode wasBefore You Leaveby Pepe Deluxb.

Pilot

Series 1

Anton Du Beke,Claudia Winkleman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Rachel Stevens (Strictly Come Dancing)

7 November 2008

23 December 2008

Gok Wan, Nicky Clarke, Jodie Kidd and Nicky Hambleton-Jones (Fashionistas)

Louis Walsh, Amanda Holden, Neil Fox and John Barrowman (TV Talent Judges)

Kirsty, Stacey-Jo, Stewart, John, and Laura from Glasgow

Claire Sweeney, John Thomson, Michelle Collins and Joe Pasquale(Panto Baddies)

Episode number

Chris, Claire, David, Hayley and Sarah from Leicester

24 October 2008

17 October 2008

5

Christmas Special

Chris Moyles, Duncan James, Zoc Ball, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Jamelia

Carol Vorderman, Rav Wilding, Trisha Goddard and Kate Garraway (TV presenters)

Tony Blackburn,David Gest, Sophie Anderton and Christopher Biggins (I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!)

Series 2 [8] Series 2 started 10 October 2008. Although the series was originally commissioned for 6 episodes, only 5 episodes aired. However, at the end of the series, Alan revealed that there would be a special episode airing at Christmas time. The shows featured two teams of celebrities from similar programs or who have similar backgrounds playing against each other, such as Coronation Street vs EastEnders. Alan Carr noted in an interview with Jonathan Ross, that due to complaints from civilians they had to abandon the previous format and go along with celebrity teams.

Date

Celebrity team

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

DVD Release Season one was released onto DVD October 20, 2008. It features the entire 6-episode season meshed together with intercepting scenes of him interviewing Liz Hurley. Bonus features involve the unaired pilot, deleted scenes, a gag [9] reel and a featurette. It featured only English subtitles and is only playable on a Region 2 player. Season Two has not been released and no statements for its release have been made, most probably due to Carr' moving on with his chat show and the fact the series had low viewers towards its end.

References [1] http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/A/alan_carrs_celebrity_ding_dong/?intcmp=homepage_box3 [2] Carr lands C4 gameshow : News 2007 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (http:/ /www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/08/09/5631/ carr_lands_c4_gameshow) [3] Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (http:/ /www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=174&a=20550) [4] Take Part (http://www.channel4.com/microsites/T/takepart/alancarr.html) [5] (http://www.offthekerb.co.uk/artists/a_artists_home8ed8.html?artist=alan_carr) [6] Artist Home Page (http://www.offthekerb.co.uk/artists/a_artists_home8ed8.html) [7] http://www.alancarr.net/diary/2008/10/goks-ding-dong.html [8] Alan Carr's News (http://www.alancarr.net/news.html) [9] http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B001D07Q5I/ref=aw_d_detail?pd=1&qid=1339165543&sr=8-11

External links  Official website (http://www.alancarr.net/)  Alan Carr online (http://www.alancarronline.co.uk/) Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong(http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Celebrity_Ding_Dong) at UKGameshows.com Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176257/) at the Internet Movie Database

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