Denzel Washington

If anyone doubts Graham Norton's position as chatshow king, a look at tonight's opening line-up should set them straight. While Alan Carr has the solid if unspectacular likes of Lionel Richie, Jessie J and Nick Grimshaw over on Channel 4 (10pm), Norton's sofa dwellers - Denzel Washington, Gemma Arteton and new Doctor Who Peter Capaldi - offer real big-name clout. Music, meanwhile, is provided by the endlessly emoting George Ezra, whose croaky folk has proved inescapable this summer.

Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 26th September 2014

Radio Times review

An evening on the Graham Norton sofa in the first of a new series might be just what Doctor Who Peter Capaldi needs, what with all the hoo-ha of recent months, and that huge world tour. Everyone's entitled to a little rest, surely?

Now we'll find out what Capaldi thinks of the reaction to his creation. And can Norton succeed where others have failed and prod him for clues as to the future of companion Clara? Doubtless listening closely will be Denzel Washington, star of a new film based on the fondly remembered 1980s series The Equalizer, and Gemma Arterton, star of the Made in Dagenham West End musical. The musical guest is George Ezra.

Alison Graham, Radio Times, 26th September 2014

Expect air-kissing aplenty in the green room because it's a luvvie-heavy line-up on the besuited blabbermouth's banquette of chat this week. The loquacious host welcomes double Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, who'll be plugging new CIA thriller Safe House. Brit beauty Keira Knightley discusses her David Cronenberg-directed film, A Dangerous Method, about Freud, Jung and the birth of psychoanalysis. Finally, bad boy Tom Hardy, fast becoming one of our hottest exports to Hollywood, discusses new film This Means War. Meanwhile, soul doyenne Dionne Warwick sings live in the studio.

The Telegraph, 10th February 2012