Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr and Lee Peart

This week on Bottoms Up! Alan and Lee kick things off with a red wine and cola cocktail, but Alan is dubious. Will this unlikely concoction work, or will it be another culinary disaster on the scale of his infamous chicken tikka lasagne?

Elsewhere, Lee's raging about the sugar tax and the ever-shrinking size of his favourite chocolate bars, while Alan reveals how he entertained himself as a student without a TV… with a little help from the Argos catalogue.

The boys discuss Alan's time on the new series of The Masked Singer, baffling supermarket slogans, and the burning question: how exactly did Alan end up posting a stool sample through the door of a travel agent?!

Plus, Cheese & Wine Expert Jessica Summer (@mouseandgrape) joins the boys with a selection of delicious pairings. But which combination proves so emotional that it sees Lee breaking down in tears?

Drinks Featured:
Jam Shed Jammy Red Wine & Cola
Crémant de Loire Brut with Délice de Bourgogne and Olives Et Al Chilli Billy Jelly.
Walnut Block Nutcracker Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with White Lake Dairy Rachel and Rosebud Preserves Gooseberry & Elderflower Jam.
Achaval Ferrer Mendoza Malbec 2022 with Reypenaer VSOP Aged Gouda and Rye Chocolates Cherry & Dark Chocolate.

Want to try the pairings yourself? Everything is available from Mouse & Grape: https://www.mouseandgrape.com/

Chapters:
00:00 - Coming Up
00:33 - Red Wine & Cola?!
03:11 - Lee’s Fuming About The Sugar Tax
05:34 - Alan’s Argos Catalogue Entertainment
07:02 - Alan Teases The New Series of The Masked Singer
18:15 - Alan Did WHAT With His Stool Sample?!
12:13 - Alan Still Doesn’t Understand The Chase
13:11 - Baffling Supermarket Slogans
15:27 - Alan Doesn’t Make His Bed?
20:53 - The Ultimate Cheese & Wine Pairings
37:51 - Lee Cries Over Cheese & Wine

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

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This week on Bottoms Up! Alan and Lee are back at Vagabond Urban Winery, where they’re joined by Aleesha Hansel to explore wines that are good for the world.

Lee is feeling nervous this week after announcing his first solo tour! What advice can Alan offer, and what happens when they’re both playing in the same city on the same night?! Catch Lee on tour from April - tickets available from leepeart.net/tour.

Alan’s been reading a book about stocks and shares, and it’s left him clueless about some of life’s biggest questions – from finances and VAT to, most importantly, ITV’s The Chase. Can Lee explain the rules so Alan can finally relax and enjoy his favourite tea-time quiz show?

Wine expert Aleesha (@aleeshahansel) has brought along a selection of wines with a feel-good factor - from canned wine and wine in cardboard bottles to a bottle you can actually post back once you’ve finished drinking it. But will any of them win the boys over?

Drinks Featured:
Chance Clean Cider (available now at M&S)
Laylo Canned Wine: French Rose & Spanish Malbec
Thomson & Scott Noughty Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Chardonnay
When In Rome Frugal Primitivo
Mallards Point Crossing Lines Cabernet Jura

Chapters:
00:00 – Coming Up
00:28 – Chance Clean Cider & Lee’s Birthmark
06:54 – Lee’s Going On Tour!
13:32 – Alan Doesn’t Understand The Chase
16:50 – Wine In A Can?!
30:32 – Noughty Sparkling Chardonnay
37:09 – What Do You Do When Your Wine Is Corked?
47:51 – Refillable Wine Bottles?!

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

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This week on Bottoms Up! Alan and Lee head to Vagabond Urban Winery in Surrey Quays to get stuck into some actual wine making - and things get very messy.

Alan fills Lee in on the NTAs, where he picked up the Special Recognition Award, complete with a surprise musical tribute from Paloma Faith, Amanda Holden and… Kate Garraway.

Over an Autumnal Aperol Spritz, Lee reveals the slightly clichéd voiceover roles he’s always being booked for, Alan recalls the time a Ouija board accidentally outed him, and Lee tells the story of visiting a particularly aggressive clairvoyant after a brutal break-up.

Drag and wine duo Beth Brickenden and Vanity Von Glow join the boys for some serious wine tasting… and some decidedly less serious wine making, as Alan and Lee get elbow-deep in fermenting grapes and discover exactly what goes on inside an urban winery.

Drinks Featured:
Autumnal Aperol Spritz
Vagabond Urban Winery English Bacchus
Boschendal Sauvignon Blanc
The Project Pinot Noir
Graham Beck Brut

Chapters:
00:00 - Coming Up
00:28 - Alan’s NTA Award Win
06:34 - Autumnal Aperol Spritz
07:45 - Lee’s Unexpected New Job
10:00 - Alan Gets Outed By A Ouija Board
15:31 - Drag Queen Wine Tasting
21:30 - Alan & Lee Get Elbow Deep In Grapes
35:08 - An Autumn Wine Dilemma
41:03 - Time To Taste A Divisive Wine

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

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This week on Bottoms Up! Alan and Lee take on a series of drinking games, from ‘Lady Gargle’ to ‘Naked Attraction: The Wine Edition’ and ‘The Secret Sommelier’. But can they really tell the difference between a £22 bottle of wine and one costing just £6?

