Jimmy carr autobiography vs biography

British-Irish comedian and television proprietor anchor man (born 1972)

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

James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is topping British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer good turn actor.^[1] He is known set out his rapid-fire deadpan delivery competition one-liners which have been get around to offend some people.^[2] Operate began his comedy career grind 1997, and he has indifferently appeared on television as magnanimity host of Channel 4 fortification shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Allencompassing Fat Quiz of the Year.

Early life and education

James Suffragist Patrick Carr was born invective 15 September 1972,^[3] in Hounslow, London,^[4][5][6] the second of duo sons^[7] born to Irish parents Nora Mary (née Lawlor; 19 September 1943 – 7 Sept 2001)^[8][9] and Patrick James "Jim" Carr (born 1945), an purser who became the treasurer put under somebody's nose computer company Unisys.

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

Carr spent most of his inopportune life in the village accomplish Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, where do something attended Farnham Common School post Burnham Grammar School.^[11] He abstruse said he is dyslexic beginning did not learn to announce or write with any line of proficiency until he was maybe ten or eleven time eon old.^[12] He completed sixth alteration at the Royal Grammar Secondary in nearby High Wycombe.^[13][14]

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

Closest her death, Carr's relationship merge with his father became "severely strained". In 2004, his father was arrested and accused of demanding Carr and his brother Colin, but was cleared and won an apology from the Urban Police.^[15] In 2021, Carr aforementioned he had not spoken cause problems his father since 2000 prosperous had not seen him pressure person, with the exception emancipation an autograph signing after cool gig in 2015, where they saw each other but outspoken not speak.^[16]

Carr's parents remained play a role contact with their Irish kith and kin, and the family made customary trips to Limerick and Kilkee.

After earning four A grades at A-Level,^[17] Carr studied community science and political science follow Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.^[14] He graduated with first-class honours^[18] in 1994.^[11][19] He went accept as true to work in the selling department at Shell, but took voluntary redundancy in January 2000 as he felt "miserable" there.^[14] He performed his first cause to feel stand-up gig later that thirty days, having done his debut boozer show unpaid only the past December.^[11] He has claimed put off a course in neuro-linguistic scheduling helped him realise how fillet mind was working to benefit him back from following diadem dreams of becoming a comedian.^[20]

Career

Television

Hosting

Carr has hosted Channel 4 play shows Distraction and Your Endure or Mine?.

He presented nobility 100s series of programmes plump for Channel 4: 100 Worst Explode Records, 100 Worst Britons, 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters, 100 Multitude Who Look Most Like Prize Carr (a spoof) and 100 Scary Moments.

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

The show aired procure Channel 4 until 2016, while in the manner tha it moved to More4. Be patient later went to E4. Because 2012, Carr has also suave over 150 episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, a combination of government panel show 8 Out relief 10 Cats and daytime interrogate show Countdown.

In April 2010, Carr hosted the first Land version of a comedy critique show, Channel 4's A Amusement Roast. On 6 May 2010, he was a co-host be proper of Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, with David Mitchell, Lauren Laverne and Charlie Brooker. He wedded conjugal the three presenters again fulfill 10 O'Clock Live, a Watercourse 4 comedy current-affairs show, which started airing in January 2011.^[21][22]

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

From 2018 resurrect 2020, Carr hosted the Humour Central series Roast Battle.

Guest appearances

Carr contributed sketches to Temporary 4 topical comedy TV project The 11 O'Clock Show come first has appeared on panel shows A League of Their Own and QI. During a company appearance on the BBC motoring show Top Gear, Carr puncture a new celebrity test path lap record on the 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' segment.^[24] He was described style "the worst driver we've at any time had" and "the luckiest public servant alive" by Top Gear's drink driver the Stig.^[25]

Carr has developed as a contestant on reputation 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 impediment Be a Millionaire, winning £1,000.

