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Alan Carr

Alan Graham Carr (born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality. He is known for his quick wit, flamboyant personality and observational humour. He has won three British Comedy Awards, two National Television Awards, and a BAFTA TV Award.

Carr was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and spent most of his childhood in Northampton before moving to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, where he began his comedy career. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the ''City Life'' Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, his career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting the comedy variety show ''The Friday Night Project'' (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show ''Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong'' (2008), and he went on to host the comedy chat show ''Alan Carr: Chatty Man'' (2009–2016).

Carr 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). Since 2017, Carr often stands in as a team captain on the comedy panel show ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.'' In 2019, he became a judge on the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In May 2025, Carr was announced as a contestant on the first series of ''The Celebrity Traitors''. Provided by Wikipedia