The Graham Norton Show: October 11th 2013

Skid X

The host returns with more light-hearted chat, talking to Hollywood star Harrison Ford about his new sci-fi adventure Ender's Game, and Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch, currently appearing as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate. Comedian and actor Jack Whitehall is also on the sofa, and there'll be music and chat from James Blunt, who performs new single Bonfire Heart from his forthcoming album Moon Landing

BBC1 NI Friday 11.05pm
Other BBC1 regions Friday 10.35pm
3e Saturday 9.00pm
TV3 Saturday 11.15pm
BBC1 NI Tuesday 12.15am (Late Monday Night)




Graham is firmly established as the Chat Show of choice for the Big Stars now, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross have to made to with the rest.

Brace yourselves, Cumberfans: tonight's Graham Norton Show (10.35pm BBC1) sees your hero mixing it with proper Hollywood royalty in the shape of Harrison Ford, plus Bad Education funnyman Jack Whitehall. Massive giggles ensue.

Our spy in the audience at the recording (earlier this week) tells us that the C-bomb was so late, recording had to start without him, but when he did dramatically sashay onto the set he was looking especially hot, and seemed to entrance Harrison Ford almost as much as the screaming fans in the crowd.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-11/benedict-cumberbatch-harrison-ford-and-jack-whitehall-on-graham-norton-10-amazing-pics

TheIrishGrover

Cumberbatch, Blunt, Whitehall... That's an awful lot of posh

JP Liz V1

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Cumberbatch, Blunt, Whitehall... That's an awful lot of posh

Hope they are all pissed :P

Atlantic Dawn

Good to see it back.

Anyone know why NI shows it later? Do they have a different watershed.

grey_so_what

Oh, I'm looking forward to this, I love BC's voice......

Lots of lols!...

Hurray!....:)

Skid X

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Good to see it back.

Anyone know why NI shows it later? Do they have a different watershed.

They show local programming at primetime, It regularly messes up their schedules.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006p76t

FloatingVoter

Just don't expect anything other than a faint pulse from Mr. Ford. He has a hard time doing human. Though I hope to be proved wrong. The alternative is Ryan Tubridy talking to a cat.

Maire2009

The last time BC was on Graham Norton I had to take a pregnancy test!

Pang

So glad it's back. I love Graham.

Delighted to see Benedict is back on the show again so soon after his last appearance. When he pretended to be Graham the last time, I nearly split myself laughing!

mrbrown69

Jack Whitehall "the King of comedy".....lean times indeed

Vinz Mesrine

I've never seen this cumberbatch chap before so Googled him. Is that what passes for attractive nowadays?

Mars Bar

I don't get the Cumberbatch love either. Think I'll watch it tomorrow night on TV3. Dad is watching Nikita so I don't think I'll be able to wrestle the remote off him.

Vinz Mesrine

Mars Bar wrote: »

I don't get the Cumberbatch love either. Think I'll watch it tomorrow night on TV3. Dad is watching Nikita so I don't think I'll be able to wrestle the remote off him.

He is really quite ugly tbh. I am genuinely shocked that he was voted the sexiest man on the planet or whatever it was.

Patty O Furniture

Thanks SkidX, for starting this thread, dont know why it wasnt done before, as was watching a catastrophe as is the LLS. Good to see a decent chatshow host get on with people.

Mint Sauce

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Good to see it back.

Anyone know why NI shows it later? Do they have a different watershed.

Currently airing 'The Blame Game', NI comedy panel show. Quite funny it is to.

Patty O Furniture

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

I've never seen this cumberbatch chap before so Googled him. Is that what passes for attractive nowadays?

Graham has asked him are you still been compared to an otter

As i'm watching it on the HD channel, saves me watching the snore bore on the LLS.

Patty O Furniture

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Currently airing 'The Blame Game', NI comedy panel show. Quite funny it is to.

It has its moments, Neil & Colin are the only comedians there! but given the choice, i tuned in early to watch Graham.

expectationlost

i was willing to give james blunt another chance... and then he started singing

expectationlost

mrbrown69 wrote: »

Jack Whitehall "the King of comedy".....lean times indeed

i think he worked well off harrison, always having a comedian on breaks the awkwardness for graham

patrickc

is anyone else without picture on this? all other channels are working for me

Maire2009

It's not Benedict Cumberbatch's looks really - it's his personality. I'm not one for the cheesy his personality makes him sexy - but holy jesus what I'd not do to that man if I got him in a room ....

and, here, you'd hardly kick this out of bed for eating taytos

Patty O Furniture

expectationlost wrote: »

i think he worked well off harrison, always having a comedian on breaks the aswkwardness for graham

That's not the first time he's worked well off him, as Harrison said it was him in drag in Wigan one dark night :P

Patty O Furniture

patrickc wrote: »

is anyone else without picture on this? all other channels are working for me

Not here, watching it now again on ch 215, as it went too quick on ch 141

patrickc

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Not here, watching it now again on ch 215, as it went too quick on ch 141

im upc but got it not thanks

Patty O Furniture

Good way for Harrison to deflect the question on being in the new star wars as Benedict seems to know more than him!

