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Oliver Savell and Alan Carr on tackling the comic's colourful childhood in 1980s Northampton...

Changing Ends

NEW Available: Thursday 1 June Genre: Comedy Season: 1 Episodes: 6

Alan Carr is a bona fide national treasure thanks to shows like C4's Chatty Man. And now we get the chance to learn about the larger-than-life comedian's childhood in 1980s Northampton - the subject of semiautobiographical sitcom Changing Ends.

The self-penned six-parter features Carr as the narrator, while TV newcomer Oliver Savell plays young Alan, whose football-loving father Graham (Shaun Dooley) is the manager of struggling Northampton Town.

We caught up with both Carr and Savell to talk soccer, shell suits and stardom...

What's the story behind Changing Ends?