Alan Davies joins Captain Carr on Alan Air to swap holiday horror stories, from disastrous trips to Costa Rica and eight-hour holidays in the Canary Islands to celebrity encounters with Sting and Ronan Keating.
They also chat about returning to stand-up, comedy heroes, the emotional impact of Alan's memoirs, and being called Alan.
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00:00 First meeting at Jools Holland's Hootenanny
01:20 Alan's dogs Rita and George
02:31 The decline of the name Alan
04:06 First holiday memories on the South Coast
05:16 Favourite destinations: Australia & New Zealand
05:39 Returning to stand-up with Think Ahead
06:56 Christchurch and touring New Zealand
08:42 The shortest holiday ever: the Canary Islands disaster
10:39 Costa Rica airport chaos
13:07 Costa Rica: rain, dogs and no turtles
16:55 Celebrity encounters: Sting and plane etiquette
19:04 Madonna's daughter and the Marbella flamenco dress
21:53 Ronan Keating and the Antigua norovirus outbreak
23:42 Just Ignore Him and writing about grief
24:08 White Male Stand-Up and comedy life on the road
26:11 Comedy heroes: Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard
29:00 Where Alan would spend his final years
31:20 Quick Fire Round
33:00 Emotional baggage & landing the plane
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