Alan Carr's Specstacular is a special broadcast on Channel 4 presented by Alan Carr. The show features Alan and guests all competing in sketches, games and musical performances. The show was originally broadcast on 31 December 2011 as Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular and has spawned to various other specials including two Summertime Specstaculars in 2012 and a Grand National Specstacular in 2013.
The title sequence, designed by Lee Jacobs, sees Carr mischievously setting off a giant rocket in the basement of Channel 4. It blasts through the roof to the delight of the queueing crowd outside to spell out the show's title.[1]
During the 2013 festivities, the guests discussed adult themes, including Gok Wan telling Carr to "fuck off" and joking that he would not perform oral sex on him, Blumenthal talking about a strap-onsex toy and Ross commenting on a full-frontal naked picture of N-Dubz star Dappy.[citation needed] Following the show, Channel 4 received fifty-seven complaints from viewers, and it was believed that government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries, Ofcom, would investigate the show.[7] However, after consideration, Ofcom has confirmed that the show had met "generally accepted standards" for a show aired after the 9pm watershed. A Channel 4 spokesman said: "It was an irreverent end-of-year party, appropriately scheduled post-watershed with clear warnings."[7]
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Alan Carr s Specstacular is a special broadcast on Channel 4 presented by Alan Carr The show features Alan and guests all competing in sketches games and musical performances The show was originally broadcast on 31 December 2011 as Alan Carr s New Year Specstacular and has spawned to various other specials including two Summertime Specstaculars in 2012 and a Grand National Specstacular in 2013 Alan Carr s SpecstacularTitle card for Alan Carr s New Year SpecstacularPresented byAlan CarrCountry of originUnited KingdomNo of episodes10ProductionProducerOpen Mike ProductionsProduction locationThe London StudiosRunning time95 150 minutesReleaseOriginal networkChannel 4Original release31 December 2011 2011 12 31 31 December 2017 2017 12 31 RelatedAlan Carr Chatty ManThe Sunday Night ProjectThe Justin Lee Collins ShowThe title sequence designed by Lee Jacobs sees Carr mischievously setting off a giant rocket in the basement of Channel 4 It blasts through the roof to the delight of the queueing crowd outside to spell out the show s title 1 Contents 1 Episodes 1 1 Summertime Specstacular 1 2 Summertime Specstacular 2 1 3 Grand National Specstacular 1 4 Alan Carr s Christmas Cracker 2 Controversy 3 References 4 External linksEpisodes EditEpisode Year Guests Viewers millions 1 31 December 2011 Jonathan Ross Micky Flanagan Melanie Sykes Gok Wan Olly Murs Kirstie Allsopp Alesha Dixon Bruno Tonioli Heston Blumenthal JLS amp The Ting Tings 1 86 2 2 31 December 2012 Melanie Sykes Jonathan Ross Jimmy Carr Jack Whitehall Christine Bleakley Gok Wan Rylan Clark Krishnan Guru Murthy Jamie Laing Bruno Mars DJ Fresh amp Ms Dynamite 1 9 3 3 31 December 2013 Abbey Clancy Ben Cohen James Corden Keith Lemon Seann Walsh Emma Willis Katy B Tinie Tempah amp Labrinth 2 184 31 December 2014 Jonathan Ross Alesha Dixon Mark Wright James Corden Caroline Flack Tulisa Professor Green amp Seann Walsh 1 855 31 December 2015 David Guetta Danny Dyer Mel B Greg Davies Kelly Brook Nish Kumar amp Ellie Goulding 1 796 31 December 2016 Keith Lemon Laura Whitmore Greg Rutherford Professor Green Danny Dyer Will Mellor Gemma Collins Sinitta Bratavio Professor Green Tieks amp Sinitta 1 577 31 December 2017 Big Narstie Jonnie Peacock Keith Lemon Caroline Flack Alex Brooker amp Binky Felstead 1 32Summertime Specstacular Edit Alan Carr s Summertime Specstacular was broadcast on 8 June 2012 during the week of celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II Carr was joined by guests David Walliams Justin Bieber The Saturdays the cast of Made in Chelsea Amy Macdonald Carol Vorderman Paddy McGuinness Christian Jessen and Rizzle Kicks Carr was also visited by Russell Brand via video link The special was watched by 1 746 million viewers the second most watched broadcast on Channel 4 that week 4 Summertime Specstacular 2 Edit Alan Carr s Summertime Specstacular 2 was broadcast on 17 August 2012 during Channel 4 s Funny Fortnight Guests included Jonathan Ross Tulisa Keith Lemon Melanie Sykes Paloma Faith Labrinth and Fatima Whitbread Team GB Olympic medallists Mo Farah Nicola Adams Greg Rutherford Louis Smith Heather Stanning and Helen Glover also appeared The special was watched by 1 37 million viewers 4 Grand National Specstacular Edit On 19 March 2013 Alan Carr s Grand National Specstacular was announced by Channel 4 as part of their line up of programming building up to the 2013 Grand National 5 The 95 minute special was broadcast on 5 April 2013 on the eve of the Grand National and featured Jonathan Ross Paddy McGuinness Kimberley Walsh Louis Walsh James Nesbitt Abbey Clancy Rylan Clark Alex Brooker Russell Brand and Clare Balding with music performed by Madness Miranda Hart was scheduled to appear but could not after injuring her knee earlier in the week The celebrities played games and drew out which horses they got in the sweepstake The special pulled in 1 49 million viewers 6 Alan Carr s Christmas Cracker Edit On 25 December 2018 Alan Carr hosted a Christmas extravaganza in his own inimitable style from his very own Alpine Log Cabin Guests included Channing Tatum Emilia Fox Danny Dyer Lily Allen Sharon Horgan Olly Murs Russell Howard Alesha Dixon Freddie Fox Dani Dyer Vicky McClure Martin Compston and Chris Kamara plus surprise sketches and merry musical performances Controversy EditDuring the 2013 festivities the guests discussed adult themes including Gok Wan telling Carr to fuck off and joking that he would not perform oral sex on him Blumenthal talking about a strap on sex toy and Ross commenting on a full frontal naked picture of N Dubz star Dappy citation needed Following the show Channel 4 received fifty seven complaints from viewers and it was believed that government approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting telecommunications and postal industries Ofcom would investigate the show 7 However after consideration Ofcom has confirmed that the show had met generally accepted standards for a show aired after the 9pm watershed A Channel 4 spokesman said It was an irreverent end of year party appropriately scheduled post watershed with clear warnings 7 References Edit Alan Carr s New Year Specstacular Laura Hulme laurahulme com Archived from the original on 17 July 2014 Retrieved 12 March 2013 Millar Paul 2 January 2012 Channel 4 s Alan Carr New Year s marathon seen by 2m Digital Spy Retrieved 12 March 2013 Sweney Mark 2 January 2013 BBC1 s New Year Live raises a toast to 10 3 million Guardian Retrieved 12 March 2013 a b Top 30 Programmes BARB Retrieved 4 April 2013 Fletcher Alex 19 March 2013 Grand National coverage expanded on Channel 4 Digital Spy Retrieved 4 April 2013 Top 10 Programmes BARB BARB Archived from the original on 18 July 2014 Retrieved 17 April 2013 a b Alan Carr s New Year Specstacular cleared by Ofcom imediamonkey com 8 February 2013 Archived from the original on 2 January 2014 Retrieved 12 March 2013 External links EditAlan Carr s New Year Specstacular at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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