Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Genre	Chat show
Directed by	Chris Howe
Presented by	Alan Carr
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	16
No. of episodes	181 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Beint Addison Cresswell Richard Ackerman
Producers	Open Mike Productions Jon Holman
Production location	The London Studios
Running time	50–80 minutes
Production company	Open Mike Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	14 June 2009 (2009-06-14) – 25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)
Release	25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)[1]
Related
The Sunday Night Project The Justin Lee Collins Show Alan Carr's Specstacular
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man (also simply known as Chatty Man) is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show included interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music. In 2013, Carr won a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance.^[2]

The show was first on as two pilots in late May 2009. It proved popular with the public and was commissioned for a full series and ran for 16 series from 2009 to 2016. The first episode drew in a total of 2.15 million viewers. To date, the show has broadcast 16 series and 181 episodes. The eleventh series consisted of 18 episodes, making it the longest series to date. A new series began airing on 30 August 2013. In 2013, Carr signed a two-year contract extension with Channel 4 for £4 million.^[3] The sixteenth and final series ran from 3 March to 5 May 2016.

In continental Europe and Scandinavia, Alan Carr: Chatty Man was shown on BBC Entertainment a week behind the UK. Old episodes aired on 4Music between 2012 and 2013.^[4] The show returned for a Christmas special in December 2017.^[1]