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Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr

  • 52 years old
  • English
  • Writer, stand-up comedian and executive producer

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Comedy shows cancelled amid concrete crisis

RAAC found in theatres, prompting fears of crumbling ceilings.

Chortle, 4th September 2023

Jimmy Carr to host Battle In The Box comedy reality show for Dave

Jimmy Carr will host a new comedy-reality-game show hybrid for Dave. Battle In The Box is based on a hit Korean television format.

British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023

Jimmy Carr game show I Literally Just Told You returns to Channel 4

Jimmy Carr's Channel 4 game show I Literally Just Told You, in which contestants answer questions written live as the episode is being filmed, is returning for an expanded third series.

British Comedy Guide, 25th May 2023

Limitless Win viewers left 'screaming at the TV' as Katherine Ryan and Jimmy Carr make huge blunder

Viewers were left on the edge of their seats at Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan appeared to make a huge blunder on Ant & Dec's game show Limitless Win.

Jake Penkethman, The Sun, 7th January 2023

The cleansing of comedy must be resisted

In 2023, comedians have got to fight for their right to be offensive, rude and wrong, writes Simon Evans.

Simon Evans, Spiked, 25th December 2022

For comedians, being cancelled is good for business - and 2022 proved it

Soul-baring is out, nudity is in: our comedy critic Tristram Fane Saunders looks over the trends of 2022 - and picks out the year's best and worst shows.

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2022

Chaos for comedy lovers as rail strikes cause scheduling issues for Jimmy Carr's Stockton Globe show

In a Facebook post on Monday, the Stockton Globe announced that Jimmy Carr's highly-anticipated appearance would be pushed to a new timeslot of 9pm on Wednesday, December 14.

Ellie Shorttle-Kent, Teesside Gazette, 12th December 2022

Big Fat Quiz to return for sport special

The Big Fat Quiz format is to return to Channel 4 for a sports special, hosted by Jimmy Carr.

British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2022

Channel 4's Hitler art show is a dangerous stunt

Art Trouble will ask a studio audience to decide whether Jimmy Carr should destroy artworks by the Nazi leader, Rolf Harris and Picasso. Laura Freeman questions the motive.

Laura Freeman, The Times, 14th October 2022

If Jimmy Carr burns a painting by Hitler on Channel 4, I'll be watching

Many are shocked by C4's commission of new show Art Trouble, which will ask whether we can separate monsters from their artworks. But why should we shut down an important debate?

Jordan Tyldesley, i Newspaper, 13th October 2022

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