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The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

  • TV chat show
  • BBC One / BBC Two
  • 2007 - 2025
  • 515 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 13 - Highlights Special

Highlights from the 13th series of the talk show, with guests including Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Plus, another chance to see Will Smith's Fresh Prince dance reunion (20m YouTube views and counting).

Notes

Due to early over-running sports coverage, this episode was delayed from a scheduled broadcast of 22:35.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 5th July 2013
Time
10:58pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
50 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Graham Norton Host / Presenter
Guest cast
David Mitchell Guest
Michael Bublé Guest
Lee Mack Guest
Jennifer Lopez Guest
Amanda Holden Guest
Alan Sugar (as Lord Alan Sugar) Guest
Bradley Cooper Guest
Hugh Laurie Guest
Gwyneth Paltrow Guest
Jack Dee Guest
Kim Cattrall Guest
Chris O'Dowd Guest
Micky Flanagan Guest
Gerard Butler Guest
Will Smith Guest
Tom Cruise Guest
Olga Kurylenko Guest
Mo Farah Guest
Lewis Hamilton Guest
Dara O Briain Guest
Pedro Almodóvar Guest
Benedict Cumberbatch Guest
Chris Pine Guest
Olivia Colman Guest
Michael Douglas Guest
Jaden Smith Guest
Heather Graham Guest
Andrew Flintoff (as Freddie Flintoff) Guest
Hayden Panettiere Guest
Dan Stevens Guest
Russell Crowe Guest
Amy Adams Guest
Henry Cavill Guest
Steve Carell Guest
Kristen Wiig Guest
Sandra Bullock Guest
Samuel L. Jackson Guest
Nick Frost Guest
Production team
Steve Smith Director
Jon Magnusson Series Producer
Pete Snell Producer
Graham Stuart Executive Producer
Chris Webster Production Designer
Jonathan Whitehead (as Trellis) Composer

Press

Graham Norton may have been made more family-friendly of late, but the dildo-brandisher of the past still capers somewhere at the back of his consciousness; his chat show remains peppered with arch humour, and sycophancy is earned by guests rather than doled out to all, as with Jonathan Ross. Tonight's instalment is a best-bits clip show, in case you missed his sparring with Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas, Amy Adams and Will Smith, plus UK talent such as Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian, 5th July 2013

There have been some proper magic moments during the most recent run of the peerless Graham Norton Show, and you can relive them all in this compilation.

Probably the biggest moment was the Fresh Prince of Bel Air reunion when Will Smith, with son Jaden, introduced Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton in the show, to dance to "It's Not Unusual". It became a monster YouTube hit. And Star Trek: Into Darkness stars Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch were good value when they hugged devoted audience members who'd travelled from as far as Japan just to see them on the show. Now that's love.

Alison Graham, Radio Times, 5th July 2013

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