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 was in the 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.