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The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

  • TV chat show
  • BBC One / BBC Two
  • 2007 - 2024
  • 514 episodes (32 series)

Comic chat show presented by Graham Norton. The biggest names in showbiz join the host on his sofa.

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- Series 23, Episode 11 - Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Years & Years

Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter talk about Ocean's 8 and Years & Years perform live in the studio.

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For the first time in his 20 years as a chat show host, Graham faces a sofa of five women, all stars and all with a lot to say. The result is extraordinary television!

The exuberant guests talk and tease each other about working together in the hit new comedy heist movie Ocean's 8.

Asked if the rumours about them not liking each other are true, Sandra Bullock says, "We were expected not to get on. My publicist got an email from a tabloid saying they had heard I wasn't getting on with everyone else on set and I really took it personally until I found out each one of us had got the exact same email. Everyone wanted us to be pulling each other's hair out, but it's just not true."

Helena Bonham Carter adds, "They wanted the cliché of a group of women not getting on, but we didn't live up to it."

However, Helena reveals that she did do some extraordinary research on her co-stars before starting work with them, "I did some astrology. I found out everyone's birthday and I knew who I would get on with. I didn't decide anything about anyone beforehand, but I just wanted to know what I was going into. It can be very useful."

Asked about playing Princess Margaret in the new series of The Crown, Helena says, "I've got two weeks to prepare so I've got to find her character soon. Asked if the accent will be easy for her, she jokes, "I'm posh, but not that posh!"

Rihanna, when asked if she is likely to produce a new album soon, reveals. "I am actually in the studio at the moment." Asked when it would be out, she adds, "You'll just have to wait and see."

Years & Years perform If You're Over Me, live in the studio before a very excited Oli joins Graham for a chat.

Revealing his love of Rihanna, he says, "I couldn't sleep when I found out who would be on the show." Describing his fellow guests as "Angels, Goddesses, Magical Queens," and asked which of them is his favourite, he addresses Rihanna and says, "It's you, it's you, it's you! You have been such an inspiration to me and I love you."

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 15th June 2018
Time
10:45pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
45 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Graham Norton Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Rihanna Guest
Cate Blanchett Guest
Helena Bonham Carter Guest
Sandra Bullock Guest
Olly Alexander (as Years & Years) Guest
Mikey Goldsworthy (as Years & Years) Guest
Emre Türkmen (as Years & Years) Guest
Sarah Paulson Guest
Writing team
Rob Colley Writer
Christine Rose Writer
Production team
Steve Smith Director
Jon Magnusson Series Producer
Rina Dayalji Producer
Pete Snell Producer
Vicky Taylor Producer
Graham Stuart Executive Producer
Catherine Strauss Line Producer
Perry Widdowson Editor
Chris Webster Production Designer
Lindsey McLean Costume Designer
Mandy Furlonger Make-up Designer
Chris Rigby Lighting Designer
Jonathan Whitehead (as Trellis) Composer
Kerry Hussain Graphics

Press

The corrective effect of the Ocean's 8 cast ripples out into chatshows: Norton tonight has a sofa full of smart, funny women. Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter discuss their new heist movie, with Years & Years playing their latest single, If You're Over Me.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 15th June 2018

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