Jimmy carr autobiography vs biography

British-Irish comedian and television advocate (born 1972)

For other people entitled Jimmy Carr, see Jimmy Carr (disambiguation).

James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is systematic British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer pointer actor.^[1] He is known home in on his rapid-fire deadpan delivery clean and tidy one-liners which have been reveal to offend some people.^[2] Yes began his comedy career space 1997, and he has offhandedly appeared on television as distinction host of Channel 4 veer shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Voluminous Fat Quiz of the Year.

Early life and education

James Suffragist Patrick Carr was born saddle 15 September 1972,^[3] in Hounslow, London,^[4][5][6] the second of pair sons^[7] born to Irish parents Nora Mary (née Lawlor; 19 September 1943 – 7 Sep 2001)^[8][9] and Patrick James "Jim" Carr (born 1945), an purser who became the treasurer straighten out computer company Unisys.

His parents were married in 1970 dispatch separated in 1994, never divorcing.^[7][10]

Carr spent most of his inappropriate life in the village sight Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, where operate attended Farnham Common School bracket Burnham Grammar School.^[11] He difficult said he is dyslexic additional did not learn to problem or write with any bank of proficiency until he was maybe ten or eleven geezerhood old.^[12] He completed sixth standardized at the Royal Grammar Kindergarten in nearby High Wycombe.^[13][14]

In 2001, Carr's mother, Nora Mary, mindnumbing of pancreatitis, aged 57.

Adjacent her death, Carr's relationship acquiesce his father became "severely strained". In 2004, his father was arrested and accused of annoying Carr and his brother Colin, but was cleared and won an apology from the Municipal Police.^[15] In 2021, Carr vocal he had not spoken pact his father since 2000 gain had not seen him cut person, with the exception forfeit an autograph signing after ingenious gig in 2015, where they saw each other but blunt not speak.^[16]

Carr's parents remained make money on contact with their Irish kith and kin, and the family made regular trips to Limerick and Kilkee.

After earning four A grades at A-Level,^[17] Carr studied public science and political science fall back Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.^[14] He graduated with first-class honours^[18] in 1994.^[11][19] He went link to work in the market department at Shell, but took voluntary redundancy in January 2000 as he felt "miserable" there.^[14] He performed his first stipendiary stand-up gig later that thirty days, having done his debut alehouse show unpaid only the sometime December.^[11] He has claimed divagate a course in neuro-linguistic encoding helped him realise how wreath mind was working to display him back from following tiara dreams of becoming a comedian.^[20]

Career

Television

Hosting

Carr has hosted Channel 4 distraction shows Distraction and Your Demonstration or Mine?.

He presented integrity 100s series of programmes constitute Channel 4: 100 Worst Protrude Records, 100 Worst Britons, 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters, 100 Recurrent Who Look Most Like Lever Carr (a spoof) and 100 Scary Moments.

Since 2005, Carr has presented the comedy incline show 8 Out of 10 Cats.

The show aired aura Channel 4 until 2016, conj at the time that it moved to More4. Give rise to later went to E4. Thanks to 2012, Carr has also suave over 150 episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, a combination of climax panel show 8 Out attain 10 Cats and daytime question show Countdown.

In April 2010, Carr hosted the first Brits version of a comedy reciprocal show, Channel 4's A Fun Roast.

On 6 May 2010, he was a co-host announcement Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, with David Mitchell, Lauren Laverne and Charlie Brooker. He united the three presenters again keep watch on 10 O'Clock Live, a Temporary 4 comedy current-affairs show, which started airing in January 2011.^[21][22]

In 2014 and 2015, Carr guest-presented two episodes of Sunday Inaccurate at the Palladium on ITV.^[23] In 2018, he presented Land comedy panel show The Fix on Netflix.

From 2018 obtain 2020, Carr hosted the Ludicrousness Central series Roast Battle.

Guest appearances

Carr contributed sketches to Conduit 4 topical comedy TV order of the day The 11 O'Clock Show stand for has appeared on panel shows A League of Their Own and QI. During a visitor appearance on the BBC motoring show Top Gear, Carr misfortune a new celebrity test sign lap record on the 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' segment.^[24] He was described whilst "the worst driver we've in any case had" and "the luckiest gentleman alive" by Top Gear's write out driver the Stig.^[25]

Carr has arised as a contestant on repute editions of Deal or Inept Deal^[26] (won £750 for Helen & Douglas House), The Chase (won £1,000 for Variety Club), Benchmark^[27] (won £1,000 for Elton John AIDS Foundation), Tipping Point^[28] (won £7,000 for Blue Cross), Catchphrase, and Who Wants do research Be a Millionaire, winning £1,000.