Elsewhere, the boys reminisce about their childhood crushes. Alan reveals he was once enamoured with the Jack of Clubs on a lonely day in Northampton, while Lee had a thing for Hercules… but only once he’d beefed up.

And in showbiz news, Alan is about to become a movie star, starring alongside Rita Ora in a new animated film. He plays a lyrically challenged royal scribe and narrator - but can Lee give him some singing tips?

Drinks Featured:
Dame Essence Côtes de Provence Rosé
Espresso Martinis 
Boschendal Sauvignon Blanc
The Project Pinot Noir
Graham Beck Brut

Chapters: 
00:00 – Coming Up
00:28 – Dame Essence: Lady Petrol
06:35 – Alan Fancied WHO as a Child?
09:06 – Alan’s Wheelie Bin Drama Continues
11:04 – Hollywood’s Calling for Alan
14:40 – Lady Gargle: The Drinking Game
23:41 – Bottoms Up! at the British Podcast Awards
26:44 – The Secret Sommelier

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

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This week on Bottoms Up! Alan and Lee are joined by Big Brother and Strictly star Will Best - and he’s brought his very own range of Bloody Marys along with him for the boys to try.

But can Will win over Alan with them or is he about to be evicted from the Bottoms Up! drinks table?

Will reveals his love for the tomato juice cocktail, why he decided to create his own canned version and how he - thankfully - avoided botulism…

Elsewhere, Lee’s got another game up his sleeve with ‘What The Bloody Hell Is In This?’, Will gives the boys the latest goss from the Big Brother house and Alan shares about the time he spent the day inside it and discovered some rather questionable stains around the place. 

Catch Will on Big Brother nightly on ITV2 and ITVX and Strictly Come Dancing Saturday nights on BBC One from 19th September.

Drinks Featured:
BLOODY Bloody Mary 
BLOODY Red Snapper 
BLOODY Bloody Maria

Chapters:
00:00 - Coming Up
5:32 - Lee’s a Kebab Shop Regular
11:08 - Alan On The Friday Night Project
14:52 - The BLOODY Lovely Will Best
20:54 - What Actually Is a Bloody Mary?!
26:08 - Bacon Salt For Rimming
30:47 - Will’s Botulism Bloody Mary?!
40:48 - Big Brother Is Back!
47:43 - Lee’s Game: What The Bloody Hell’s In This?!

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

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This week on Bottoms Up! Alan and Lee go head to head with their biggest nemesis… orange wine! Will the boys FINALLY find one they don’t want to pour straight down the sink? They’re joined by wine expert Charles Cornelius from Barks Wine in Sheffield, and he's asking them to give it one more chance.

Charles also shares some advice on the ideal date drink and tries to convince us that English sparkling wine goes perfectly with a pork bap (thanks to Rogue Sarnies for these DELICIOUS sandwiches). 

Plus, the boys discuss their run-ins with the press as Lee’s been making national headlines this week, for all the wrong reasons. 

Drinks Featured:
58 & Co. Hugo Spritz
Aspall blush cider
Hundred Hills Preamble No. 2, 2021
Silesian Winery Piesecco
Castel Pujol Folklore Naranja
García Pérez Blanco Litro

Chapters:
03:00 - DOUBLE Welcome Drinks
06:02 - Lee’s Tabloid Fame
13:23 - Charles’ Date Drink Tips
21:16 - Pork Sarnie Pairing
29:40 - Pee-secco?!
35:18 - Orange Wine Time
40:57 - The Mango Rubicon Of Wine

Thanks again to 58 & Co. for having us back in their distillery for this episode.

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up! with Alan Carr and Lee Peart is a Platform Media production.

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This week on Bottoms Up! It’s a Martini Masterclass as Alan and Lee head to East London Gin Distillery 58 & Co. to meet Cocktail Carmen. The boys learn that there’s a Martini for everyone, but just how dirty do they like it?

Elsewhere, Alan’s been announced as a judge on the new series of The Masked Singer and hints at what’s to come, Lee’s torn a tendon trying to recycle a cardboard box and who has the higher score on WikiFeet?

It’s Cocktail Time as Carmen takes the boys through the Five D’s of making the perfect martini: Drink, Dry, Dirty, Dilute, and Dress - but things go awry in classic Bottoms Up! style when Lee chokes on his pickled onion and Alan dribbles brine down his shirt.

Drinks Featured:

58 & Co. Grapefruit Gin Spritz

Cocktail Carmen’s Martini For Everyone

Chapters:

00:00 - Coming Up

00:29 - Lee’s Ripped a Tendon…On a Cardboard Box

07:01 - Alan’s Joined The Masked Singer!

