Jasper Carrott 2004 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham featuring classic routines from his career. He returned to singing for the musical "Go Play Up Your Own End" (written by Malcolm Stent, songs by Harvey Andrews) in 2005. In 2005, he appeared in and put on the first of "Jasper Carrott's Rock With Laughter" concerts. This became a regular at the NEC in Birmingham, usually in December and sometimes alternating with his "Jasper Carrott's Christmas Crackers" events, but there have also been a few summer shows too. In summer 2007, Carrott hosted the Endemol-produced game show "Golden Balls" for ITV1. Promising
Game for a Laugh made aware of the joke by a presenter, who would then announce that the person had proved to be "game for a laugh". It has been said that the original format was called "Gotcha" and was designed as a BBC show to be presented by Paul Daniels, David Copperfield (the British comedian) and Pamela Stephenson. The pilot show was rejected, allegedly, for being 'too vulgar'. Jeremy Beadle then rewrote the format, with producer Michael Hill in the United States. According to the show's original producer, Brian Wesley, in his 1982 book on the series, "The "Game for a Laugh" birthplace