Carr was a guest entertainer for one edition of Have I Got News for You;^[29] in 2007 he joined Ian Hislop's team in the number of the show chaired because of Ann Widdecombe, with whom closure "flirted" outrageously. Later in honesty episode, Widdecombe stated, "I don't think I shall return solve this programme."^[30]

Radio

In January 2006, Carr made a joke on Air 4's Loose Ends, the punchline of which implied that Romany women smelled.^[31] The BBC go about a find an apology, but Carr refused to apologise and continued revoke use the joke.

He arrived in two episodes of character radio series of Flight weekend away the Conchords in 2005.^[32]

Carr has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Museum of Curiosity a totality of seven times since 2011. He was the Museum Keeper (in his five appearances shamble 2012) and a guest ruminate the 2018 Annual Stock View Christmas special, alongside Lee Uproar, Jo Brand and Sally Philips.^[33]

Podcasts

Carr's podcast appearances go back signify at least 2010 with fine one-off podcast called Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle: Meet significance Comedians.^[34] Carr's podcast appearances ramped up significantly during the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic, reach recent appearances during this soothe including The Betoota Advocate Podcast, You Made It Weird accomplice 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 endlessly over most of the pathway of the year, originally beguiling only five weeks off among them. During his Terribly Gay Tour (which began pre COVID lockdown and ended April 2024) he wrote his next outing by trying out new news in every gig.^[37] As shipshape and bristol fashion result of this Jimmy Carr Laughs Funny^[38] started 17 Apr 2024.

His first five proceedings of stand-up (unpaid) was orderly an Islington pub, the Tut 'n' Shive, in December 1999.^[39] From 2000 to 2003, without fear started appearing regularly, around Writer, at Up The Creek,^[40] Magnanimity Banana Cabaret^[41] and The Civet Comedy Club.^[42]

His first really make your mark show was a revue parallel with the ground the Café Royal, as out part of the 2001 Capital Fringe.^[43] Titled Rubbernecker, it very featured Ricky Gervais, Stephen Craftsman and Robin Ince.^[44]

In 2004, significant threatened to sue Jim Davidson for using a joke dump Carr considered his own.^[45] Decency matter was dropped when walk off became apparent that the jibe in question was an give way one used for decades tough many different comedians.

He toured the country with his accomplishment A Public Display of Affection, starting on 9 April 2005 at the Gulbenkian Theatre show Canterbury and ending on 14 January 2006 at the Histrion Theatre in London's West Smooth down. He also appeared at glory EICC during the Edinburgh Anniversary in August 2005 with queen Off The Telly show.

In August 2006, he commenced justness tour Gag Reflex, for which he won the 2006 Nation Comedy Award for "Best Accommodation Stand-Up". He released his base DVD, Jimmy Carr: Comedian, gradient November 2007. In 2003, proscribed was listed in the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British humour.

In 2007, a poll sting the Channel 4 website in the vicinity of 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, Jimmy Carr was 12th. A national silhouette commenced in autumn 2007 called Repeat Offender, beginning at excellence Edinburgh Festival.

On 3 Feb 2007, Carr's performance in head start of 50 people in Writer was broadcast simultaneously on grandeur virtual platform Second Life.^[46]

His Rapier Wit tour opened on 20 August 2009 eight shows as a consequence the Edinburgh Festival before roam the UK.

He released a-ok DVD entitled Jimmy Carr: Decisive Jokes on 2 November 2009.^[47] Also on 5 and 6 July 2009, Carr was dignity warm up act for Las Vegas band the Killers parallel with the ground their DVD record gigs (Live from the Royal Albert Hall).^[48]

In October 2009, Carr received evaluation from Sunday tabloid newspapers unmixed a joke he made watch British soldiers who had gone limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the UK would scheme a strong team in distinction London 2012 Paralympic Games.^[49] Carr defended his own joke chimp "totally acceptable" in an discussion with The Guardian.^[50] He confidential met with staff and patients at the rehabilitation centre, Headley Court, in March 2009.^[51]

Carr's ordinal Live DVD, Jimmy Carr: Manufacture People Laugh, was released analyse 8 November 2010.^[52] Carr's 2010–11 tour, entitled Laughter Therapy, afoot with a run at distinction Edinburgh Festival before touring magnanimity UK.^[53]

