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PERRIER 2002 AWARD NOMINEE
TIME OUT 2003 AWARD WINNER: BEST STAND–UP
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY 2003 AWARD WINNER: BEST ON-SCREEN NEWCOMER
SILVER ROSE OF MONTREUX AWARD 2003: BEST GAME SHOW (‘Your Face Or
Mine’)
ROSE D'OR NOMINATION 2004: BEST PRESENTER ('Distraction')
One of the most original and
distinctive new stars on television, Jimmy will be hosting a new
primetime Channel 4 panel show '8 out of 10 Cats' June
to August. As the face of Channel 4, Jimmy has many successful shows
behind him, including 'The Friday Night Project', two
series of 'Distraction' and 'Your Face Or Mine'
and many appearances on shows such as 'Parkinson', 'Friday
Night With Jonathan Ross', 'Top Gear' and 'The
Royal Variety Show'. Jimmy has also broken into US TV with 3
appearances on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', 2 on 'Late
Night with Conan O'Brien' and his own 12 part series of
'Distraction' on Comedy Central.
2004 was a remarkably successful year
for Jimmy’s live work. In 2003 he sold out an entire month’s
performances of his Edinburgh Festival show
‘Charm Offensive’
by the second day of the festival, and received 5* reviews from
four major newspapers. In 2004 he performed sold out solo shows at
Dublin’s Vicar Street, & the Leicester Comedy Festival, can also soon be
seen at the Glasgow Festival, Kilkenny Festival and the Galway Festival
along with appearances at The Bloomsbury Theatre, London where he filmed
his first live DVD (now available to buy).
‘The brightest British comic hope for a
long, long while…The most deliciously transgressive comic…He is not so
much pushing out the boundaries as sailing in uncharted waters…Superb.’
Irish Times
‘A masterclass in comedy…devastating,
tasteless two-liners that are bliss to listen to…Carr’s persona is
irresistible, and his wisecracks have you quivering with satisfaction’
Guardian
‘Witty, surprising, different, and
clearly a new onscreen presenter for the future.’
Kirsty Young, Presenter, RTS Awards 2003. |