Time to meet another household comedic name out of Britain.

Alan Carr has been at the forefront of comedy since he had his breakout year back in 2001.

Since then he's sold out worldwide standup tours, hosted his own chat show which ran for 16 seasons, and been a part of a raft of other TV shows.

He's in the country as part of his comedy tour - Regional Trinket - with shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Alan Carr joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast in studio.

TOUR DATES

Christchurch on Wednesday November 23 at Issac Theatre Royal - final few tickets from Ticketek.

Auckland on Thursday November 24 at Dame Kiri Te Kanawa theatre - final few tickets from Ticketmaster.

Wellington on Saturday November 26 at Michael Fowler Centre - final few tickets from Ticketek.