Maire2009

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Good way for Harrison to deflect the question on being in the new star wars as Benedict seems to know more than him!

Benedict is rumoured to be in it and has been evading the question himself. Ye all watching it on BBCNI? Wandering why ye are delayed reacting to events

Patty O Furniture

Maire2009 wrote: »

Benedict is rumoured to be in it and has been evading the question himself. Ye all watching it on BBCNI? Wandering why ye are delayed reacting to events

It looks like its on different schedules on BBC NI 11.05pm & HD 10.35pm on Sky, & UPC i assume 11.05. Although as soon as the misery comes on the LLS, you lose the will to change the channel :P

Well Benedict will be working with the same Director from Star Trek & Harrison i think doesnt really know, but will probably appear maybe half way thru the film in some capacity maybe in a flashback with the rest?

.jacksparrow.

He really isn't funny.

Patty O Furniture

Harrison Ford doing Expendables 3 & he hasnt seen the first 2?

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

He really isn't funny.

Who's that, Jack Whitehall, he's better as an ensemble in Fresh meat, as thats coming back soon this month i think.

Maire2009

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

It looks like its on different schedules on BBC NI 11.05pm & HD 10.35pm on Sky, & UPC i assume 11.05. Although as soon as the misery comes on the LLS, you lose the will to change the channel :P

Well Benedict will be working with the same Director from Star Trek & Harrison i think doesnt really know, but will probably appear maybe half way thru the film in some capacity maybe in a flashback with the rest?

Yup, it is JJ Abrams that did Star Trek that will be doing the reboot of Star Wars. Not too sure I'd like to see BC in it, he's great as Sherlock and good in the period dramas and he is a top actor, just hope he doesn't become a Hollywood sellout like Johnny Depp.

Patty O Furniture

Maire2009 wrote: »

Yup, it is JJ Abrams that did Star Trek that will be doing the reboot of Star Wars. Not too sure I'd like to see BC in it, he's great as Sherlock and good in the period dramas and he is a top actor, just hope he doesn't become a Hollywood sellout like Johnny Depp.

Yeah, since Sherlock & since its been on BBCAmerica, its propelled both stars as BC is everywhere now as he said if i remember has 4 films out & went against recommendations to do Fifth Estate & Martin Freeman has become a bit stuck-up since hitting the big time as well.

Charlie19

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

He really isn't funny.

I personally wouldn't go and see him live but I do think he's quick witted and he was fairly funny on tonights show. Ford looked genuinely impressed with his humor.

Patty O Furniture

Yeah, he's better working off someone, as i think i saw him pair with some other comedian on the Big Quiz show with Jimmy Carr & another show i can remember at moment.

Mint Sauce

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

It has its moments, Neil & Colin are the only comedians there! but given the choice, i tuned in early to watch Graham.

I cringed watching it a couple of times last night. They had the Co Presenter from the Republic Of Telly on it, the fella, not the girl. There was segment firstly on Michael Stone currently serving a jail sentence turned artist, and he asked who was he. Then when there was a reference made to Operation Yew Tree, the Scotland Yard investigation in the Jimmy Saville et al, and he also asked what that was as well.

You could forgive him for not knowing what operation Yew Tree might have been about, but would have thought at Irish Comedian, on an NI Comedy Panel Show would have at least heard of Michael Stone.

FloatingVoter

Wrong thread, but Paul McCartney is one of the guests next week (18th Oct). Perhaps if Ryan Tubridy gets eaten alive by a circus tiger next week on live TV it'll upstage it. Maybe.

dfx-

Charlie19 wrote: »

I personally wouldn't go and see him live but I do think he's quick witted and he was fairly funny on tonights show. Ford looked genuinely impressed with his humor.

The comedian guest is useful in certain types of show to break it up, like Micky Flanagan's last appearance. Despite him not being funny to me, he breaks up the conversation especially if there's an uninterested or serious guest an a serious topic.

mrbrown69

expectationlost wrote: »

i think he worked well off harrison, always having a comedian on breaks the aswkwardness for graham

Harrison was smiling because it was the thing to do...I'm sure he was thinking who is this unfunny no mark tit!

Icsics

Found Harrisson very hard to watch, felt for GN in parts. He seemed to be in defensive mode & really didn't want to be there.

mrbrown69

Icsics wrote: »

Found Harrisson very hard to watch, felt for GN in parts. He seemed to be in defensive mode & really didn't want to be there.

Very rarely does interviews, seen him a couple times on Letterman acting the exact same way....he's quite an odd character

Mr.Prodston

Icsics wrote: »

Found Harrisson very hard to watch, felt for GN in parts. He seemed to be in defensive mode & really didn't want to be there.

