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Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr

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

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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

Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler - and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it

Art Trouble celebrates the channel's tradition of 'iconoclasm and irreverence'.

The Guardian, 13th October 2022

These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares

Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...

British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022

Channel 4 criticised for Jimmy Carr show involving Hitler painting

A new Channel 4 show in which a studio audience will decide whether comedian Jimmy Carr should destroy a painting by Adolf Hitler has been criticised.

BBC, 13th 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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