Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas


03:00 am - 04:00 am, Sunday, December 21 on That's TV (56)

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Season 1, Episode 2

Davina McCall, Nick Grimshaw and Romesh Ranganathan answer questions about the year posed by the celebrity stars hidden behind Alan Carr's giant advent calendar. Guest Chris Hoy helps the host with a question for the panel, along with Miranda Hart, will.i.am, Matt Lucas, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Roger Moore, Little Mix, Bear Grylls and William Shatner


Game Show/Quiz/Contest Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Davina McCall (Contestant)
Nick Grimshaw (Contestant)
Chris Hoy (Guest)
Pete Pitwood (Series producer)
Andy Auerbach (Executive producer)
Toby Baker (Director)
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.
Davina McCall (Contestant)
Born: October 16, 1967 in London
Best Known For: Hosting Big Brother.
Early-life: Davina Lucy Pascale McCall was born in London on October 16, 1967, to Florence and Andrew. At the age of three, Davina went to live with her grandparents in Surrey after the break-up of her parents' marriage. She moved in with her father and his new wife in London when she was 13.
Career: Davina started out as a singer (her demo was produced by Eric Clapton) and worked for the Models One agency before securing a presenter's job on Ray Cokes' Most Wanted on MTV Europe. ITV's middle-of-the-night series God's Gift led to the higher profile Streetmate, Don't Try This at Home and Popstars: The Rivals, although she tasted failure with her sitcom Sam's Game, series He's Having a Baby, and her self-titled BBC chat show. She's also fronted Love on a Saturday Night and co-hosted both Sport Relief and Comic Relief. Big Brother remains her biggest hit (she quit after 11 series as host in 2010), but has another hit on her hands with The Million Pound Drop. In August 2013, she began presenting ITV's dancing reality series Stepping Out, and in January 2014 began co-hosting Channel 4 reality series The Jump alongside Alex Brooker. The following month she ran, swam and cycled her way across the UK for Sport Relief.
Quote: "I've been on telly for 20 years, and I've done some awful TV."
Trivia: Davina performed in a band at school called Foghorn. She has released several workout DVDs.
Nick Grimshaw (Contestant)
Born: August 14, 1984 in Oldham
Best Known For: Being a Radio 1 DJ and a judge on The X Factor.
Early-life: Born Nicholas Peter Grimshaw in Oldham on August 14, 1984. He studied Communication and Media Studies at the University of Liverpool. In 2007 he joined Radio 1 to present the youth strand Switch. From August 2008 to May 2009, he hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show, and went on to present the 10pm-midnight slot on the station from June 2009.
Career: Grimshaw's big break came in July 2012 when it was announced he would be replacing Chris Moyles as host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. On TV, Grimshaw has hosted Freshly Squeezed, Style the Nation and The Music Show on Channel 4. In 2013, he filmed cameo roles in EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Home and Away. He has appeared as a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2015, he became a judge on The X Factor.
Quote: "I can't bear the early mornings."
Trivia: In 2014, Grimshaw completed a 12-hour bike ride to raise money for Sport Relief.
Romesh Ranganathan (Contestant)
Born: January 30, 1978 in Crawley
Best Known For: Being a comedian.
Early-life: Born Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan in Crawley on January 30, 1978. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He started performing stand-up while he was working as a mathematics teacher at schools in Crawley and Banstead. He became a professional comedian in 2012.
Career: Ranganathan's breakthrough came in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Since then, he has appeared on a number of comedy panel shows, including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He has also performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and presented the BBC Three series Asian Provocateur and co-presented the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.
Quote: "I think I'm a mango. Just very sweet and lovely."
Trivia: Ranganathan is a vegan and supports Arsenal FC.
Chris Hoy (Guest)
Pete Pitwood (Series producer)
Andy Auerbach (Executive producer)
Toby Baker (Director)
Dean Nabarro (Executive producer)