Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'

Alan welcomes the brilliant Stacey Solomon & Joe Swash to Life’s A Beach! 🌴  From family skiing trips gone wrong to a disastrous caravanning holiday in the Isle of Skye, Stacey and Joe share their funniest (and most chaotic) travel stories. They reminisce about their holiday romance, talk about why they love staycations, and reveal what it’s really like filming their hit show Stacey & Joe. Expect tales of stolen pedalos, Joe in a sarong, stinky suitcases, and even Alan’s Ibiza misadventure. Plus, a sneak peek at the brand-new series of Stacey & Joe.  00:00 Intro  00:42 When Alan and Stacey last met and the piece of wood  02:25 Ben Shepard at This Morning  03:25 Stacey and Alan camped as kids, Joe’s dad was a taxi driver  04:30 Alan’s earliest memory  05:01 Joe loves Australia  05:26 Stacey and Joe love LA  06:30 Stacey and Joe taking the family skiing, getting stuck in Paris  07:10 Joe and Stacey taking the family disastrous caravanning in Isle of Skye in January  09:31 What it’s like filming their TV show Stacey & Joe  10:56 Joe & Stacey holiday romance  11:18 Joe on Falaraky Uncut  13:30 Alan in Ibiza with his blind friend  14:40 Stacey stole a pedalo  15:33 Joe meeting Rio Ferdinand in Abu Dhabi  17:00 Why Joe and Stacey do staycations  18:20 Stacey in Lake Como  19:36 Family holiday in Turkey  21:57 Do Stacey and Joe complain? Joe is like Alan!  23:17 Joe in a sarong, Stacey thinks it’s so wrong!  24:25 Joe’s stinky suitcase  25:32 Travel pet peeves - muszak, queuing and missing Whitney Houston  29:07 New series of Stacey & Joe what do expect, dog update, bees and gym  30:48 Starting our descent and the quick-fire round  #StaceySolomon #JoeSwash #LifesABeachPodcast #AlanCarr #FamilyTravel #TravelFails #Staycation #ComedyPodcast #HolidayStories #Caravanning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash. Enjoy! Stacey & Joe is on BBC One, Tuesdays at 8pm, and iPlayer. Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan’s guest this week is Perrie Edwards - the Little Mix superstar stepping into her solo era with her debut album Perrie (out September 26). Perrie shares her earliest holiday memories, decadent Dubai trips (with a slightly creepy face cake!), and why Portugal and Japan feel like home. She chats about her foodie loves (and hates - oysters and snails are out), filming music videos abroad, and pulls out her best Meryl Streep acting!Of course, there are laughs galore - from Perrie’s Paris school trip romance, to Alan and Perrie’s oysters ad. ⏰ Timestamps
00.00 Intro00.15 Perrie and Alan both have deaf dogs00:48 Alan lost Rita in the park02:49 Perrie’s new album and changing it06:35 Rita and the pig’s ear07:04 Perrie can’t smell07:31 Perrie travelling to make music videos08:24 Would Perrie like to act?09:47 Perrie is Meryl Streep. Supermarket ads10:30 Perrie’s earliest holiday memory and where did you go on holiday?10:45 Perrie’s holiday romance in Paris on a school trip12:50 Perrie loves Portugal and Japan Because that's where we've got our place. And it's like my 14:14 Alan and Perrie’s audition tape15:44 Perrie’s most decadent holiday - Dubai and the slightly creepy face cake18:00 Why Perrie can’t complain21:44 Portugal Alex golfs while Perries spas23:52 Seeing Ant in Portugal25:21 Alan filmed Last One Laughing in Elstree where they filmed Wicked26:56 Perrie is a foodie but doesn’t like snails27:36 Perrie doing the yes challenge in Vegas28:20 Perrie hates Oysters.28:55 Perrie and Alan’s oysters ad29:50 Where does Perrie want to be when she’s 100 year old. Here comes some more acting!31:27 Making our descent and the quick-fire round!#PerrieEdwards #LifesABeachPodcast #AlanCarr #PerrieAlbum #DubaiHoliday #Portugal #Japan #TravelStories #ComedyPodcast #HolidayFails #chattyman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant singer - Perrie Edwards. Enjoy! Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Alan welcomes the hilarious Kyla Cobbler on board Alan Air!  