Alan Carr announces 'mind-blowing' news as he lands deal for TWO ITV series at once

Alan Carr has announced that 1 of his TV shows has been renewed for 2 much series, with the comedian and writer having described the quality arsenic a 'huge compliment'

Comedian Alan Carr has described the quality that 1 of his TV shows has been renewed for 2 much bid arsenic "utterly mind-blowing" and added that it's a "huge compliment".

Alan, 48, created the sitcom Changing Ends, described arsenic a "semi-autobiographical comedy," which launched connected the streaming level ITVX past year. The archetypal bid aboriginal aired connected ITV and a 2nd bid was released earlier this year.

It has present been announced that the acclaimed amusement has been recommissioned for a 3rd and 4th series. The broadcaster has shared that they volition dwell of six episodes each and beryllium recorded back-to-back. Release dates for the 2 upcoming bid person yet to beryllium announced though.

Changing Ends is "based on" Alan's ain beingness successful Northampton during the 1980s. The presenter - who writes for the amusement and appears arsenic 'himself' successful it - grew up arsenic the lad of the erstwhile 4th part shot manager Graham Carr, present 80, whose vocation included managing Northampton Town F.C..

The formed includes Oliver Savell arsenic young Alan, alongside co-stars similar Shaun Dooley, Nancy Sullivan and Taylor Fay (Gary Carr), who play different members of the family. Gabby Best, Harry Peacock and Rourke Mooney besides look successful it.

Discussing the announcement of its renewal, Alan said successful a statement: "To get your ain sitcom recommissioned for a bid is the astir fantastic quality ever, but to person TWO bid recommissioned is utterly mind-blowing and specified a immense compliment which I bash not instrumentality lightly."

Alan continued: "I cognize however overmuch this amusement has resonated with the viewers and I committedness I won't fto you down, and for idiosyncratic whose existent beingness astatine times feels similar a sitcom, judge maine determination are much tales from my puerility to beryllium told. Two bid commissioned eh? My imagination of Changing Ends becoming Northampton's reply to the Crown becomes 2 steps person to being a reality."

ITV's Head of Comedy, Nana Hughes said "Changing Ends continues to turn into becoming 1 of our astir fashionable comedies with audiences intelligibly loving the aboriginal adventures of small Alan Carr. The formed is simply superb and the bosom warming storytelling has intelligibly struck a chord with our viewers."

Whilst Sarah Monteith, the CEO of accumulation institution Baby Cow, said "We're delighted that ITV person trusted america with not 1 but 2 much bid of our deed drama Changing Ends. We're having amusive with Alan's early-teens era, it's getting emotional!"

ITV has announced that since the motorboat of the archetypal series, Changing Ends has been streamed implicit 13 cardinal times connected ITVX. It adds that al episodes from bid connected and bid 2 are disposable to ticker for escaped connected the streaming service.

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