There should be plenty of laughs on this week's edition of The Jonathan Ross Show as his guests include Rob Beckett and Alan Carr – the other guests are Neve Campbell, Archie Madekwe and Mumford and Sons.
In fact south London comic, podcaster and TV regular Rob Beckett will be joined on the sofa by his wife Lou Beckett - she has a new book to promote – Lessons from a Default Parent: Surviving the Front Line of Family Life (Without Losing Your Sh*t). The former teacher regularly features on the hit podcast Parenting Hell, fronted by Rob and Josh Widdicombe. The Becketts have two children and the podcast regularly delivers an account of their busy, chaotic family life. They formerly lived in south London but more recently moved to the countryside.
Rob Beckett, meanwhile will be wrapping up his long-running sell-out tour Giraffe soon and is currently in the middle of a victory lap at the prestigious London Palladium. After this tour he has said he is going to take a break from live stand-up and will presumably become more of a house husband while Lou plugs her book.
Meanwhile Alan Carr is going from strength to strength since winning Celebrity Traitors and looks like giving Romesh Ranganathan a run for his money as the busiest comedian on TV. Carr has recently started or announced numerous projects to go alongside the shows he has already got on the go.
After spending his twenties on the comedy circuit, his thirties in TV studios, and his forties becoming a national treasure, Alan Carr is now ready to take on the biggest gig of his life: purchasing and running a historic pile in a new Hulu Original series, Castle Man (working title).
With Alan’s 50th birthday fast approaching, he finds himself taking stock of where he is and where he wants to be. He has long dreamed of owning a grand château, but after a transformative and iconic stay at The Traitors castle, that fantasy will now become a reality – or will it? He doesn’t just want to visit a castle, he wants to build a life in one, a leap of faith driven entirely by Alan himself.
He can currently be seen in Secret Genius on C4, where over six episodes, Alan Carr and Susie Dent help unearth the hidden potential in a group of ordinary people with extraordinary minds that may have been overlooked by the education system.
Comprised of four regional heats, adults of all ages and from all walks of life take on a series of intelligence tests and games based on the challenges Mensa uses to measure IQ. From quick-fire word games to mind-boggling memory and fluid reasoning challenges, the games are clever and unpredictable – with Alan and Susie providing their signature warmth, wit, and playful commentary throughout.
The Chatty Man has somehow found the time to chat to Jonathan Ross too.
Oh and there's also his hit autobiographical sitcom, Changing Ends. And his doing-up-the-wrecks shows with Amanda Holden. And that primetime gameshow about guessing film titles or something.
The Jonathan Ross Show, Saturday, February 14, 9.35pm, ITV1
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