The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show is a British comedy talk show presented by Graham Norton. It was initially broadcast on BBC Two, from 22 February 2007, before moving to BBC One in October 2009. It currently airs on Friday evenings, with Norton succeeding Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in BBC One's prestigious late-Friday-evening slot in 2010.[3]
The Graham Norton Show
Steve Smith
United Kingdom
English
31
512+1 pilot
(as of 3 November 2023) (list of episodes)
Graham Stuart
Jon Magnusson
The London Studios (2007–2018)[1]
Television Centre (2018–present)[2]
50 minutes
22 February 2007
present
The show is characterised by Norton's opening monologue, adult humour, and innuendo-laden dialogue and flamboyant presentation, for which he has received a number of awards, including the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance three times (2011, 2012 and 2018). The show also won British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme in 2015.
International broadcasts[edit]
Across Scandinavia, The Graham Norton Show is frequently shown on cable and satellite channels BBC Brit, formerly known as BBC Entertainment. Episodes are usually shown a week after their original UK airing on BBC One, while reruns from past seasons are shown overnight or during the day. Swedish state television SVT streams the show with a delay of several weeks on its VOD service SVT Play.
In Greece, the show is broadcast on Cosmote Series HD which is a pay channel available on Cosmote TV. The episodes are shown in English with Greek subtitles and are broadcast a few days after the UK.
In Latin America, Poland and several countries in continental Europe, The Graham Norton Show is aired on satellite channel BBC Entertainment. Episodes are usually shown a week after their original UK airing on BBC One, while reruns from past series are shown overnight or during daytime.
In the United States, the show began airing on Saturday nights in June 2007. Starting 11 April 2013, cable/satellite network BBC America aired new episodes on Thursdays.[12] From 2014 to 2015, it then aired every Saturday night on BBC America, normally eight days after the BBC.[12] In November 2015, The Weinstein Company bought the series rights in the United States and took a break while negotiating a new contract with BBC America.[13] On 18 January 2016, BBC America aired the 2015 New Year's Eve episode.[14] On 21 January 2016, the network announced that the programme would be returning on Monday, 25 January 2016, with new episodes now airing three days after the BBC airing.[15] In 2017, the series moved back to its original Saturday time slot. In 2018, the show moved to a Friday night time slot, which airs new episodes a week after the BBC airing.
In Canada, it is broadcast by HIFI. Older episodes also air during the week on BBC Canada.
In Ireland, the show is broadcast on TV3 and its sister channel 3e one day after the BBC broadcast on Saturdays. In January 2015, UTV Ireland aired the show every Sunday night. TV3 Group continued to air "Best of" Specials recorded prior to 2015. This arrangement changed in January 2017 when the TV3 Group bought UTV Ireland and changed it to "be3". TV3 then moved The Graham Norton Show back to their main channel, where it airs every Saturday, 24 hours after UK transmission, usually at around 10.pm. In August 2018, TV3 rebranded to become Virgin Media One, with The Graham Norton Show remaining on the channel.[16]
In Australia, the series is broadcast on Network 10 on Friday nights, airing one week after the original broadcast in the UK.[17][18] Additionally, for Pay TV viewers (Foxtel), it airs on UKTV at 9.30pm Mondays, with repeats on Tuesdays and Saturdays. It previously aired on ABC2 on Thursdays from 2007 to 2012.
In New Zealand, the show was originally broadcast on UKTV. Since the start of Series 11 on 4 May 2012, the show has been broadcast on TV3 on Friday nights.
In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives The Graham Norton Show airs Saturday nights on Comedy Central a week after the BBC broadcast.