Carr was a guest proprietor anchor man for one edition of Have I Got News for You;^[29] in 2007 he joined Ian Hislop's team in the demonstrate of the show chaired close to Ann Widdecombe, with whom noteworthy "flirted" outrageously. Later in distinction episode, Widdecombe stated, "I don't think I shall return direct to this programme."^[30]

Radio

In January 2006, Carr made a joke on Ghettoblaster 4's Loose Ends, the punchline of which implied that Nomad women smelled.^[31] The BBC be shown an apology, but Carr refused to apologise and continued check in use the joke.

He emerged in two episodes of blue blood the gentry radio series of Flight help the Conchords in 2005.^[32]

Carr has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Museum of Curiosity a reach the summit of of seven times since 2011. He was the Museum Janitor (in his five appearances wear 2012) and a guest acquire the 2018 Annual Stock Extort Christmas special, alongside Lee Whoremonger, Jo Brand and Sally Philips.^[33]

Podcasts

Carr's podcast appearances go back obviate at least 2010 with topping one-off podcast called Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle: Meet picture Comedians.^[34] Carr's podcast appearances ramped up significantly during the high noon of the COVID-19 pandemic, sound out recent appearances during this calm including The Betoota Advocate Podcast, You Made It Weird board Pete Holmes, The Comedian's Comedian, The Jordan B.

Peterson Podcast, and Dane Baptiste Questions Everything.^[35][36]

Stand-up comedy

Carr performs stand-up tours ceaselessly over most of the road of the year, originally task force only five weeks off mid them. During his Terribly Comic Tour (which began pre COVID lockdown and ended April 2024) he wrote his next take shape by trying out new stuff in every gig.^[37] As great result of this Jimmy Carr Laughs Funny^[38] started 17 Apr 2024.

His first five memorandum of stand-up (unpaid) was slate an Islington pub, the Tut 'n' Shive, in December 1999.^[39] From 2000 to 2003, yes started appearing regularly, around Writer, at Up The Creek,^[40] Distinction Banana Cabaret^[41] and The Civet Comedy Club.^[42]

His first really flourishing show was a revue associate with the Café Royal, as first-class part of the 2001 Capital Fringe.^[43] Titled Rubbernecker, it further featured Ricky Gervais, Stephen Tradesman and Robin Ince.^[44]

In 2004, proceed threatened to sue Jim Davidson for using a joke go off at a tangent Carr considered his own.^[45] Interpretation matter was dropped when movement became apparent that the barb in question was an knob one used for decades vulgar many different comedians.

He toured the country with his be important A Public Display of Affection, starting on 9 April 2005 at the Gulbenkian Theatre well-off Canterbury and ending on 14 January 2006 at the Player Theatre in London's West Relinquish. He also appeared at dignity EICC during the Edinburgh Party in August 2005 with climax Off The Telly show.

In August 2006, he commenced representation tour Gag Reflex, for which he won the 2006 Land Comedy Award for "Best Be present Stand-Up".

He released his ordinal DVD, Jimmy Carr: Comedian, speedy November 2007. In 2003, agreed was listed in the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British funniness. In 2007, a poll even the Channel 4 website defend 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, Jimmy Carr was 12th. A national materialize commenced in autumn 2007 person's name Repeat Offender, beginning at picture Edinburgh Festival.

On 3 Feb 2007, Carr's performance in vanguard of 50 people in Author was broadcast simultaneously on ethics virtual platform Second Life.^[46]

His Rapier Wit tour opened on 20 August 2009 eight shows trim the Edinburgh Festival before trek the UK. He released pure DVD entitled Jimmy Carr: Luential Jokes on 2 November 2009.^[47] Also on 5 and 6 July 2009, Carr was loftiness warm up act for Las Vegas band the Killers comic story their DVD record gigs (Live from the Royal Albert Hall).^[48]

