Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'

This week on Life's a Beach, Alan is joined by the incomparable Caitlin Moran - writer, broadcaster and one of Britain's funniest storytellers - for an episode that goes gloriously off-piste. They somehow begin with Harry Styles' legs and Take That before diving into Caitlin's unforgettable childhood holidays, with summers migrating to a caravan in Wales with an apocalypse-prepping father.

Along the way they discuss Japan, Benedict Cumberbatch undercover at Glastonbury, why gardening saved Caitlin's mental health, the joy of rewilding, Elizabeth Taylor's extraordinary life, and why we should celebrate people while they're still here. There may not be much chat about beaches... but there is plenty about beavers.

Check out Caitlin's new pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CJY22Urz2BLJK792QRZ

And her new book "How to be Hopeful" is out in September.

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00:00 Wanking podcasts, dogs & bagpipes

01:13 Harry Styles, Take That & celebrity gossip

06:40 Caitlin's unusual childhood holidays

09:58 Girls' holidays, Magaluf & feminist T-shirts

12:30 Why Japan completely blew Caitlin away

14:20 Getting older and "jolly" fashion

16:40 Caitlin's new podcast Outsiding

20:00 Gardening obsession & nosy neighbours

22:45 Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor & legendary diaries

26:00 Trees, history & why Britain's countryside matters

30:20 Why gardening is really about life, not plants

33:30 Menopause, rewilding & finding hope again

37:30 Elizabeth Taylor's extraordinary legacy

42:00 Caitlin's new book How to Be Hopeful

47:10 Benedict Cumberbatch at Glastonbury

49:00 Quick Fire Round and a wanky new format

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Caitlin Moran joins Alan for a fascinating chat about Japan, her new gardening podcast with Adam Frost Outsiding, the incredible British history of Oak trees, Liz Taylor and Caitlin's brilliant new book How to be Hopeful which is out in September.

Don't miss this flight's quite literal climax at the end! 

Listen to/watch - Outsiding: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CJY22Urz2BLJK792QRZ

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Brian Molko joins Alan for a brilliantly funny flight, from an unforgettable airport encounter with Alan that reminds Brian of David Bowie, to why he finally decided to revisit Placebo's debut album 30 years later.

They talk about rebuilding his relationship with those early songs ahead of Placebo's 30th anniversary tour and the band’s debut album, newly RE:CREATED, why the Britpop era made Placebo stand out, and reclaiming Nancy Boy.

Along the way there's talk of memory tricks, cannibals, Magaluf, airports, sharks in the Maldives, rehab romances, why Brian believes arriving is the best part of travelling, and an unforgettable quick-fire round.

Plus, Brian reveals why this anniversary tour he's been able to celebrate Placebo's earliest music with genuine joy.

00:00 Brian's fear of flying and the luxury of Alanair01:08 The Alan airport encounter that reminded Brian of David Bowie08:00 Why Brian recreated Placebo's debut album09:57 Standing apart from Britpop and embracing difference12:11 Rediscovering the debut album after 25 years12:51 The story behind Nancy Boy14:06 Memory, the Mandela Effect and false memories15:13 Alan pitches “Pla-subo" featuring Susan Boyle16:03 Placenta parties, cannibalism and "long pigs"17:18 Forgetfulness, daydreaming and useless knowledge18:13 Loving the destination but hating the journey20:26 Smoking on planes and Brian's airport theories21:53 Placebo's 30th anniversary tour and finding joy again24:14 Brian's holiday nightmare in Magaluf26:06 Rehab romances27:32 Why kindness gets better service than complaining30:02 The Maldives, rabbits and reef sharks32:04 Eating street food in Bangkok33:16 Quick Fire: beach or pool, window or aisle?35:38 Alan's stage fright wee and Brian's bladder training tips37:40 Why everyone should tip their delivery driver

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Captain Alan welcomes on board Placebo's Brian Molko! They talk first meetings, tour buses, the Maldives and Magaluf.

Be prepared for the chat to take some surprisingly dark turns.

And of course Brian's celebrating their new album Placebo RE:CREATED, a totally reworked version of their debut album, and their embark on 30th anniversary European and UK tour, which starts in September.

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Sam Campbell joins Captain Alan for one of the most unhinged episodes yet; featuring Last One Laughing doppelgängers, castle turrets, extreme heat, accidental art auctions, Hollywood near-misses, and a volcanic egg that changes everything. The inflight chat veers from Yoko Ono to Pompeii and a suspiciously life-changing souvenir from Naples. It’s hot. It’s chaotic. It’s deeply wrong in places. And it’s absolutely Life’s a Beach.

Don't miss the brilliant Make That Movie: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/make-that-movie

00:00 Castle turret invitation & instant chaos

00:35 “It’s too hot to podcast” begins immediately

01:05 John Lennon & philosophical lyrical flips

01:40 Yoko Ono, art pieces & auction confusion

02:20 Sam's £5,000 bidding war misunderstanding

03:50 Sweating, steamed glasses & survival mode

04:20 Alan’s castle mythology escalates 05:40 TV fame, comparisons & “big star energy”

06:50 How Jacob Elordi almost became Sam's Hollywood bestie (and the team that intervened)

08:30 Casting Alan’s biopic & his Susan Boyle theory

10:10 Last One Laughing's “cutting room floor” chaos & doppelgängers 14:00 Sam at the A24 party & Jonah Hill and hitting it off with Jacob Elordi 16:20 Travel disasters, scary Uber & YUMMYYY pancakes

18:40 Alan's Castle, Sam's invited

23:00 Make That Movie plug & surreal pitch

25:30 Atherton Tablelands & giant rats discussion

28:00 Pigs, divorce & questionable farm survival logic

31:00 Nudist camps, prudishness & “Yummy”

34:45 Being an Aussie in London

36:40 Sam's completely off the rails Pompeii story

40:40 The tale of charcoalian egg

45:00 Quick fire round

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