Life’s A Beach sees Alan giving Judith Chalmers and Michael Palin a run for their money as he invites a famous guest each week to discuss their favourite places in the world
Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brillaint comedian and presenter - Mel Giedroyc.
Join Mel Giedroyc every week on the hit podcast Where There’s a Will There’s a Wake, as she laughs in the face of death with all your favourite funny celebrities as they tell her about their dream demise.
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Thanks, Alan.
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‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!!
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Jack Whitehall returns - and within minutes we’re into kebabs, cab drivers and chalk phalluses.
There’s the spiralling of his stag do, a near miss with the Daily Mail, and the realities of tour life (including when stand-up goes very wrong). Plus: travelling with kids, naked yoga, Chernobyl as a tourist destination… and one truly grim fox encounter.
Prepare to brace... this escalates fast.
00:00 Jack’s back (and Alan’s still not over the stag do snub)
01:00 The cab driver story… and the kebab incident
03:00 Drunk disasters & unforgettable nights
05:30 Jack’s stag do: Soho, Guinness & Roasts
08:00 When the Daily Mail is watching (and you poo next to a dead fox)
11:00 Travelling with kids vs pre-kid holidays
13:30 Wedding plans & expensive decisions
15:30 Stand-up struggles: bombing on stage
18:00 Jack's touring plans: UK, Australia & beyond
20:30 Performing internationally & “reference checking” jokes
22:30 Travels with Dad: naked yoga & Spitfires
25:00 Chernobyl tourism (yes, really)
27:00 Ukraine, Moldova & a chalk phallus
30:00 The quick-fire round chaos
32:00 Final thoughts… and taxi driver trauma revisited
#JackWhitehall #AlanCarr #PodcastComedy #TravelPodcast #BritishComedy #StagDoStories #StandUpComedy #SohoLondon #Chernobyl #TravelStories #ComedyPodcast #UKPodcasts #FunnyStories #CelebrityPodcast #KebabGate (4)
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Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brillaint comedian and actor - Jack Whitehall.
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Thanks, Alan.
xx
‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!!
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Flying Alan Air this week is Regé-Jean Page! Rege joins Captain Carr for a globe-trotting chat that goes from the rolling hills of Tuscany to the very real threat of Aussie swooping magpies.
From filming dreamy rom-com scenes with Halle Bailey in "You, Me and Tuscany", to growing up between Zimbabwe and London, Regé shares travel stories and some very surprising travel facts, plus the New Zealand landscapes that completely blew him away.
Expect stories about hippos (yes, they’re terrifying), wild holidays, punk bands, and life-saving tips for surviving Australia.
00:00 Hippos vs magpies… which is worse?
00:07 Welcome Regé-Jean Page
01:00 Name mispronunciation and overfamiliarity
02:45 Filming in Tuscany - is it really that beautiful?
03:50 That vineyard running scene explained
04:40 The “shirt off” moment everyone’s talking about
05:50 Learning Italian (and forgetting it instantly)
06:40 What on-screen “chemistry” really means
09:30 Tuscany travel tips: food, driving & hidden gems
12:50 Growing up in Zimbabwe
13:40 Safaris, landscapes & why it’s underrated
14:10 No lads holidays… ever
15:30 Teenage punk band era
17:30 Most breathtaking place: New Zealand
19:30 The truth about Australian magpies
22:45 Travel bugbears & hotel habits
24:50 Making our descent and the quick fire round
26:10 Tipping etiquette tips
#LifesABeach #RegeJeanPage #AlanCarr #YouMeandTuscany #TravelPodcast #Tuscany #NewZealand #Zimbabwe #ComedyPodcast #BehindTheScenes #RomCom #TravelStories
‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! (5)
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Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant actor - Regé-Jean Page
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Thanks, Alan.
xx
‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!!
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Fresh off Last One Laughing, the brilliant Amy Gledhill joins Alan Carr on Life’s A Beach for some proper belly laughs. From the surreal pressure cooker of LOL (where no one laughs for hours…) to chaotic nights out in Hull, dating as a comedian, and a wild Texas romance - this flight is packed with sharp, silly, and totally unfiltered moments.
Plus: wigs, Ouija boards, and why being funny might be ruining Amy’s love life.
Check out her brilliant podcasts:
Single Ladies In Your Area: https://open.spotify.com/show/6w0DZahAeRIseAxZPmjhXg / Northern News: https://open.spotify.com/show/28Uv2jeIIrJvh8mmoGSY6j
00:00 Prepare for take off
00:30 Alan’s wigs, drunk habits & V&A exhibition dreams
01:50 Surviving Last One Laughing (and thinking it was a disaster)
03:10 The unaired very mucky improv moment
05:00 Making people run away = comedy success
06:40 Ouija boards & genuinely creepy stories
08:20 Being ginger & the Ginger Spice effect
10:00 Hull guide: Spiders, The Deep & iconic nights out
16:50 Dating in your 30s (and hiding you’re a comedian)
20:00 Pretending to work in “admin” on a date
23:00 Maldives trip that ended a relationship
25:00 Amy lived in Jamaica… (Alan does not believe her)
26:30 Texas cowboy holiday romance
29:00 Celebrity plane behaviour (messy…)
34:30 Dream old-age destination (slightly derailed answer)
35:40 Making our descent and the Quickfire round
#AmysGledhill #Alancarr #LifesABeach #LastOneLaughing #ComedyPodcast #UKComedy #StandUpComedy #FunnyPodcast #PodcastClips #DatingDisasters #TravelStories #HullNights #ComedyGold (5)
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Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant comedian and actor - Amy Gledhill
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Thanks, Alan.
xx
‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!!