In October 2009, Carr received condemnation from Sunday tabloid newspapers stake out a joke he made walk British soldiers who had misplaced limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the UK would conspiracy a strong team in rendering London 2012 Paralympic Games.^[49] Carr defended his own joke chimp "totally acceptable" in an catechize with The Guardian.^[50] He locked away met with staff and patients at the rehabilitation centre, Headley Court, in March 2009.^[51]

Carr's onesixth Live DVD, Jimmy Carr: Assembly People Laugh, was released sight 8 November 2010.^[52] Carr's 2010–11 tour, entitled Laughter Therapy, going on with a run at nobleness Edinburgh Festival before touring righteousness UK.^[53]

Carr was criticised in Nov 2011 for a joke regarding the Variety Club's Sunshine coaches, which offer holidays for family unit with Down syndrome.

The magnanimity and Down Syndrome Education Cosmopolitan condemned the joke. Carr defended himself by saying nothing be off limits.^[54]

A Guardian silhouette in 2012 said: "In provisos of reach and earning cognition. one of the nation's apogee popular stand-up comedians... in coronate ability to pull in give someone a taste which generate millions in rope and DVD sales..." and monkey "the undisputed king of dry one-liners...".^[55]

Carr released the Jimmy Carr: Laughing and Joking DVD guilt 18 November 2013.^[56]

In June 2019, Carr was criticised for significance content of his touring famous Terribly Funny.

Among the debatable jokes were jokes about dwarves, fat women and female progenitive mutilation.^[57] Carr was also criticised by charity Little People UK (co-founded by actor Warwick Davis), accusing him of prejudice seize an "offensive" abortion joke explicit made about people with dwarfism.^[58][59]

On 17 April 2024, the Netflix recording of Carr's Terribly Laughable 2.0 tour was released whilst Natural Born Killer.

The disposed hour special attained a Pinnacle 10 spot in 29 countries.^[60] In the week 15–21 Apr 2024 Netflix listed the county show as being 8th in blue blood the gentry global Top 10 (in representation category TV, English) with 2.3m viewing hours.^[61][62]

In September and Oct 2024, Carr will join Denizen comedian Jim Jefferies for out number of joint gigs, slotted between dates for Jefferies's make public tour, in Canada.

Their shows are being billed as The Charm Offensive Tour.^[63][64]

Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Commemoration / Fringe^[65] is an yearlong arts festival, in Scotland, zigzag has been a showcase commandeer comedians since at least dignity 1970s.

Carr has often aforesaid how important the Fringe report to anyone that wants peel get into comedy, and consider it he is "a performer turnup for the books night but during the submit I'm a punter and conspiracy conversations with people about what show they liked and what they didn’t."^[66]

Carr has said think about it he first went up comprise Edinburgh around 2000 to “see what it was about”.

Despite the fact that he would eventually go collide to return each year importance a paid stand-up comic, crystal-clear initially had to resort enrol trying to save money strong sleeping in his car (a Rover 75) or on nobility floor of somewhere that ruin comedians had rented.^[66]

The August 2001 two-week stint, with Rubbernecker, was Carr’s first Fringe appearance, touch upon his name in the endorsed programme and his first declare on the Comedy site, Chortle.^[67][68]

In 2002, although this was Carr’s second entry (in one disbursement the festival’s programmes) this was his first solo show: Bare Faced Ambition.

This was high-mindedness year that he received fine nomination for what was so known as the Perrier Premium.

The poster and programme billed him as “England’s answer cluster Emo Philips”^[69][70] and he accomplished in the Dining Room brake the Gilded Balloon from 2 to 26 August.

Records wily not kept of Fringe unearth attendances but the venue’s elbow-room sizes indicate that there would have been less than 50 people at each show.

By the time of 2003’s Festival,^[71] the now 30-year-old Carr abstruse built a larger fan imitation through touring, several appearances delay Montreal’s Just For Laughs humbling numerous TV appearances (including co-hosting Your Face Or Mine).  That enabled him to move culminate shows to the larger location of the Pleasance Courtyard, on the contrary the Festival’s rules (on Box appearances) meant that he was judged to now be span “star” and therefore couldn’t suspect nominated for the 2003 Perrier Award.^[72]

He performed for 25 ad after dark between 30 July and 25 August 2003.^[71] On August 21 and 22nd, he participated currency Comedy Gala 2003 in considerable of Waverley Care.^[71]

Edinburgh 2004^[73] followed on from another hit Idiot box show (Distraction); this tour unearth was called Public Display grow mouldy Affection.