I thought he opened up and started enjoying himself as he went on to be honest. Thought it was going to be a cringefest for the first 5 minutes but credit to Graham and Jack too for bringing him out of himself.

expectationlost

Icsics wrote: »

Found Harrisson very hard to watch, felt for GN in parts. He seemed to be in defensive mode & really didn't want to be there.

harrison has a sence of humour, obviously, as he said it the all day repetitions sessions that annoy him and probably where he got the incorrect reputation of being humourless

Patty O Furniture

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Wrong thread, but Paul McCartney is one of the guests next week (18th Oct). Perhaps if Ryan Tubridy gets eaten alive by a circus tiger next week on live TV it'll upstage it. Maybe.

Isnt Tubs a big fan of Macca? maybe someone should tell/tweet him to say he's on a rival channel, if Tubs knows his guests are boring, he may tune in to Graham himself :P

Charlie19

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Isnt Tubs a big fan of Macca? maybe someone should tell/tweet him to say he's on a rival channel, if Tubs knows his guests are boring, he may tune in to Graham himself :P

Give tubs some credit he did manage to get the star of Love Hate on Fridays show.

JP Liz V1

Mars Bar wrote: »

I don't get the Cumberbatch love either. Think I'll watch it tomorrow night on TV3. Dad is watching Nikita so I don't think I'll be able to wrestle the remote off him.

He is a very talented actor

Maire2009

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

He is a very talented actor

Think to be fair to previous poster they may have meant the "sexiest man in the world" title as opposed to his obvious acting skills. I disagree with them mind He's such a charming, sexy man.

Anyway, leaving that aside, I went to see The 5th Estate and he was brilliant in it. Great actor.

Looking forward to GN again next week, another top line-up.

Pang

I could listen to Benedict's voice all day. Personally I love him but not because of his looks. There's an aura about him.

Maire2009

Pang wrote: »

I could listen to Benedict's voice all day. Personally I love him but not because of his looks. There's an aura about him.

Yeah he does have this aura - seems like such a genuine nice guy with a great talent. People should have a look at his Reddit AMA from the other night for a hint of his intelligence and humour. The story of the carjacking he was caught up in in South Africa is rather eye-opening as well.

I'm one of those that has a thing for cheekbones so he's very high up my list

FouxDaFaFa

I second reading Cumberbatch's AMA. He responded to Julian Assange's less than generous appraisal of his work in the Fifth Estate and he's very witty. And yes, he has a very engaging voice. I do like a good voice.

tunguska

Thought it was a good opener, always great energy on Graham norton which is a stark contrast to the morgue-like atmosphere over on Radio Telefis Eireann.
GN did seem to struggle a bit with Harrison ford and at times things were a little awkward. But I've seen Harrison ford on other talk shows like conan(where I think he was drunk) and this seemed like a roaring success in comparison. I really like Harrison ford though and I can fully understand his dislike for that whole publicity machine thing. Being asked the same lame questions over and over.....I've seen him in other interviews where he was being asked intelligent and thoughtful questions and he was like a completely different person, very open and talkative.
As for Benedict cumberbatch being a sex symbol....... I do and I dont get it. I remember seeing starter for 10 and thinking BC was a bit of a twat but funny. As far removed from a sex symbol as you could get though. I think TV and film can create these images out of nothing and people will buy it hook line and sinker. I cant remember his name(he was in peep show) but when a comedian was told that he was a sex symbol he groaned and rolled his eyes. He said that it was inevitable that somebody somewhere in the world would find him attractive by virtue of the fact that he was on the telly. Had he been a bloke who was never on tv and just walking down the street, not one woman would give him a second look.

krudler

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

I second reading Cumberbatch's AMA. He responded to Julian Assange's less than generous appraisal of his work in the Fifth Estate and he's very witty. And yes, he has a very engaging voice. I do like a good voice.

He does a lot of audio books, including some Sherlock Holmes titles. He also does a fantastic Alan Rickman impression so that makes him alright in my book

krudler

tunguska wrote: »

Thought it was a good opener, always great energy on Graham norton which is a stark contrast to the morgue-like atmosphere over on Radio Telefis Eireann.
GN did seem to struggle a bit with Harrison ford and at times things were a little awkward. But I've seen Harrison ford on other talk shows like conan(where I think he was drunk) and this seemed like a roaring success in comparison. I really like Harrison ford though and I can fully understand his dislike for that whole publicity machine thing. Being asked the same lame questions over and over.....I've seen him in other interviews where he was being asked intelligent and thoughtful questions and he was like a completely different person, very open and talkative.

He's probably just sick of the same old Star Wars/Indiana Jones questions for the past 30 years. As you would be in fairness, press junket tours must be mind numbing for actors, sitting in a room with a 5-10 minute window and endless journalists asking you the same questions over and over for hours , balls to that.