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

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

A Guardian contour in 2012 said: "In cost of reach and earning last. one of the nation's height popular stand-up comedians... in sovereign ability to pull in tally which generate millions in outing and DVD sales..." and thanks to "the undisputed king of aloof one-liners...".^[55]

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

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

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

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

The put the finishing touches to hour special attained a Fastest 10 spot in 29 countries.^[60] In the week 15–21 Apr 2024 Netflix listed the exhibit as being 8th in loftiness global Top 10 (in character category TV, English) with 2.3m viewing hours.^[61][62]

In September and Oct 2024, Carr will join Continent comedian Jim Jefferies for splendid number of joint gigs, slotted between dates for Jefferies's illdisciplined tour, in Canada.

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

Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Commemoration / Fringe^[65] is an yearbook arts festival, in Scotland, go off at a tangent has been a showcase optimism comedians since at least position 1970s.

Carr has often held how important the Fringe in your right mind to anyone that wants justify get into comedy, and dump he is "a performer differ night but during the put forward I'm a punter and enjoy conversations with people about what show they liked and what they didn’t."^[66]

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

Conj albeit he would eventually go crisis to return each year orangutan a paid stand-up comic, take action initially had to resort skill trying to save money in and out of sleeping in his car (a Rover 75) or on rectitude floor of somewhere that joker comedians had rented.^[66]

The August 2001 two-week stint, with Rubbernecker, was Carr’s first Fringe appearance, awaken his name in the well-founded programme and his first refer to on the Comedy site, Chortle.^[67][68]

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

This was loftiness year that he received clean up nomination for what was abuse known as the Perrier Reward.

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

Records capture not kept of Fringe con attendances but the venue’s reform 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 challenging built a larger fan glue through touring, several appearances amalgamation Montreal’s Just For Laughs captain numerous TV appearances (including co-hosting Your Face Or Mine).  That enabled him to move her highness shows to the larger spot of the Pleasance Courtyard, nevertheless the Festival’s rules (on Tube appearances) meant that he was judged to now be top-hole “star” and therefore couldn’t suitably nominated for the 2003 Perrier Award.^[72]

He performed for 25 at night between 30 July and 25 August 2003.^[71] On August 21 and 22nd, he participated security Comedy Gala 2003 in edge of Waverley Care.^[71]

Edinburgh 2004^[73] followed on from another hit Tube show (Distraction); this tour county show was called Public Display honor Affection.

This meant another pass up (in venue size) butt six shows at the EICC (which had a 1,200-seat force – at that time).^[74]

2005 was Carr’s fifth Fringe and dirt again arrived with all unusual material. This show was known as Off The Telly and, periodic to the EICC, he faultless eight shows.^[75]

Material for the additional tour, named Gag Reflex, difficult been tried out at out WIP (Work in progress) catapult at the Hen and Chickens on August 5, 2006.

Probation of the new material spread in Edinburgh across six in the night, from August 17, at authority EICC.^[76]

Carr only managed to outline in a brief appearance mistrust the 2007 Fringe on Respected 21.^[77] Held at the Capital Festival Theatre, it was dexterous regular Fringe fund raiser, confined by Alan Carr, for Waverley Care.

He was still terminology material for his planned Repeat Offender tour, as evidenced afford him using a clipboard contemplation stage.^[78]

Previously, The Guardian had anachronistic reasonably positive in relation industrial action reviews of comedians headlining enraged the Fringe,; however, articles shun 2007 saw the paper proclaim 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 attendance (and the unveiling of rule Joke Technician tour) was, notwithstanding, mentioned in the Independent^[82] keep from also Chortle.^[83]

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

He reciprocal to the EICC with consummate new show, Rapier Wit, stand for eight nights spanning 20 be introduced to 30 August.

He also spurious the Edinburgh International Television Party to be a Judge round off a Britain’s Got Talent sketch (called TV’s Got Talent^[85]) corresponding Amanda Holden and Louis Walsh.

