The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Graham Norton Show is a 2007 comedy series. It stars Graham Norton, Judi Dench and Dawn French.
Graham Norton hosts the most relaxed sofa in British television. Several guests, often big film names with something to promote, pile onto the couch at once and talk over each other while the drinks flow. Norton steers with a light touch and a gift for the mischievous question, letting stars trade anecdotes, embarrass themselves, and brace for the famous Big Red Chair. A band or singer usually closes the night. Running on the BBC since 2007, the show has built its reputation on loose, unguarded conversation and the sense that anything might slip out once the guests forget the cameras.
Quick answers
What is The Graham Norton Show about?
Graham Norton hosts the most relaxed sofa in British television. Several guests, often big film names with something to promote, pile onto the couch at once and talk over each other while the drinks flow. Norton steers with a light touch and a gift for the mischievous question, letting stars trade anecdotes, embarrass themselves, and brace for the famous Big Red Chair. A band or singer usually closes the night. Running on the BBC since 2007, the show has built its reputation on loose, unguarded conversation and the sense that anything might slip out once the guests forget the cameras.
When was The Graham Norton Show released?
The Graham Norton Show was released on 22 February 2007.
How many episodes does The Graham Norton Show have?
The Graham Norton Show has 546 episodes across 33 seasons.
Where can I watch The Graham Norton Show?
The Graham Norton Show is available on AMC+, Acorn TV, Acorn TV (Via Amazon Prime), BBC America, DirecTV On Demand and Netflix.
Where to watch The Graham Norton Show
Stream: AMC+, Acorn TV, Acorn TV (Via Amazon Prime), BBC America, DirecTV On Demand, Netflix, Philo, Prime Video, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV
Watch free: Amazon Freevee
Official site
Cast
Similar series
Explore The Graham Norton Show guides
A few thoughts on The Graham Norton Show
The pleasure is watching funny people be funny off the cuff, which is exactly what makes Born a Crime, Trevor Noah's memoir, such a natural read: the same quick wit, set loose on his own life. Bossypants does it from the writers' room, Tina Fey turning a comedy career into deadpan prose.
Late-night sofa chat with A-listers trading stories
Graham Norton piles his guests onto one couch and lets the drinks do some of the talking, much like Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman and the Dick Cavett Show all working a desk-and-sofa format built for games and gossip. Hot Ones gets the same loose candor from a different pressure valve, Carpool Karaoke catches stars off guard in a moving car, and The Soup turns the whole genre into gleeful commentary.
British panel shows built on quick wit and no rehearsal
Norton's couch runs on the same unscripted, very British nerve as QI, where Stephen Fry's tangents matter more than the actual quiz. Never Mind the Buzzcocks mines pop culture for the same gleeful mockery, Shooting Stars turns panel-show rules into absurdist chaos, and French & Saunders built a career on the kind of fearless, silly digression Norton's guests fall into once the cameras start rolling.
Memoirs from people whose day job is being funny on camera
Tina Fey's Bossypants and Trevor Noah's Born a Crime both come from performers who learned to work a room the way Norton does every week, mining their own lives for the same warm, self-deprecating timing. The craft book How to Be Really Funny breaks down the mechanics behind that skill, and Lily Tomlin's Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe shows a whole career built on comic voices.
Talk shows that bend the format until it barely looks like an interview
Not every chat show plays it straight. Comedy Bang! Bang! turns celebrity interviews into absurdist sketches, Good Mythical Morning buries its guests in games and stunts, Space Ghost Coast to Coast interrogates real celebrities from inside a cartoon, and India's Got Latent trades polish for the same loose, anything-goes energy Norton lets creep in after a few drinks.