Alan Carr, 42, is providing plenty of laughs as the host of There's Something About Movies - an all-new panel show that tests comedy faces and actual movie stars on their blockbuster trivia. With plenty more yet to come from this first, six-part series, grab the popcorn, says Gemma Dunn...

CONGRATS, THE SHOW IS SO ENTERTAINING. HOW MUCH FUN WAS IT TO MAKE?

It was so much fun. It's got that real Friday Night Project thing about it because it's like anything goes - and the team are so good. They're the team behind A League Of Their Own, so when we started thinking about the show, I knew I would be doing some crazy stuff, full frontal nudity and making a tit of myself in a public place. But you know what? I like the energy of that because you watch some panel shows and they're just stuck behind this panel and you're like, "Bore off!". At least we get the chance to go out and about now - and with the added texture of having people who've actually been in Hollywood films.

TO START WITH, YOU'VE GOT TEAM CAPTAINS MICHAEL SHEEN AND MICKY FLANAGAN EACH WEEK. WHAT A PAIRING!

Yeah, it's really good. It's lovely having Michael Sheen there because he's been in the Twilight films, Frost/Nixon and all those, and he generally knows everyone. And then you'll get Micky on the other side who hasn't been in an Odeon since 1974 and whose only reference is Carry On Camping! We never get too highbrow with Micky, but do you know what? It works.

WHICH GUEST STARS DID YOU ENJOY HAVING ON?

My favourite guest, who was so lovely and really interesting, was Lily Collins. She was so sweet. And she got it and she was taking the mickey and stuff. And we've got Matthew Broderick, which I'm really excited about. For a first series, you know what people are like, a little bit tentative, but we can really hold our head up high with the calibre of people we've got on there. So rather than comedians just going through jokes, you're getting Hollywood gossip [too], which is what I love!

YOU SAID YOU GO TO PLACES THAT OTHER PANEL SHOWS DON'T GO - INCLUDING RE-ENACTING SOME OF OUR MOST ICONIC MOVIE SCENES, YOURSELF. HOW DID YOU FARE?

It's an HD panel show with 3D goggles. I'll give you an example: Two weeks ago, me and Tom Davey met - I mean, this is bucket list stuff - the woman who taught Rami Malek how to be Freddie Mercury [and] for a whole afternoon, she taught us how to be Freddie Mercury. The walk, the singing, the movement. I mean that's a dream. And then the film Shape Of Water, we did a pastiche of that. For a whole day I was at Pinewood Studios, in the tank where Daniel Craig learned how to swim, dressed up as that mutant man! I love a bit of acting; I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't have range, so this is exciting for me.

AUDIENCES WANT TO ENJOY A LAUGH IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, TOO.

If it was going to be a panel show about Brexit, I probably would have said no! I go on Twitter and people just get up in the morning at 8am and moan about Brexit. I'm like, "At least have some Coco Pops first!" People are permanently angry. So this is the perfect antidote to all that misery and it's just a laugh; it doesn't get too highbrow, no one is going to feel silly because they don't know the films. It's just fun. A celebration of movies.

ARE YOU A BIG FILM FAN?

Yeah, I am. I shouldn't be saying this, but these superhero movies don't really tickle my pickle, if you see what I'm saying. It depends what mood I'm in; if I'm hungover, it's a black and white film, on a Sunday, when it's raining outside. If it's a bank holiday, day time, a Carry On film... But I can't do subtitles because you can't read the subtitles, play Candy Crush and follow the plot at the same time.

YOU JOKED THE MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE WOULD BE CALLED 'BEHIND THE TEETH'. WHO WOULD PLAY YOU?

I love that. Tom Hardy. He throws himself into any part and that would be a challenge. He can play anyone though, Tom Hardy. He's good, isn't he?

IN ADDITION TO THIS AND 'ACTING', CAN FANS EXPECT ANOTHER STAND-UP TOUR ANYTIME SOON?

I'm gearing up for a tour next year, so I'll see how this goes and if it gets recommissioned, then I'll have to plan the dates around that. Out of all the things I do, I do enjoy the stand up. You get the live interaction and stuff. And on my next tour - I've always been a bit of a scaredy-cat - I'd really like to bite the bullet and do America. I've never done New York or LA and you never know; I don't want to be sitting there in my nursing home and going, "I could have been a megastar in America...".

There's Something About Movies continues on Sky One on Thursdays.