

Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'
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Life’s A Beach sees Alan giving Judith Chalmers and Michael Palin a run for their money as he invites a famous guest each week to discuss their favourite places in the world. Bursting with anecdotes, laidback chat and laugh out loud travel tales - if this podcast was a suitcase you’d have to sit on it.“My Life’s A Beach podcast is the escapism we ALL need right now. I sat down and chatted with some of my famous friends about everything travel. From caravanning in Rhyl to private jetting to the Maldives, my guests spill the beans on their holiday horrors and dream destinations. Let’s face it: we might not have the sun on our faces, but after a listen to this you’ll definitely have a smile” – ALAN CARR
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Sep 22, 2025 • 40min
S9 EP37: Perrie Edwards
Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant singer - Perrie Edwards.
Enjoy!
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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!!
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Sep 19, 2025 • 35min
S9 EP36: Kyla Cobbler (Video Edition)
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

Sep 14, 2025 • 37min
S9 EP36: Kyla Cobbler
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!!
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Sep 12, 2025 • 35min
S9 EP35: Richard Armitage (Video Edition)
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
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Sep 7, 2025 • 37min
S9 EP35: Richard Armitage
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
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Sep 7, 2025 • 36min
S9 EP34: Iain Stirling (Video Edition)
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
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Sep 1, 2025 • 38min
S9 EP34: Iain Stirling
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
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Aug 29, 2025 • 41min
S9 EP33: Josh Homme (Video Edition)
Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) joins Alan Carr for a wild trip through travel tales and misadventures. From his spine-tingling story in the Paris Catacombs, to hysterics over Cram Holes, to Hen Do attire and naughty Berlin - this episode has it all.
⏰ Timestamps00:00 Intro00:30 Josh and Rita02:00 Travelling as an American03:30 Paris - Alive at the Catacombs07:30 Josh’s catacomb story that shits Alan up!09:45 How Josh got the catacombs to eventually agree to QOTSA recording in there13:00 Walking in America14:00 Josh’s most overrated place (Berlin)15:00 How naughty Berlin is16:30 Josh’s favourite hotel17:15 Alan and the turkey18:15 Joshua Tree and Josh’s love of the desert20:00 Spring Break, Lads holidays and Hen Do attire22:10 Josh loves Goldie Hawn24:00 Josh, Uma Thurman and Josh and James Bond25:45 Adjusting to island time27:10 The strangest thing Josh has eaten29:30 Cram hole!31:30 Where does Josh want to be when he’s 10032:00 The joys of Costa Brava34:00 Siesta time34:45 Starting our descent and the quick fire round
#JoshHomme #QueensOfTheStoneAge #LifesABeachPodcast #AlanCarr #Catacombs #CramHole #HenDo #TravelPodcast #HolidayStories #RockMusic #FunnyPodcast #AlanCarrPodcast #QOTSA #ParisTravel
‘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

Aug 25, 2025 • 43min
S9 EP33: Josh Homme
Joining me this episode to discuss their travel and holiday stories is the brilliant singer-songwriter, musician and producer - Josh Homme.
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

Aug 22, 2025 • 44min
S9 EP32: Mark Bonnar (Video Edition)
This week on Life’s a Beach, Alan Carr is joined by the brilliant Mark Bonnar (The Traitors, Dept Q, Line of Duty). Mark shares hilarious and heartfelt holiday stories — from seeking fortune in America at 18, to hippos, eating crocodile and getting engaged in Mexico.
Alan and Mark also mention The Traitors, filming Napoleon with Joaquin Phoenix, Eurotrash, hidden gems in Edinburgh and there's even a classic Tom Jones tale. It’s the perfect mix of travel, laughs and celebrity chaos!
⏱️ Timestamps00:00 Intro00:20 The Traitors02:15 Alan’s downstairs loo03:20 Jet208:20 Seeking fortune in America age 1809:40 Hippos13:00 Holidaying with Sweet Maryjane18:30 Doing Napoleon with Joaquin Phoenix19:00 Hanging out with Mr Darcys21:15 Eurotrash23:20 Eating crocodile26:00 Dept Q, Grandpa Simpson and filming around Edinburgh28:00 Alan’s Edinburgh hidden gem28:45 Holiday drinks and getting engaged in Mexico32:00 Where Mark wants to be at 100 years old34:15 Traitors and the gloamin35:15 Starting our descent – the quick fire round38:00 Tom Jones story
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