S10 EP2: Take That (Video Edition)

Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'

Keep It Light Media

Comedy Interviews, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Gary, Mark and Howard join Alan to talk about the new Netflix Take That documentary - and things immediately descend into chaos. From Ibiza, the Maldives, and safari mishaps to archive hoarding, early leather outfits, holiday run-ins with authorities, and being driven away from huge gigs in a Fiat Punto. Add silly hats, Colin the Caterpillar, celebrity holiday spots and Alan appearing in the documentary itself, and you’ve got one of the funniest Life’s A Beach episodes yet. 00:00 Intro 00:15 Gary's the mic00:40 Where’s Gary’s silly hat? Alan tries on Howard’s02:30 Gary’s two best holidays ever - Ibiza & the Maldives03:20 Mark’s best holiday: Africa04:23 Alan took his mum on safari and they were mistaken for a couple05:12 Howard’s best holiday memories - Anglesey and Mustique05:57 Inside the new Netflix Take That documentary07:39 Howard the hoarder kept most of the archive footage08:30 Alan thinks Take That were worked to death and couldn’t handle the screaming09:36 Huge audiences… then being driven off in a Fiat Punto11:11 Why it was so hard for Take That to get signed12:16 Early Take That outfits - leather and studs13:15 Worst holiday disaster - being detained in Taiwan14:24 Gary loves English food and when they first tried Chinese and Indian16:27 Alan takes full advantage of Howard saying he wasn’t into girls17:07 Howard’s BMX and breakdancing days – and how dancing became Take That’s thing18:01 Can Mark still breakdance?18:37 Colin the Caterpillar for Mark’s birthday21:00 Mark’s coach trip from Manchester to Benidorm23:10 Spotting Paul O’Grady on holiday - Alan holidayed with him24:10 Gary spots Claudia Winkleman on holiday24:40 Howard bumps into Kate Moss25:20 Gary praises Alan on Traitors - Howard hasn’t seen it26:30 Gary gets serious about Alan winning and Alan is insulted28:00 Alan appears in the Take That Netflix documentary at the Brits30:15 Travel pet peeves32:40 Gary was nearly arrested leaving Japan34:23 Cornwall… or “Corn-Wall”35:38 Howard’s golf obsession dictating tour schedules36:38 Making our descent and the quickfire round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.1	Twinings.
0:27.8	Alive in every drop.
0:35.7	Why have you finished my sentence?
0:37.9	No, we're cutting that.
0:39.0	Ask everyone to girls.
0:41.2	Too late, they've got it.
0:45.1	Oh, look who we've got on board.
0:45.9	It's take that.
0:47.1	How are you doing, guys?
0:50.7	Why is Gary the only one with a microphone?
0:51.6	What's going on?
0:52.3	Oh, come on. Special dreaming.
0:53.4	All right.
1:28.1	No change. Nothing changes. Without this, there would be no documentary. Testing a goal. Testing one, two. Testing one, two, one two. Mike check. Mike check. One two, one two. Where's your silly hat? What, that? My. If you're the only one without a silly hat? No, do you know what, Alan, I don't suit hats. I'm not. You've always said, I think he's could have got a big head. And you know, when Justin Timbigh, it wore the Trilvy. I wore a Trilby once. I looked like I worked in the deli counter at Morrison's. You know, like, I just didn't look cool. Me, me.
1:29.6	Mark can wear any hat and it looks amazing.
1:32.8	Howard, usually a cap guy.
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