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Alan Carr

Alan Graham Carr (born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian, broadcaster and writer. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the ''City Life'' Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. 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. 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. Since 2017, Carr often stands in as a team captain on ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. In 2019, he became a judge on ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In 2021, he began hosting BBC One's ''Interior Design Masters''.

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). Carr has won three British Comedy Awards (2007, 2008, 2013), two National Television Awards (2012, 2015) and a BAFTA TV Award (2013). Provided by Wikipedia