Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
- TV chat show
- BBC One
- 2001 - 2010
- 275 episodes (18 series)
A long-running chat show in which Jonathan Ross talked to the biggest names in film, music and television. Stars Jonathan Ross, David Roper, David Wickenden, Ian Parkin and Stephen de Martin
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Series 16, Episode 17 - Joanna Lumley, The Priests, Brandon Flowers, The Killers
Further details
Jonathan Ross welcomes Joanna Lumley, "The Queen of the Gurkhas". She talks about meeting the Prime Minister Gordon Brown: "... the Lumley self-pleading offensive... I begged him to take it into his own hands... the Government was being fed scare stories."
She says she won't stand for Parliament: "Glimpsing what they have to do, it's such hard work, pretty punishing." And she cares more about the environment than politics: "We're closer than we think to disaster in a terribly short time." Joanna also says she wouldn't choose to be an actress now: "If I started life again I would want to be a forester."
Killers frontman Brandon Flowers admits he's not a Mormon in the strictest sense and talks about the pressure of success: "I get defensive, it comes from being self-conscious, I'm starting to get more confident in my skin."
Catholic global phenomenon The Priests don't think women should be admitted to the priesthood. They say: "We embrace celibacy... people find that bizarre but it reminds us we believe... there's a spiritual element to our work." Also that gay men can be priests "so long as you're not practising as a homosexual." And the Roman Catholic church shouldn't change: "There have to be some norms that are unchanging or there would be chaos."
Notes
The Klllers performed Human, The World We Live In, Mr Brightside and When You Were Young.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 29th May 2009
- Time
- 10:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Jonathan Ross | Host / Presenter |
David Roper (as Four Poofs and a Piano) | Musical Performer |
David Wickenden (as Four Poofs and a Piano) | Musical Performer |
Ian Parkin (as Four Poofs and a Piano) | Musical Performer |
Stephen de Martin (as Four Poofs and a Piano) | Musical Performer |
Joanna Lumley | Guest |
Brandon Flowers | Guest |
Jim Pullin | Writer |
Shaun Pye | Writer |
Fraser Steele | Writer |
Jonathan Ross | Writer |
Mick Thomas | Director |
Tom Barrett | Producer |
Deborah Cox | Producer |
Suzi Aplin | Executive Producer |
Addison Cresswell | Executive Producer |
Mirella Breda | Executive Producer |
Steve Andrews | Editor |
Bex Murray | Editor |
Richard Drew | Production Designer |