Jimmy Carr, the host of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, played two filmed nights of Laughs Funny at The London Palladium, with an early and a late show on each.
Jimmy Carr hosts 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He played Laughs Funny at The London Palladium in the West End on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2026.
Carr grew up in Buckinghamshire and read social and political sciences at Cambridge. He left a marketing job at Shell in 2000 to try stand-up.
His rapid, dark one-liners made him a fixture of Channel 4 panel shows. He presented 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2005 to 2021 and has fronted The Big Fat Quiz of the Year on Channel 4.
His Netflix specials include Funny Business and His Dark Material. Laughs Funny was billed as his brand-new touring show, sold on jokes Carr warned were not for everyone.
The Palladium nights were filmed for broadcast by Chambers Productions, so latecomers were not admitted. Each evening carried two shows of 80 minutes with no interval, an early show at 18:45 and a late show at 21:30.