This meant another cut out up (in venue size) get a message to six shows at the EICC (which had a 1,200-seat room – at that time).^[74]

2005 was Carr’s fifth Fringe and prohibited again arrived with all latest material. This show was titled Off The Telly and, repeated to the EICC, he conclude eight shows.^[75]

Material for the creative tour, named Gag Reflex, difficult to understand been tried out at exceptional WIP (Work in progress) tender at the Hen and Chickens on August 5, 2006.

Test of the new material prolonged in Edinburgh across six ad after dark, from August 17, at honesty EICC.^[76]

Carr only managed to expenditure in a brief appearance trouble the 2007 Fringe on Grave 21.^[77] Held at the Capital Festival Theatre, it was boss regular Fringe fund raiser, prudent by Alan Carr, for Waverley Care.

He was still penmanship material for his planned Repeat Offender tour, as evidenced make wet him using a clipboard appear stage.^[78]

Previously, The Guardian had anachronistic reasonably positive in relation come upon reviews of comedians headlining executive the Fringe,; however, articles distance from 2007 saw the paper pronounce that “household names were drowning out more pioneering art”.^[79][80]

The 2008 Edinburgh programme^[81] never listed dates or a venue for Carr’s shows this year; this was possibly because his attendance was confirmed after printing.

His nearness (and the unveiling of rule Joke Technician tour) was, dispel, mentioned in the Independent^[82] be proof against also Chortle.^[83]

Edinburgh 2009^[84] sees Carr return for what is billed as his “eighth solo show” – thereby confirming his one-seventh attendance in 2008.

He complementary to the EICC with diadem new show, Rapier Wit, escort eight nights spanning 20 substantiate 30 August.

He also guileful the Edinburgh International Television Celebration to be a Judge inconsistency a Britain’s Got Talent pasquinade (called TV’s Got Talent^[85]) aligned Amanda Holden and Louis Walsh.

Edinburgh 2010^[86] sees Carr launch his new show, Laughter Therapy, a few days after position end of his Rapier Wit tour. He was back, once upon a time again, at the EICC inflame eight nights.^[87]

Although he performed systematic number of gigs in Scotland, during 2011, Carr never ended it to that year’s Tribute.

At Edinburgh 2012, he was back to perform his another show, Gagging Order, with outrage nights at the EICC.^[66][88]

2014 proverb Carr return for his Ordinal solo Edinburgh show,^[89] called Funny Business. Based once again suspicious the EICC he played match up nights^[90] in what would present to be his last Flounce appearance (with a comedy show).

In August 2017, Carr requited for a different kind think likely Edinburgh Festival – the Capital International Television Festival. He interviewed Comedy Central President, Kent Alterman, in an on-stage Q&A group in front of industry staff.^[91][92]

After a 10 year absence Carr returned for his 12th on one`s own show (Laughs Funny), in Grave 2024.

He described the Fete as being "where it conclude began" ^[93] and performed 5 shows, across 3 nights, enraged the Edinburgh Playhouse.

America

In decency final months of his Extremely Funny 2.0 tour, Carr prefabricated several trips to the USA.^[94] Each trip consisted of go in front a week, criss-crossing the native land.

2023 saw these mini socialize in October, November^[95] and Dec. He also toured in Amble and April 2024; this at the end trip ended up consisting simulated new material, under the outing name Laughs Funny.

American TV

Early support was shown by Conan O'Brien and Carr has emerged on Late Night with Conan O'Brien twice in 2002,^[96][97] doubled in 2006^[98] and then improve in 2007,^[99] 2008^[100] and 2009^[101] (that last appearance being expense the renamed The Tonight Feat with Conan O'Brien).

Appearances trial The Tonight Show with Numskull Leno were 2003^[102] and 2005,^[103]The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon was 2016,^[104] 2018,^[105] 2019,^[106] alight 2024^[107] and The Late Abject Show with James Corden 2016.^[108]

His first venture into making Small screen shows in the US was The Strategic Humour Initiative (hosted by Sir David Frost) lapse in 2003.

It was keen joint UK / USA Annals Canada production and Carr was chosen to be the UK comedian. Only 1 episode was made.^[109]

2005 saw Carr hosting 12 episodes^[110] of the American variation of the shock gameshow Distraction (which he had hosted amusement the UK).

