Thatcher

ITV commissions second series of Alan Carr sitcom Changing Ends

Alan Carr stands to the right of a goal post, with his younger self to the left. Someone is sitting on the post, but the only part of them in the photo is their right foot, hanging above the older Alan

The first series became ITVX’s most-viewed comedy earlier this year, and will be broadcast on ITV1 in 2024. Based on Carr’s experience growing up in 1980s Northampton, the show follows the comedian as a child with his family, including dad Graham, a fourth division football manager. Alan has to navigate puberty and coming to terms with his sexuality in the unforgiving landscape of Thatcher-era Britain.