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Writer Simon Carlyle dies aged 48
Simon Carlyle, co-writer of Two Doors Down and Changing Ends, has died suddenly aged 48.
British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2023Alan Carr pitches spoof spin-off gameshow for his sitcom Changing Ends
Alan Carr has pitched a spin-off ITV gameshow for his sitcom Changing Ends, Wig Or No Wig?!. The gay comic has also complained that he was once outed by a ouija board to his mother.
British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2023The week in TV: Changing Ends
Changing Ends clearly wants to avoid being angst-ridden, but there's a dark thread here involving historical homophobia towards a spirited, vulnerable boy that keeps wriggling through.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 4th June 2023Joe Lycett and Jordan Gray amongst LGBT+ change makers list
The Independent's Pride List of influential LGBT+ people in the UK sees Joe Lycett coming second and Jordan Gray third.
The Independent, 4th June 2023Alan Carr says Changing Ends is a 'love letter' to Northampton
From hoping to put Northampton on the map, to recalling found memories of "staggering down Welly Road", one of our most famous sons certainly still loves the town he grew up in.
Carly Odell, Northampton Chronicle, 2nd June 2023Changing Ends review
How Alan Carr went from bullied kid to Chatty Man. This sitcom takes us back to the 80s to Carr's adolescence - and the jokes sometimes sit uncomfortably alongside the bigotry he experienced.
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 1st June 2023Changing Ends review
Alan Carr's childhood makes for relentlessly funny TV.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 1st June 2023TV review: Changing Ends
The feel good subtext here is just be what you want to be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st June 2023Changing Ends on ITVX review
Alan Carr's presence is not really necessary for the show to work... but it is fun to have him along for the ride.
William Mata, Evening Standard, 1st June 2023Changing Ends review
Changing Ends beams with warmth despite - or more likely because of - the endemic 1980s homophobia which forms its backdrop. Dropped into this world, like a naive alien, is a camp, buck-toothed, socially awkward child, misunderstood by almost everyone and ostracised by most of them.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023