15:11 - Cocktail Carmen’s Martini Masterclass

40:04 - How Dirty Do You Like It?

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr and Lee Peart is a Platform Media production.

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This week on Bottoms Up!, it’s an Italian special as the boys are joined by Strictly Glitterball Champion and newly crowned author Vito Coppola!

Vito chats about his brand-new book, Love Vito: My Story of Food, Family and Finding Home, as well as spilling the tea on the new series of Strictly.

After a Limoncello starter, Vito brings his favourite Italian aperitivo to share with the boys… but what will Alan make of it when he discovers it’s non-alcoholic?!

The trio discuss Strictly’s same-sex pairings and this year’s new line-up, Vito’s love of food, his Nonna’s secret recipes, what he really thinks of Greggs, and which Strictly dance he absolutely hates.

Plus, Lee has devised a game of ‘Strictly Come Drinking’, complete with judges’ scores and paddles. Which wine will take home the Glitterball… and which will be sent packing?

Drinks Featured:

Santa Marta Limoncello 
Crodino Italian Aperitivo
Triade Bianco 
Terre Di Faiano Primitivo Organic Puglia 
Tre Fiori Greco di Tufo Docg

Vito’s book Love Vito: My Story of Food, Family and Finding Home, is out on 27th August.

Chapters: 

00:00 - Coming Up
00:28 - A Limoncello Welcome
03:35 - Which Reality Show Does Alan Want To Be On?
07:24 - Alan & Lee Love Italy
08:45 - Vito Coppola Joins Bottoms Up!
12:46 - Growing Up in Italy
18:48 - Vito’s Dance History
22:55 - Vito’s New Book
29:15 - How Do You Become a Strictly Star?
41:26 - Strictly Come Drinking!

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

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This week on Bottoms Up!, Lee’s treating Alan to a frozen Aperol Spritz in his brand new slushie machine to beat the heatwave. But what does Alan dunk in his to turn it into the worst thing he’s ever tasted? 

Alan’s been trending thanks to an unfortunate lookalike with some questionable political views, the boys get the VIP treatment at Take That’s Circus Tour, and there’s big news… Bottoms Up! has been nominated for TWO British Podcast Awards! But will Alan and Lee even be sitting together on the big night?

Crisp Sommelier Neil Ridley (@ridleydrinks) joins the boys to prove there’s a perfect wine for every packet of crisps. English Sparkling Rosé and a Skip, anyone?

Drinks Featured:
Frozen Aperol Spritz
Chapel Down English Sparkling Rosé
MOTH Paloma Cocktail
Muga Rioja Reserva

Chapters: 
00:00 – Coming Up
00:33 – Frozen Aperol Spritz
03:33 – Why Is Alan Trending?
04:24 – Alan Talks The Masked Singer 
05:39 – Alan & Lee Reunite With Gary Barlow
14:18 – Crisp Sommelier Neil Ridley Joins
19:58 – English Sparkling Rosé + Skips
25:45 – Paloma + Jalapeño & Dill Crisps
32:22 – Rioja + Chorizo Crisps

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr and Lee Peart is a Platform Media production.

Get in touch with the show: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @BottomsUpShow

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This week on Bottoms Up!, Alan and Lee are joined by fashion icon, pop star and all-round national treasure Frankie Bridge for our long-awaited fashion episode.

Alan hits the runway to showcase his favourite wine accessories and statement pieces - including a beach bag that doubles as a wine cooler and a bra that’s perfect for sneaking a drink into your favourite festival.

The trio taste a Côtes de Provence from a vineyard owned by Chanel, before pouring it from a very special decanter…

They chat fashion shows, hangovers, what’s hot this summer, Frankie’s shifts down The Sugar Hut and her former life as a pop star. And, of course, Lee asks the question that’s been on everyone’s lips… will The Saturdays ever reunite?

Drinks Featured: 
FORA Gin & Negroni 
Eastern Standard Vodka Cocktail
Domaine l'Ile Porquerolles Côtes de Provence Rosé 2023 (Chanel)
Boutari Dianthos Rosé
Jardin de Roses Languedoc Rosé
Tesco Finest English Sparkling Rose Brut

Chapters: 
00:00 – Coming Up
00:31 – The Boys vs. a Karen at Harry Styles
07:27 – Fashion Icon Frankie Bridge Joins Bottoms Up!
14:35 – Frankie’s First Hangover
17:30 – Shifts at The Sugar Hut
22:39 – Will The Saturdays Ever Reunite?
25:48 – Chanel Wine Served in a WHAT?!
31:11 – The Summer Wine Up
38:33 – Wine Fashion: Alan Hits the Runway

Drink responsibly, and as always… Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr and Lee Peart is a Platform Media production.

Get in touch with the show: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @BottomsUpShow

Wild Nutrition is giving Bottoms Up! listeners an exclusive 50% off for your first three months, plus a free personal consultation with one of their nutritional therapists. Just head to wildnutrition.com/bottomsup. T&Cs apply.

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