Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas


02:05 am - 03:00 am, Sunday, December 21 on That's TV (56)

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Season 1, Episode 1

Alan turns festive elf as he hosts a star-studded quiz show in which three famous faces compete to win hundreds of presents for the studio audience, each taking it in turns to choose doors from a giant advent calendar, behind which are more celebrities armed with questions about the highlights of the past 12 months. Alesha Dixon, Rob Beckett and Alexander Armstrong take part in the first edition, with guests Miranda Hart, will.i.am, Matt Lucas, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Roger Moore, Little Mix, Bear Grylls and William Shatner asking the questions and setting the challenges


Game Show/Quiz/Contest Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Alesha Dixon (Contestant)
Rob Beckett (Contestant)
Toby Baker (Director)
Pete Pitwood (Series producer)
Andy Auerbach (Executive producer)
Dean Nabarro (Executive producer)

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Alan Carr (Host)
Born: June 14, 1976 in Northampton
Best Known For: His stand-up and chat shows.
Early-life: Alan Carr was born in Northampton on June 14, 1976. The son of former Northampton Town player and manager Graham Carr, he has a younger brother. Alan attended Weston Favell School before getting a job at a call centre. He was advised to go into comedy by a colleague who overheard his witty remarks about the people he had to speak to on the telephone. He took the leap and soon began attracting critical acclaim.
Career: Carr made his TV debut as a guest on the ITV lunchtime show Today with Des and Mel. He came to true prominence on Channel 4's The Sunday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins. He makes regular guest appearances on panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind The Buzzcocks and has featured as a panellist on Channel 4's annual Big Fat Quiz of the Year, a staple of the Christmas TV schedules. He has also fronted his own game show, Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong, written his autobiography, and continues to perform stand-up. His Channel 4 show Chatty Man attracts some of the biggest names in showbiz and has been a staple of the Channel 4 schedule since 2009. He also presented a weekly programme on Radio 2 for three years, and fronted game show The Singer Takes It All. In 2016, he hosted Alan Carr's Happy Hour, which was a spin off of Chatty Man.
Quote: "Just because you're gay and on the telly doesn't mean you're a role model. I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. If you find me funny, good."
Trivia: His assorted awards include a 2013 Entertainment Performance Bafta.
Alesha Dixon (Contestant)
Born: October 07, 1978 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Best Known For: Winning Strictly Come Dancing.
Early-life: Alesha Anjanette Dixon was born in Welwyn Garden City on October 7, 1978. Her mother is British, her father Jamaican, and she has several half-siblings. She had planned to train as a PE teacher at Loughborough University before being approached on a train by a record producer, who asked her if she could sing. She later met Sabrina Washington when they both joined Dance Attic (a popular hip-hop/jazz dance academy in West London), and together they formed the duo Inspiration. They soon became the popular UK garage/R&B girl band, Mis-Teeq.
Career: For five years, Mis-Teeq enjoyed success on both sides of the Atlantic, with huge hits including Scandalous and Roll On. Dixon, with her distinctive voice and stunning looks, was the most popular member of the group, but her attempt to launch a solo career fell flat. Winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2007 turned her into a household name. On the back of her popularity, she released her album The Alesha Show. The official debut single from the album, The Boy Does Nothing, became her first solo top 10 hit. She also took part in a charity climb up Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. Dixon became a Strictly Judge in 2009, but left three years later to become a judge on Britain's Got Talent.
Quote: "I make a conscious decision not to vote as I don't trust anybody that runs the country because you give somebody too much power and they let it go to their heads."
Trivia: Dixon supports a number of animal rights organisations.
Rob Beckett (Contestant)
Alexander Armstrong (Contestant)
Born: August 14, 1970 in Rothbury, Northumberland
Best Known For: The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Early-life: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong was born in Northumberland on March 2, 1970. His father is a distant relative of Ralph Richardson, and an appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? showed him to be a direct descendent of William the Conqueror. Alexander was a gifted pianist as a child but was nervous about featuring in concerts. At Cambridge University, he performed with the Footlights entertainment troupe, where he was the comedy partner of Spooks creator David Wolstencroft.
Career: Armstrong made his film and TV debuts in 1994 in There's No Business and A Breed of Heroes. He was introduced to Ben Miller in 1996 and their subsequent success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe led to their first sketch series in 1997; they've worked together a number of times since on various projects. Armstrong played the lead in short-lived sitcom Beast. He has also appeared in Birthday Girl (2001), I Saw You, TLC, Saxondale, Life Begins, The Trial of Tony Blair, Mutual Friends, Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) and Scoop (2006). Armstrong was the voice of supercomputer Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures, appeared in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special and has presented the BBC game show Pointless since 2009. In recent years, he has also voiced Danger Mouse in the revival of the animated series and presented Rome's Invisible City, Land of the Midnight Sun and Don't Ask Me Ask Britain.
Quote: "Offers come up all the time, and I'm getting better at saying no to things, and just picking the things that amuse me."
Trivia: In 2010, he won a Bafta TV Award for The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Toby Baker (Director)
Pete Pitwood (Series producer)
Andy Auerbach (Executive producer)
Dean Nabarro (Executive producer)