Pamela Anderson

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Tom Lamont, The Observer, 26th September 2010

Anyone who had their doubts that Alan Carr would make a good chat show host has been proved firmly, delightfully wrong. In this fourth series of knockabout conversations, he demonstrates his show isn't just deliciously watchable, it now has serious pulling power. Top of the bill tonight is man of the moment Russell Brand, currently receiving rave reviews in America for his performance as a dissolute rock star in Get Him to the Greek. For all Brand's global fame, Carr will be sure to bring him crashing down to earth with a few cheeky questions about Sachsgate. Other guests include Pamela Anderson and three of the cast of Glee (including Matthew "Mr Schue" Morrison). With music from quirky rapper Plan B, it should be a pleasantly packed show.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 20th June 2010

Alan Carr is proof that TV sometimes does inexplicably awful things. At best Carr is tumbleweed, grinning and flapping as he rolls across the light entertainment schedules. At worst he is a cackling banshee, making everything a point of camp pride. Which makes it the more remarkable that Channel 4 has brought him back for this, yet another series of his charmless chat show. His line-up of guests tonight is somehow fitting: Russell Brand, he of the preeningly verbose stand-up routines and Sachs-bothering phone calls; Pamela Anderson, who in the early Nineties filled the lead bimbo role in Baywatch; and the cast of Glee, the shrilly hyperactive musical comedy series broadcast on E4.

The Telegraph, 19th June 2010