On, he was a co-host of Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, with David Mitchell, Lauren Laverne and Charlie Brooker. In April 2010, Carr hosted the first British version of a comedy roast show, Channel 4's A Comedy Roast. Since 2012, Carr has also presented 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, a combination of his panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and daytime quiz show Countdown. The show aired on Channel 4 until 2016, when it moved to More4. Since 2005, Carr has presented the comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats. He has also presented special episodes known as The Big Fat Quiz of Everything. Carr presents The Big Fat Quiz of the Year on Channel 4 each December.
He was also nominated for the 2006 Rose d'Or award for Best Game Show Host. He presented the 100s series of programmes for Channel 4: 100 Worst Pop Records, 100 Worst Britons, 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters, 100 People Who Look Most Like Jimmy Carr (a spoof) and 100 Scary Moments.įrom 2004 until 2006, Carr hosted a United States version of Distraction for Comedy Central. Career Television Hosting Ĭarr has hosted Channel 4 game shows Distraction and Your Face or Mine?. He performed his first paid stand-up gig later that month, having done his debut pub show unpaid only the previous month. Within a month, he began performing stand-up. He took a course in neuro-linguistic programming, which he has claimed helped him realise how his mind was working to hold him back from following his dreams of becoming a comedian. He went on to work in the marketing department at Shell, but took voluntary redundancy in January 2000 as he felt "miserable" there. He graduated with first-class honours in 1994. After earning four A grades at A-Level, Carr read social science and political science at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Ĭarr's parents remained in contact with their Irish relatives, and the family made frequent trips to Limerick and Kilkee. In 2021 Carr said he had not spoken to his father since 2000 and had not seen him in person, with the exception of an autograph signing after a gig in 2015. In 2004 his father was arrested, accused of harassing Carr and his brother Colin, but was acquitted and awarded costs. Following her death, Carr's relationship with his father became "severely strained". In 2001 Carr's mother died of pancreatitis, aged 57. He completed sixth form at the Royal Grammar School in nearby High Wycombe. Ĭarr spent most of his early life in the village Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, where he attended Farnham Common School and Burnham Grammar School. His parents were married in 1970 and separated in 1994, but never divorced. James Anthony Patrick Carr was born on 15 September 1972, in Hounslow, London, England, the second of three sons born to Irish immigrant parents Nora Mary (née Lawlor 19 September 1943 – 7 September 2001) and Patrick James "Jim" Carr (born 1945), an accountant who became the treasurer for computer company Unisys.
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