Alan Carr

TV tonight: can anyone sing, in only six weeks?
Voice coaches set out to get amateurs ready for a live opera show at the London Coliseum, while a Sky documentary tracks the race to make a Covid vaccine. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Henry Wong, Jack Seale
30, Mar, 2022 @5:00 AM

TV tonight: Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo return in hit-and-miss comedy Bloods
Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo lead a strong cast in season two. Plus, the uncomfortable truth about job applications. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell
16, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

TV tonight: meet the reporters on India’s only female-run newspaper
Storyville: Writing With Fire is a vital documentary – little wonder it has been nominated for an Oscar. Plus: Mary Berry’s Fantastic Feasts. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall and Phil Harrison
09, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

Alan Carr review – saucy riffs and showbiz tales
Good albeit digressive gags keep the routines endearingly amusing in the comic’s new touring show Regional Trinket
Brian Logan
19, Oct, 2021 @6:42 AM

TV tonight: Lucy Worsley is back and investigating the blitz
The BBC’s favourite fancy dresser focuses on six people who lived through the bombing campaign. Plus: Marcella nears its end. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett
23, Feb, 2021 @6:20 AM

TV tonight: interior designers get competitive with Alan Carr
It’s feng shui and furnishings as the second series of Interior Design Masters gets going. Plus: the late great Zaha Hadid. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett
02, Feb, 2021 @6:10 AM

Kylie on her 2019: ‘Maybe I should go back to Glastonbury and get real sloshy’
Ahead of her Christmas special, Kylie’s Secret Night, the pop icon joins Alan Carr to talk about perms, extreme fans and, most crucially of all, the strength of sticky tape
Michael Cragg
23, Dec, 2019 @7:00 AM

‘I love drag. It's dangerous’: Graham Norton and Alan Carr on desire, camp and ‘cancel culture’
As RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to the UK, two of its judges discuss homophobia, the celebrity they first fancied – and why today’s comedy audiences want more kindness
Chris Godfrey
29, Sep, 2019 @2:38 PM

Get your hands off my double entendres! Is the smutty pun now under attack?
It is Britain’s favourite type of humour, the go-to gag for everyone from Carry On stars to Bake Off hosts. But are fnarr fnarr jokes just another example of male sexual entitlement?
Ryan Gilbey
07, May, 2018 @12:28 PM

The wedding singer: Adele and the rise of celebrity ministers
Adele’s ordination for Alan Carr’s nuptials may look like the continuation of a tiresome celebrity fad. But who wouldn’t want to jazz up the traditional wedding ceremony?
Sam Wolfson
04, Apr, 2018 @3:50 PM

French & Saunders, Black Mirror and Doctor Who: your Christmas TV planner
From Alan Partridge and First Dates to The Miniaturist and McMafia, prime your set-top box for the best telly the festive fortnight has to offer
Hannah J Davies and Phil Harrison
22, Dec, 2017 @12:00 PM

This week’s new live comedy
Birthday Girls | Romesh Ranganathan | Alan Carr
James Kettle
13, Mar, 2015 @12:00 PM
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