Alan Carr’s Interior Design Masters becomes latest victim of schedule chaos as BBC show is replaced in fresh shake up

ALAN Carr’s Interior Design Masters becomes latest victim of schedule chaos.

One episode of the long-running BBC competition show has been replaced in a fresh shake up.

Usually, Alan Carr’s Interior Design Masters airs every Thursday at 8pm on BBC One, in a flagship prime time slot.

However, Thursday May 8th is a special day as it has been 80 years since VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) in 1945.

Execs at the corporation have decided to air a special programme at 8pm as part of a series of special programmes for the occasion.

Titled “A Celebration to Remember,” the finale of the commemorations will culminate in a stunning concert.

Zoe Ball will take to the airwaves instead to front coverage of the spectacular show from Horse Guards Parade in London.

BBC News presenter Sophie Raworth will also appear with coverage of the service of thanksgiving from Westminster Abbey earlier that day at 10:45am.

As such, the sixth series of Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr will continue the next day on Friday instead.

However, viewers may be relieved to hear that the fifth episode will still occupy the same time slot at 8pm, just a day later.

The show focuses on ten talented interior designers as they battle it out for one life changing contact.

Alan Carr, 48, fronts the show alongside magazine editor Michelle Ogundehin, who serves as the judge.

She welcomes a rotating panel of guest judges to help in the quest to find the best designer.

Previous names have included interior stylist Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and famous retail expert Mary Portas.

Together they are on the hunt for visible passion as the contestants compete for the opportunity to collaborate with John Lewis for their very own collection of homeware.

This comes after Alan revealed that there was a moment where a woman was left in tears on the show.

Alan Carr's career to date

Alan Carr is a household name, but how did the comedian get his start?

Alan began pursuing a career in stand-up comedy in the early 2000s, moving up to Manchester from Northampton and regularly performing at the city’s Comedy Store. He was even named City Life’s Newcomer Of The Year in 2001. He then became a regular fixture on the small screen following stints on Jimmy Carr‘s beloved panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and the documentary series The Law of the Playground between 2005 to 2006. Alan went on to find further fame as the co-host of Channel 4’s The Friday Night Project, which ran from 2006-2009 alongside shamed comic Justin Lee Collins, before going solo and fronting Alan Carr’s Celebrity Ding Dong in 2008. But it wasn’t until he landed his talk show The Chatty Man in 2009 that he officially became a household name. The Channel 4 show was for 16 series and welcomed guests like Denise Van Outen, Amanda Holden, Kim Catrall, Kylie Minogue, and Justin Timberlake. It in 2016 before returning for a Christmas special in 2017. Since then, Alan has fronted coverage of some of the UK’s biggest events, such as Crufts in 2018 and the Royal Variety Show in 2021, as well as appearing on an episode of The Great Celebrity Bake Off and becoming a regular judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race. He also reunited with fellow comedian Jimmy Carr for 8 Out 10 Cats Does Countdown as a regular team captain. Alan now fronts a number of beloved series, including The Italian Job – a renovation show he hosts with Amanda Holden – and Interior Design Masters – a reality competition show that pits amateur designers against each other. In 2023, Alan wrote and starred in the autobiographical drama Changing Ends which depicts his young life growing up in Northampton in the 1980s. The series was an instant hit and returned to ITV for a second series in 2024.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun’s TV Mag, Alan has revealed one recipient of the Beeb makeover was left in tears.

He recalled: “I’m not naming and shaming, but there was one where we were waiting and the woman came around the corner crying.

“We were like: ‘Oh my God, she loves it!’ And as she was getting closer, I was like: ‘Oh, they’re not happy tears!’”

Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr continues on BBC One and is available to stream on iPlayer.