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Leigh Francis joins Captain Carr for an Alan Air flight packed with wild stories, nostalgic throwbacks and plenty of unexpected turns.
Leigh chats about his podcast Unlikely Friends with his wife Jill, Emma Bunton, and her husband Jade Jones, how they met, what gets cut out, and why Jill's a better human than he is.
Alan reminds Leigh of the time he didn't know who Adele was at a party, owning Michael Hutchence's clothes, and his love of Florida and Disney. Plus: retro gaming, crocodiles in the wild, and bum lips. Fasten your seatbelts for some turbulence and proper belly laughs.
00:00 Taking off
01:00 Wearing Michael Hutchence’s clothes
02:00 Age, gym chat & dad bods
04:00 Leigh’s handmade clothes & creative obsession
05:00 Met Gala outfit: Spider-Man suit problems
06:00 “Adele who?” party moment
07:00 Celebrity Juice outfits & Halloween chaos
08:30 Being recognised (and mocked) in public
10:00 Alan’s “Traitors face” explained
11:00 The most inappropriate fan encounter EVER
12:30 Jeff Goldblum in a lift & prosthetics regret
13:00 20-year friendship with Emma Bunton
14:00 Caravan holidays nostalgia
16:00 The BRITs, Adele & celebrity chaos
18:00 Atari, Tetris addiction & retro gaming
19:30 The “comfort croissant” fidget toy
20:50 Pitching “American Were-MILF in London”
22:00 Leigh’s film ideas (vampires vs werewolves)
24:00 Viking show ideas & writing projects
25:20 Holidays disaster: piles in Egypt
27:00 Wisdom teeth horror stories
29:00 Florida, Disney & holiday routines
30:30 Crocodile encounter in Florida
31:10 Leigh sat on a crocodile (?!)
32:00 Crying at bullfighting in Mexico & breaking character
33:00 Quickfire round chaos
34:20 White socks debate & landing
#LifesABeach #AlanCarr #LeighFrancis #KeithLemon #CelebrityJuice #FunnyPodcast #ComedyPodcast #BritishComedy #PodcastClips #Adele #DisneyWorld #FloridaHolidays #UKComedy #Chaos #FunnyMoments (4)
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Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant comedian, actor and presenter - Leigh Francis.
Please subscribe and review.
Thanks, Alan.
xx
‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!!
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What happens when Alan Carr and Bob Mortimer get together right after filming Last One Laughing? Absolute mayhem.
From being told to “f*ck off” by Romesh Ranganathan, to phantom sh*tters in Wythenshawe, to Bob’s very unexpected holiday romance… this episode is pure Bob-flavoured joy. There’s also a deep dive on comedy legends like Monty Python and Spike Milligan, how “idiot comedy” is dying out, and why Bob thinks YouTube has changed everything.
Plus: skydiving fears, caravan snogging, supermarket obsessions, Gone Fishing and one of the funniest quickfire rounds you’ll hear all year.
Watch Last One Laughing on Amazon Prime now.
00:00 "Just f*ck off, Bob" Last One Laughing chaos begins
01:10 Alan Air takes off (and immediately crashes into nonsense)
02:00 Bob’s teeth confession
03:00 Wythenshawe, buses & the phantom sh*tter story
05:00 Felicity Kendall, lions & classic comedy chat
07:30 UK holidays vs Amalfi Coast (and Instagram ruining it)
08:50 Alan’s skydive panic
09:30 Bob’s chaotic caravan “romance” story
11:00 Why holidays at 16 hit different
13:00 Norman Collier, Spike Milligan & “idiot” comedy
16:30 The golden age of weird stand-up acts
17:30 Behind the scenes of Last One Laughing
19:30 Snacks, crisps & Bob’s elite fridge game
22:00 Accidental 12-course French meal disaster
24:00 Why Gone Fishing works (and chemistry matters)
27:30 YouTube vs comedy gatekeepers
29:00 Four in a Bed obsession & horror stories
31:30 Celebrity encounters (Sean Penn cameo!)
32:45 Quickfire round chaos ✈️
#LifesABeach #AlanCarr #BobMortimer #LastOneLaughing #BritishComedy #ComedyGold #UKComedy #FunnyPodcast #RomeshRanganathan #DianeMorgan #MelGiedroyc #VicAndBob #GoneFishing #StandUpComedy #v2 (3)
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Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant comedian - Bob Mortimer.
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Thanks, Alan.
xx
‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!!
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