Graham Norton

Last year's specstacular saw Alan do impressions taking the mickey out of easy targets Cher Lloyd, the Beckhams and Wills and Kate.

This year he'll be getting up to more festive fooling around, party games and sketches with the help of his guest mates.

Former Radio 2 pal Melanie Sykes, Jonathan Ross, Jimmy Carr, Jack Whitehall, Christine Bleakley, Gok Wan and Bruno Mars join in the New Year fun.

Then there's Rylan Clark - one of the few guests who can make Alan look butch by comparison.

The line-up might not be as A-list as Graham Norton's, but this is exactly the kind of party you'd want to be invited to.

It's one of the big nights of the year and Graham Norton has a sensational line-up to celebrate. In fact, it has the potential to be such a wild and funny show maybe you should cancel your plans to go out to that warm-wine-and-nibbles party you weren't particularly looking forward to and just stay in instead.

So how about this lot to make your New Year's Eve go with a proper swing: Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman, Billy Crystal, John Bishop and The Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, with music from Pink. Incredible, isn't it? What will the sainted Mary make of it all? Will Cruise, in town to promote his new film Jack Reacher, be acquainted with soggy bottoms? Can Jackman, starring in the movie version of Les Misérables, make rough-puff pastry? We need to know.

Santa delivers a double header of festive banter tonight. For Alan Carr's final show, Gordon Ramsay discusses his Christmas Day cook-along, Ian McKellen talks about The Hobbit, and music comes from Kylie. Graham Norton's sofa looks more A-list, with Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman alongside Billy Connolly, one of the stars of Hoffman's directorial debut, Quartet. Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Jennifer Saunders round off the foursome.

Jonathan Ross presents the 21st British Comedy Awards, live from Wembley. Expect the expected: a risqué comment or two from the host, guaranteed to have somebody's lawyer seductively fingering a writ; a roomful of paralytic comics heckling the heck out of one another; and the almost certain presence of Graham Norton, whose recent interview with the tiny force of nature that is Miriam "Something crazy took over me" Margolyes numbers among the greatest chatshow moments in living memory.

Graham Norton interview

Graham Norton, 49, once dressed up as Mother Teresa to do stand-up. Here he talks to Metro about his BBC programme The Graham Norton Show, celebrity guests on his wish-list and why he likes presenting the Eurovision Song Contest.

Graham Norton: interview

He's a huge star - but Graham Norton seems perpetually surprised by his success. As he approaches 50, he talks to Gerard Gilbert about nearly becoming a rent boy, why he thinks Raquel Welch is a 'grumpy old bitch', and how he's happier out of the limelight.

Graham Norton interviews... himself

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