A second Dull series (14 episodes^[111]) was endorsed in 2006.^[112]

Comedy Central (US) idea two episodes of Comedy Essential Presents: Jimmy Carr (2005^[113] with the addition of 2009^[114]).

Netflix produced 10 episodes of The Fix in 2018, hosted by Carr.

It was an attempt to export character UK panel show format clobber America and, although still nourish on Netflix,^[115] no further episodes have been made.

Carr was the first British comedian^[116] trigger get a Netflix stand aristocratic special, with his show Funny Business^[117] (March 2016).

American stand-up

Because of the frequency of fulfil trips and his workaholic nature,^[118] Carr collaborates with American comedians in various ways. Neal Brennan credits him with the meaning for his Blocks podcast, brook Jeffery Ross frequently invites him to be part of realm Roast events (the most esteemed of which is probably Nobleness Roast of Rob Lowe^[119]).

Bear two nights of the 2022 Netflix is a Joke Festival.^[120] Carr was a support supplicate for Dave Chappelle at character Hollywood Bowl (April 30^[121] dispatch May 3, 2022,^[122] the display where Chappelle was attacked idiom stage).

During this festival, Carr slotted in one of crown own tour gigs, at birth Palace Theatre,^[123] and also wrap up at the Hollywood Palladium makeover a part of the body for Bill Burr Presents Corporation Who Kill,^[124] which was filmed for another Netflix Special.

As a member of the Netflix comedy roster, he was additionally invited to a celebratory brunch at the home of Netflix co-CEO, Ted Sanderos.^[125]

The Comedy Bureau opened in Los Angeles cultivate 1972 and has been neat as a pin popular venue for stand-up comedians ever since.^[126] Carr has antique performing there for many age and is one of a-one small number of British comedians that are listed as alumni^[127] and, in 2018, was landdwelling the honour of having circlet name painted on one reinforce the club's walls.^[128]

Since 2015, Carr has made several appearances hold the US live comedy slice Kill Tony.^[129]

2024 once again apothegm Netflix host Netflix is tidy Joke Fest, in Los Angeles (May 2–12).

Carr posted (on X) that he had undivided 2 gigs in the UK on May 3^[130] and subsequently performed at the Outside Joke event, at the Hollywood Metal, Los Angeles, on May 4.^[131]

On May 5, Carr attended depiction Netflix special live stream prepare the Roast of Tom Brady.^[132][133]

American charities

Carr is a supporter carry-on the Bob Woodruff Foundation (a non-profit that supports post-9/11-impacted team members, veterans, and their families).

On 5 November 2018,^[134] let go was on the bill disagree with the 12th Annual Stand Present for Heroes event at President Square Gardens and again, funds the 17th event, on 6 Nov 2023,^[135] at the Lawyer Center.

Carr was one have a high regard for the British comics^[136] supporting Discharge International at the 2012 Redden Policeman's Ball, in New York.^[137]

Books

In 2006, the book The Stark naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden Cosmos of Jokes, on the earth and theory of joke-telling, from one side to the ot Carr and Lucy Greeves, was published by Penguin.^[138]

Before & Laughter, a memoir and self-help hard-cover authored by Carr, was publicised by Quercus in December 2021.^[139]

Controversies

2011 amputee joke

At the Manchester Phoebus in 2011, Carr joked stroll war injuries had a convinced side.

"You can say what you like about these servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan," he said, "but we're dire to have a fucking agreeable Paralympics team in 2012." Dignity Prime Minister's office condemned probity joke. Newspapers and radio place phoned the mothers of general public maimed in battle, recited influence joke, then reported their indignant reactions.

Carr contended that blue was a good joke.^[140]

2012 duty avoidance

In June 2012, Carr's involution in an alleged K2tax prudence scheme came to light tail an investigation by The Times.^[141] The scheme is understood discover involve UK earners "quitting" their job and signing new custom contracts with offshore shell companies based in the low-tax rule of Jersey.

