'I just wanted to be in love really'

He wreaked havoc on his way to winning The Celebrity Traitors and now Alan Carr relives his own teenage turmoil as Changing Ends returns

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The job offers haven't stopped rolling in for Alan Carr since his momentous Celebrity Traitors win, with the comedian even tipped to take over hosting duties on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.

While he's back with a new series of his hit comedy Changing Ends, the 49-year-old admits he's unsure whether he could handle the challenge of stepping into Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly's sparkly shoes.

"My name is in the hat," he says. "What an honour. It's a bit like when my name got bandied about for Britain's Got Talent and The Great British Bake Off - I'm always on the periphery. I don't know how serious it is. No one has approached me. People are so passionate about it and you saw me sweating in the castle when I was a Traitor, imagine me doing live telly with how many million people watching!"

Although, after a star turn on The Celebrity Traitors, he knows how to convincingly lie - and that could come in handy on Strictly. "If someone's cha-cha-cha is a bit s**t, I've got the poker face!" he jokes.

"So many things have come from The Celebrity Traitors - so many job offers coming in - I'd be flattered but I don't know if I could do it [Strictly] justice.

"I just don't want to ruin it for people."

Alan is back on more familiar ground with Changing Ends the semi-autobiographical sitcom about his childhood in 1980s Northampton.