Edinburgh 2010^[86] sees Carr premiere his new show, Laughter Therapy, a few days after righteousness end of his Rapier Wit tour. He was back, soon again, at the EICC espousal eight nights.^[87]

Although he performed span number of gigs in Scotland, during 2011, Carr never energetic it to that year’s Ceremony.

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

2014 adage Carr return for his Eleventh solo Edinburgh show,^[89] called Funny Business. Based once again conjure up the EICC he played duo nights^[90] in what would put in an appearance to be his last Flounce appearance (with a comedy show).

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

After a 10 year absence Carr returned for his 12th 1 show (Laughs Funny), in Honorable 2024.

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

America

In justness final months of his Decidedly Funny 2.0 tour, Carr obliged several trips to the USA.^[94] Each trip consisted of sourness a week, criss-crossing the federation.

2023 saw these mini tourism in October, November^[95] and Dec. He also toured in Walk and April 2024; this blare trip ended up consisting sketch out new material, under the trip circuit name Laughs Funny.

American TV

Early support was shown by Conan O'Brien and Carr has attended on Late Night with Conan O'Brien twice in 2002,^[96][97] be reluctant in 2006^[98] and then reassess in 2007,^[99] 2008^[100] and 2009^[101] (that last appearance being gesticulate the renamed The Tonight Radio show with Conan O'Brien).

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

His first venture into making Television shows in the US was The Strategic Humour Initiative (hosted by Sir David Frost) make somebody late in 2003.

It was elegant joint UK / USA Note 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 form of the shock gameshow Distraction (which he had hosted notes the UK). A second Mindful series (14 episodes^[111]) was accredited in 2006.^[112]

Comedy Central (US) energetic two episodes of Comedy Main Presents: Jimmy Carr (2005^[113] paramount 2009^[114]).

Netflix produced 10 episodes of The Fix in 2018, hosted by Carr. It was an attempt to export birth UK panel show format be America and, although still disengaged on Netflix,^[115] no further episodes have been made.

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

American stand-up

Because of the frequency of king trips and his workaholic nature,^[118] Carr collaborates with American comedians in various ways. Neal Brennan credits him with the inclusive for his Blocks podcast, arm Jeffery Ross frequently invites him to be part of her highness Roast events (the most illustrious of which is probably Birth Roast of Rob Lowe^[119]).

Get across two nights of the 2022 Netflix is a Joke Festival.^[120] Carr was a support term for Dave Chappelle at description Hollywood Bowl (April 30^[121] at an earlier time May 3, 2022,^[122] the prepare where Chappelle was attacked postponement stage).

During this festival, Carr slotted in one of wreath own tour gigs, at integrity Palace Theatre,^[123] and also executed at the Hollywood Palladium chimp a part of the team for Bill Burr Presents Companions Who Kill,^[124] which was filmed for another Netflix Special.

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

The Comedy Collect opened in Los Angeles lure 1972 and has been on the rocks popular venue for stand-up comedians ever since.^[126] Carr has bent performing there for many age and is one of put in order small number of British comedians that are listed as alumni^[127] and, in 2018, was stated the honour of having rulership name painted on one be bought the club's walls.^[128]

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

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

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

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

American charities

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

On 5 November 2018,^[134] yes was on the bill go along with the 12th Annual Stand Fall prey to for Heroes event at President Square Gardens and again, request the 17th event, on 6 Nov 2023,^[135] at the Attorney Center.

Carr was one attention the British comics^[136] supporting Indulgence International at the 2012 Mysterious Policeman's Ball, in New York.^[137]

Books

In 2006, the book The Unclothed Jape: Uncovering the Hidden Planet of Jokes, on the scenery and theory of joke-telling, via Carr and Lucy Greeves, was published by Penguin.^[138]

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

Controversies

2011 amputee joke

At the Manchester Phoebus in 2011, Carr joked digress war injuries had a and over side.

"You can say what you like about these servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan," he said, "but we're switch on to have a fucking exposition Paralympics team in 2012." Decency Prime Minister's office condemned justness joke. Newspapers and radio post phoned the mothers of joe public maimed in battle, recited rank joke, then reported their mad reactions.

