Jimmy Carr slates Swansea in The Big Fat Quiz of The Year – Wales Online

Comedian Jimmy Carr has taken aim at Swansea in this year's The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year.

The show, which has been on TV since 2004, is a comedy panel quiz which sees celebrities in pairs take on questions relating to the past year. As part of his introduction to the TV and Film round, the stand-up comedian, who is quizmaster on the Channel 4 show every year, said: "This year's I'm A Celebrity was held in Wales. The contestants had to endure foul smelling unsanitary conditions, awful food, and disgusting creepy crawlies. Then they left the hotel in Swansea and headed to location."

Jimmy Carr is no stranger to Swansea, and has regularly visited the city through the years to perform at its Grand Theatre.

He is scheduled to perform there on Monday, August 23 next year, with his show 'Terribly Funny', which is billed as containing "jokes about all kinds of terrible things that might have affected you or people you know and love."

The show advertisement also warns that "having political correctness at a comedy show is like having health and safety at a rodeo."

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This year's The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year saw Richard Acaster, Stacey Solomon, David Mitchell, Maya Jama, Richard Ayoade and Joe Lycett and take part.

It is not the first time Swansea has featured on the show. Back in 2009, Swansea cagefighters Daniel Lerwell and James Lilley featured as the 'mystery guests' on the show, where teams have to find out, through a series of yes or no questions, why they made the news that year.

The two men had dressed in drag for a night out on Wind Street and The Kingsway, and had knocked out yobs who had approached them, unprovoked, and began picking on them. CCTV footage of the incident was captured and ended up being viewed all over the world, racking up millions of views.

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