The Graham Norton Show

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.

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Graham Norton interviews... himself

From not making it in America to a lack of celebrity friends - the king of Friday night chat leaves no stone unturned.

Britain's chat-show king is back with a new series of bawdy chat. Sassy Norton is expert at getting guests to laugh at themselves, so it should be fun to see him face up to actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, fresh from the release of his cunningly titled autobiography Total Recall. American R'n'B singer Usher also pitches up on the sofa, alongside Miranda Hart[ and Ronnie Corbett.

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I recently attended a Graham Norton Show recording, so I can bear witness that it's a brilliantly slick operation and Norton is a master of audience-wrangling, winning us all over immediately and making us feel a big part of the show - though not bigger than the array of guests, who we'll see again in this end-of-series compilation.

Remember Madonna, being her usual steely and scary self, despite Norton's efforts to try to get her to loosen up a bit? And what of the great Sir David Attenborough, all soft and mooning, not over a gorilla, but a comely young woman - actress Cameron Diaz? Just watch his face as he hangs on her every single word.

We also see again Dame Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Katy Perry and the voluble, unstoppable force that is Will Smith.

Graham Norton's best bits are trotted out for another viewing in a compilation episode, and there are plenty of them. The BBC's king of chat (and Telegraph agony uncle) has managed this series to enjoy light-hearted badinage with an increasingly impressive array of A-listers. He even managed to loosen Madonna up. Also worth revisiting tonight are chats with Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Will Smith, Cameron Diaz and Katy Perry. It's a long time and a lot of sport until October, so enjoy the banter.