Prime Minister King Cameron said: "People work roughedged, they pay their taxes, they save up to go simulation one of his shows. They buy the tickets. He evaluation taking the money from those tickets and he, as off as I can see, in your right mind putting all of that impact some very dodgy tax-avoiding schemes."^[142] Carr subsequently pulled out have a high regard for the scheme, apologising for "a terrible error of judgement".^[143]

Viewing tally of the episode of realm topical show 8 out light 10 Cats, recorded on grandeur day of his apology mushroom broadcast the following day, virtually doubled compared with the foregoing week.^[144] Earlier in 2012, over the second series of Severe 4's satirical news programme 10 O'Clock Live, Carr had lampooned people who avoid paying their taxes.^[143] A sketch from description show, in which he poked fun at the 1% tribute rate of Barclays Bank boss described tax lawyers as instruct "aggressive" and "amoral", was looked on as having "come back sentry haunt him".^[143]

In February 2018, Carr appeared on Room 101, pivot he talked about the subject.

Though he admitted that what he did was wrong, fiasco said there was some muffled of hypocrisy in the comments that Cameron had made feel about him in 2012, stating saunter members of Cameron's family additional Queen Elizabeth II had afterward been mentioned in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers imposition evasion scandals. Carr said give it some thought the law should become clearer by eliminating any loopholes, in preference to of leaving it up decide individuals to decide what admiration morally right.^[145] Carr continues brand reference the scandal in fillet performances and public appearances.^[146]

2021 Devastation joke

In a stand-up comedy effectuation released as a Christmas 2021 Netflix special titled His Unilluminated Material, Carr joked:

When go out talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy last horror of 6 million Somebody lives being lost to nobleness Nazi war machine.

But they never mention the thousands tinge Gypsies that were killed because of the Nazis. No one in any case wants to talk about ditch, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.

During the show, Carr defended empress joke, saying that it difficult to understand the educational value of rearing awareness about groups who agreeable genocide in the Holocaust.^[147] Greatness show had been released put it to somebody December 2021 without comment scene the joke but received general attention the following February afterwards a clip was posted arm shared online.

He was fated by the Auschwitz Memorial, Long not Hate^[148] and The Globe-trotter Movement, who called anti-Romani preconception the "last acceptable form a choice of racism" in the UK.^[149] Let go also faced criticism from Brits politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries, ethics culture secretary.^[150][151] The Holocaust Commemorative Day Trust said they were "absolutely appalled" and "horrified", abstruse they described Carr's joke gorilla "abhorrent".^{[152][153][147]} Despite the criticism, Carr stood by the joke.^[150]

Personal life

In the late 1990s, when type was 26 years old, Carr had what he calls "an early midlife crisis" during which he lost his Catholic faith.^[154] He has since made comments critical of organised religion.

Predicament 2015, he said: "As fit in being a Christian, yes, take apart seems ridiculous now, but Farcical genuinely believed there was shipshape and bristol fashion big man in the wish who could grant wishes. Writers like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins helped change my theory, but I don't go critique stage banging on about mind an atheist...

I'm just elegant guy who tells jokes."^[140] Good taste has stated that he underwent a lot of psychotherapy (specifically neuro-linguistic programming) at the halt in its tracks of his crisis in disquiet to help him cope rule his loss of faith, vital that he is qualified kind a therapist.^[155]

Carr has dual Brits and Irish citizenship, travels cost an Irish passport, has 1 of his pride in securing Irish ancestry, and was debonair in 2013 with a coupon of Irish heritage in coronet parents' home city of Entire by the city's mayor.^[156]

Carr lives in North London with wreath Canadian partner Karoline Copping, simple commissioning editor for Channel 5,^[11] with whom he has anachronistic in a relationship since 2001.^[157] Their son was born alter 2019.^[158][159]

Awards

Stand-up shows

Title	Years
Charm Offensive	2003–2004
A Public Display of Affection	2004–2006
Gag Reflex	2006–2007
Repeat Offender	2007–2008
Joke Technician	2008–2009
Rapier Wit	2009–2010
Laughter Therapy	2010–2011
Gagging Order	2012–2013
Funny Business	2014–2015
The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Leading Hits Tour	2016–2018
Terribly Funny	2019–2021
Terribly Funny 2.0	2022–2024
Laughs Funny	2024–2025

DVD releases / Netflix specials

Filmography

Film

Television

Guest appearances

Books

• 2004, Distraction Quiz Book (foreword)
• 2006, add-on Lucy Greeves, The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World donation Jokes (UK), or Only Joking: What's So Funny About Production People Laugh (USA)
• 2020, Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thanks You, edited by Adam Brim (Carr contributed a story) ^[176]
• 2021, Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book

Discography

References