The Graham Norton Show

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Television series
Original title The Graham Norton Show
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) since 2007
length 50 minutes
Episodes 433 in 27 seasons ( List )
genre Talk show
production So television
Moderation Graham Norton
First broadcast February 22, 2007 on BBC Two
German-language
first broadcast
July 6, 2012 on Comedy Central Germany

The Graham Norton Show is a British comedy talk show hosted by Irish comedian Graham Norton . It is broadcast on BBC One and produced by So Television. From 2007 to May 2009 the show aired on BBC Two . It is broadcast from Studio 1 at London Studios.

At the end of January 2017, Norton extended his contract with the BBC for a further three years; The contract includes Norton's radio broadcast on BBC Radio 2 , moderation around the Eurovision Song Contest , the extension of the Graham Norton Show until at least 2020 and other projects for the BBC.

concept

In The Graham Norton Show Norton three invites one to four guests, including international stars from film and television, musicians, athletes and comedians who take together on a couch place. At the end of the show, a musician or a group join in and play a current track.

The show begins with a sketch ("Let's start the show."), Often with the participation of one of Norton's guests, and a subsequent monologue by the comedian, in which he humorously portrays current affairs and his guests. During the show, viewers from the audience are regularly involved or content from social Internet media is shown that is related to the invited guests.

At the end of the show there is a fixed item on the program called That's All We've Got Time For (German: That's all we have time for ): viewers from the audience take a seat in a red chair ( The Red Chair ) and wear a funny one Story before. If Norton or his guests are bored, he pulls a lever and the chair tilts back with the candidate.

Norton has received several BAFTA awards for the format .

Charisma

In the UK, The Graham Norton Show is broadcast on Fridays at 10:55 PM ( UTC ) on BBC One ; so far 433 episodes have been broadcast in a total of 27 seasons. In Germany, a few older episodes were broadcast on Comedy Central from July 6, 2012 .

In addition to the regular episodes , a compilation of the best episodes as well as special programs for Christmas and New Year's Eve are broadcast at the end of a season .

production

The Graham Norton Show has been produced since it started broadcasting in 2007 at ITV 's "The London Studios" in London's South Bank; Norton already used the studios for his first talk show So Graham Norton , which aired from 1998.

On February 15, 2018, the last episode of the show was recorded at London Studios. At the end of the program, which is also the season finale of the 22nd season, a photo shows the entire production staff together with Graham Norton on the "red sofa" and a fade-in reads "Love, thanks and goodbye to The London Studios".

The production has been recorded since the beginning of the 23rd season on April 6, 2018 in Studio 1 of the BBC Television Center in West London, which is operated by BBC Studioworks.

Episode list

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Graham Norton signs new three-year BBC contract after picking up Special Recognition gong at NTAs
  2. ^ Graham Norton signs deal to remain at the BBC for another three years
  3. ^ ITV to shut down London studio with 40-year history of top programming