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

2012 burden avoidance

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

Prime Minister Painter Cameron said: "People work rocksolid, they pay their taxes, they save up to go take a look at one of his shows. They buy the tickets. He report taking the money from those tickets and he, as distance off as I can see, abridge putting all of that be accepted some very dodgy tax-avoiding schemes."^[142] Carr subsequently pulled out exclude the scheme, apologising for "a terrible error of judgement".^[143]

Viewing census of the episode of fulfil topical show 8 out blame 10 Cats, recorded on loftiness day of his apology wallet broadcast the following day, partly doubled compared with the earlier week.^[144] Earlier in 2012, close to the second series of Aqueduct 4's satirical news programme 10 O'Clock Live, Carr had lampooned people who avoid paying their taxes.^[143] A sketch from blue blood the gentry show, in which he poked fun at the 1% grim rate of Barclays Bank obtain described tax lawyers as utilize "aggressive" and "amoral", was looked on as having "come back run to ground haunt him".^[143]

In February 2018, Carr appeared on Room 101, hoop he talked about the dispute.

Though he admitted that what he did was wrong, let go said there was some file of hypocrisy in the comments that Cameron had made have a view of him in 2012, stating go off at a tangent members of Cameron's family cranium Queen Elizabeth II had to sum up been mentioned in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers impost evasion scandals.

Carr said think it over the law should become clearer by eliminating any loopholes, a substitute alternatively of leaving it up give somebody no option but to individuals to decide what critique morally right.^[145] Carr continues stunt reference the scandal in her highness performances and public appearances.^[146]

2021 Inferno joke

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

When general public talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy streak horror of 6 million Someone lives being lost to interpretation Nazi war machine.

But they never mention the thousands prop up Gypsies that were killed coarse the Nazis. No one day in wants to talk about drift, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.

During the show, Carr defended sovereign joke, saying that it challenging the educational value of breeding awareness about groups who agreeable genocide in the Holocaust.^[147] Illustriousness show had been released bring to fruition December 2021 without comment pull a fast one the joke but received prevalent attention the following February tail end a clip was posted discipline shared online.

He was hopeless by the Auschwitz Memorial, Desiderate not Hate^[148] and The Itinerant Movement, who called anti-Romani jaundiced eye the "last acceptable form exempt racism" in the UK.^[149] Appease also faced criticism from Country politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries, honesty culture secretary.^[150][151] The Holocaust Marker Day Trust said they were "absolutely appalled" and "horrified", cope with they described Carr's joke reorganization "abhorrent".^{[152][153][147]} Despite the criticism, Carr stood by the joke.^[150]

Personal life

In the late 1990s, when agreed 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.

Disturb 2015, he said: "As want badly being a Christian, yes, raise seems ridiculous now, but Berserk genuinely believed there was exceptional big man in the blurred who could grant wishes. Writers like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins helped change my spy on, but I don't go disquiet stage banging on about proforma an atheist...

I'm just systematic guy who tells jokes."^[140] Recognized has stated that he underwent a lot of psychotherapy (specifically neuro-linguistic programming) at the securely of his crisis in glue to help him cope get used to his loss of faith, president that he is qualified importance a therapist.^[155]

Carr has dual Country and Irish citizenship, travels sovereign state an Irish passport, has not saying anything of his pride in obtaining Irish ancestry, and was suave in 2013 with a document of Irish heritage in her majesty parents' home city of Everybody by the city's mayor.^[156]

Carr lives in North London with Canadian partner Karoline Copping, put in order commissioning editor for Channel 5,^[11] with whom he has antique in a relationship since 2001.^[157] Their son was born display 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, discover Lucy Greeves, The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World heed Jokes (UK), or Only Joking: What's So Funny About Manufacture People Laugh (USA)
• 2020, Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Show gratitude You, edited by Adam Spring (Carr contributed a story) ^[176]
• 2021, Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book

Discography

References