Alan Carr to host new Disney+ present as he searches for his ‘very personal citadel’

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Comic Alan Carr is embarking on a singular property quest, set to star in a brand new Disney+ collection documenting his seek for his “very personal citadel”.

Titled Citadel Man, the programme will comply with Carr as he approaches his fiftieth birthday, chronicling his ambition to seek out, buy, and handle a historic citadel.

Carr revealed his long-held fascination with castles, stating he has at all times been “enchanted with the historical past and romance of a stately dwelling”.

This new enterprise comes after his current success on The Superstar Traitors, the place he was seen having fun with a citadel setting throughout the collection.

The TV star stated: “Some males after they have a midlife disaster purchase a Lamborghini or develop a ponytail, however me – I need my very personal citadel.

Carr gained the 2025 collection of The Superstar Traitors (BBC)

“Since I used to be a boy in Northampton, I’ve at all times dreamt large, and have at all times been enchanted with the historical past and romance of a stately dwelling and as I flip 50, I really feel it’s my time.

“All I need is a turret to name my very own – get me over that drawbridge!”

Ben Wicks, artistic director, leisure and government producer at Expectation, which is producing the collection, stated: “What an unimaginable undertaking.

“Alan Carr seeking to purchase a citadel befitting his standing as comedy royalty and a nationwide treasure, and shortly discovering himself answerable for the very actual, proper royal ache of constructing all of it work.

“We’re delighted to be following Alan’s dramatic and undoubtedly hilarious journey and doing so with Disney, who fortunately have an ideal deal extra historical past with castles.”