From working in fashion in Milan to living (and loving) life in Barcelona, Kyla shares her wildest travel stories - including her hidden gem in Barcelona, and why South Africans make the best lovers. She also reveals why Paris isn’t overrated, what went wrong in Antwerp, and how she went from the best Irish bartender to touring with Michelle Wolf. Plus, Alan and Kyla bond over bidets, bar shifts, and travel bugbears before the quick-fire round brings it home. ✈️ Don’t miss this laugh-out-loud episode packed with travel chaos, holiday gossip, and Kyla’s unstoppable energy. And don't forget to catch Kyla on tour! https://kylacobbler.com/ 00.00 Intro  00:20 Kyla working in fashion in Milan 01:26 Kyla flew in from Barcelona to fly Alan Air 03:15 Turbulence and Will Smith 04:58 Kyla living in Barcelona, the Catalans and the tourists 06:58 Barcelona’s hidden gem  08:50 South Africans are the best lovers and Kyla’s engagement  12:43 Kyla and Alan have the same agent  14:21 How Kyla says bidet 15:46 Kyle touring with Michelle Wolf  17:15 How you actually say bidet 19:29 Why Kyla doesn’t think Paris is overrated 20:31 Why Kyla didn’t like touring in Antwerp  21:52 Alan shares a tour story 24:00 Travel bug bears  25:30 Kyla was the best Irish bartender  27:28 Alan’s bartending story  29:35 Making our descent and the quick-fire round  #KylaCobbler #LifesABeachPodcast #AlanCarr #ComedyPodcast #BartenderStories #TravelPodcast #BarcelonaLife #MilanFashion #MichelleWolf #StandUpComedy #comedypodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant comedian - Kyla Cobbler. Enjoy! Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Life’s A Beach, Alan Carr is joined by actor, writer and all-round talent Richard Armitage. From his early holiday memories in Anglesey to skiing adventures, to living in New York, and even bumping into Lady Gaga on a flight, Richard shares some amazing travel tales from his acting career. He opens up about writing his new book (and how his stories are getting optioned!), how filming The Hobbit made him fall in love with New Zealand, and we find out where he’d like to be at 100 years old. Plus, Alan has some classic confessions of his own along the way… ⏰ Timestamps  00:00 Intro  00:15 Make up for dogs  00:50 Rich’s first holiday memories of Anglesey  01:56 Richard’s writing a new book and how writing started  03:07 His books getting optioned  03:30 The Cut: story and inspiration  05:05 How scary Weapons is  06:01 Why Richard loves skiing  08:24 Lionel Blair is Alan’s dad  09:10 Has Richard ever had a holiday romance?  10:14 Richard in Beijing and the Great Wall of China  13:02 Richard and the superstar on the flight (Lady Gaga)  16:18 Is Richard adventurous with food?  17:30 How filming The Hobbit made Richard fall in love with New Zealand and Alan’s New Zealand hidden gem  19:30 Richard’s New York hidden gem: Carnitos  21:03 Broadway stories  22:50 Richard wanted to ski down Mount Ruapehu as a dwarf  23:57 Does Richard complain?  25:19 Richard’s love of Berlin  26:15 Richard returning to the stage  27:00 Where does Richard want to be when he’s 100 years old?  28:20 Starting our descent – the quick fire quiz ✨ Don’t forget to like, subscribe and join Alan every week as he chats to celebrity guests about their dream holidays and travel stories.  #LifesABeach #AlanCarr #RichardArmitage #LadyGaga #HolidayPodcast #TravelStories #Skiing #Berlin #NewZealand #Broadway #FunnyPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant actor - Richard Armitage. Enjoy! Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alan is joined by comedian, writer and Love Island voiceover star Iain Stirling for a holiday chat that’s as wild as it is hilarious. From ayahuasca and man-babies, to Mary Berry reindeer rides in Scotland, to hotel horrors with cockroaches and unwanted NYC surprises, no story is left untold. And don’t miss Iain chatting about his brand new Comedy Central show, Roast the Internet. ⏰ 00:00 Intro  00:36 Alan watched Talk to Me and did the ouija board  03:34 Being sweaters  05:05 Iain’s brand new show on Comedy Central – Roast the Internet  08:15 Iain-vestigation and celebrity guests  09:57 Ayahuasca and man-babies  12:32 How the internet reacted to the bean soup for period pain recipe  13:06 Mary Berry talking about Alan on Radio 2  14:38 Alan and the RATS hotel  15:45 Iain and the cockroach  17:07 Iain and the man on the loo in the hotel  18:35 Alan and the unwanted porn in NYC  20:35 Iain gigging in New York  23:39 Iain went reindeer riding with Mary Berry in Scotland  27:18 Iain’s Scottish hidden gem  28:49 Making our descent – the quick fire round Don’t forget to subscribe for more celebrity holiday stories every week on Life’s A Beach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant comedian and presenter - Iain Stirling. Enjoy! Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices