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Inside Alan Carr's 'lonely' childhood: How Britain's favourite Chatty Man was 'relentlessly bullied' at school and struggled to find his place in life before 'comedy saved him'


Comedian Alan Carr, 48, will share more of his traumatising childhood with the world on Saturday as the second season of his 80s sitcom show, Changing Ends, will return on ITV.

The Chatty Man host, 48, is set to open up about his upsetting past on Saturday when the second season of his 80s sitcom, Changing Ends, returns to ITV. But he found his sparkle in drama class and ditched his place as football team captain to explore the wonders of dance, acting and comedy. Instead, Alan told his father he was enrolling at Middlesex University to study performing arts - a moment he jokingly refers to in a previous stage show.

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