The 1980s


1980 Jasper's first book "A ZIT ON THE SIDE " was published in 1979 and sales of over half a million copies established it in the Top 10 for many weeks.


A 100 plus-date sell-out concert tour of the UK.  Jasper's first tour of Australia and New Zealand meets with sell out houses and media acclaim.



1981 "BEAT THE CARROTT", a television Special is filmed from the London Palladium resulting in the gold selling album of the same name.


Jasper appears in the famous "SECRET POLICEMAN'S OTHER BALL".  Further visits abroad this year include shows in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and at Hong Kong's City Hall.



1982 The BBC invites Jasper to host his own Saturday night television show. "CARROTT'S LIB" ran for forty minutes for seven weeks receiving high ratings and critical acclaim.



His next book "SWEET AND SOUR LABRADOR" is released to advance orders of  200,000.
1983 The second series of "CARROTT'S LIB" on BBC TV receives the BAFTA award for light entertainment on television.



1984 Jasper spends many months of the year in the USA preparing for and filming an HBO / Channel 4 Special to be released in 1985 and his visit included sell-out concerts in San Francisco and five sell-out nights in Los Angeles.


 

1986 "STAND UP AMERICA", a 6-part BBC TV series is presented and directed by Jasper. The show is a focus on up and coming American comics and featured such then unknown artists as Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Pollock, Rita Rudner and Emo Phillips and is filmed on location at venues in New York and Los Angeles. The latter part of 1986 sees a new book, "CARROTT ROOTS" and Jasper's departure for Mauritius for his first film role playing the part of Heinrich in a new film version of "JANE AND THE LOST CITY", released in 1988. 1987 "CARROTT CONFIDENTIAL" - Jasper hosts his own 8-week live TV show on BBC 1 shown at 9:00pm for 35 minutes each Saturday night and attracts over TEN MILLION viewers each week.   1988 Such was the acclaim for the initial series Jasper starts the year with a second 8-part series of "CARROTT CONFIDENTIAL" A tour of Australia and New Zealand is booked for April and results in sell-out appearances everywhere whilst his new film "JANE AND THE LOST CITY" is premiered in May. A new book - "SHOP! OR A STAR IS BORN" is released and over Christmas it reaches No.6 in The Best Seller Lists. 1989 A third series of "CARROTT CONFIDENTIAL" is the last under contract to the BBC. Later that year, Jasper Carrott signs for Celador, the independent company of which he is director and shareholder.