V Graham Norton
GenreComedy
PresenterGraham Norton
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Num series5
Num episodes264
Runtime30 minutes (inc. adverts)
CompanySo Television
ChannelChannel 4
First aired6 May 2002
Last aired28 December 2003
RelatedSo Graham Norton (1998–2002)
The Graham Norton Show (2007–present)

V Graham Norton is a British chat show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 28 December 2003.[1] It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge.

The show features a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week (though often in Covent Garden) and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact live with the public. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality outside broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studio.

The most often repeated (and voted as the show's funniest) moment involved Graham and Dustin Hoffman interacting live with a passenger (and later, the driver) of a London taxi cab driving through the city. Another notable episode was with Harvey Keitel who was upset by Graham having an action figure with a gun based on his character in Reservoir Dogs.[2]

Episode guide

DateEpisode
Number
Guests
Series 1[3]
6 May 20021Grace Jones and Ronan Keating
7 May 20022Petula Clark
8 May 20023Jilly Cooper
9 May 20024Sophia Loren
10 May 20025Josh Hartnett
13 May 20026Gary Numan and Terry Venables
14 May 20027Gillian Anderson
15 May 20028Kacey Ainsworth
16 May 20029Lulu and A1
17 May 200210Deborah Harry
20 May 200211Martha Reeves and Marc Salem
21 May 200212Lucy Speed and The Proclaimers
22 May 200213Joan Collins and Mark O'Shea
23 May 200214Joely Fisher and James Herbert
24 May 200215Will Young
27 May 200216Jerry Hall
28 May 200217Samantha Mumba
29 May 200218Andie MacDowell
30 May 200219Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ruby Wax
31 May 200220Naomi Campbell
3 Jun 200221Liz Smith and Alex Ferns
4 Jun 200222Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
5 Jun 200223Kevin Kennedy and Liza Tarbuck
6 Jun 200224Ben Elton
7 Jun 200225Alan Cumming
10 Jun 200226Emma Chambers and Huey Morgan
11 Jun 200227Sheryl Crow
12 Jun 200228Alex Kingston
13 Jun 200229Toyah Willcox and Joachim Cortes
14 Jun 200230Jennifer Tilly
17 Jun 200231Daryl Hannah
18 Jun 200232Joan Rivers and Mis-Teeq
19 Jun 200233Ben Chaplin
20 Jun 200234Gillian Taylforth
21 Jun 200235Ivana Trump and Sonya Fitzpatrick
24 Jun 200236Natalie Imbruglia and Mo Mowlam
25 Jun 200237Kathy Burke
26 Jun 200238Dennis Hopper
27 Jun 200239Neil Diamond
28 Jun 200240Siouxsie Sioux
1 Jul 200241Morten Harket and Jackie Collins
2 Jul 200242Isaac Hayes
3 Jul 200243Anthony Head
4 Jul 200244Harvey Keitel
5 Jul 200245Bryan Adams
8 Jul 200246Mike Myers and Robert Wagner
9 Jul 200247Milla Jovovich
10 Jul 200248Rachel Griffiths
10 Jul 200249Barbara Hershey
12 Jul 200250Sandra Bernhard
15 Jul 200251Steve Irwin
16 Jul 200252Jimi Mistry
17 Jul 200253Paul Nicholls and the Pet Shop Boys
18 Jul 200254Margarita Pracatan
19 Jul 200255Bo Derek
22 Jul 200256Kyle MacLachlan
23 Jul 200257Gordon Ramsay
24 Jul 200258Russell Watson
25 Jul 200259Dustin Hoffman
26 Jul 200260Rupert Everett and the Sugababes
29 Jul 200261Liza Minnelli
30 Jul 200262Brenda Blethyn and Jade Goody
31 Jul 200263Alison Moyet and Jade Goody
1 Aug 200264Ursula Andress and Jade Goody
2 Aug 200265Alanis Morissette

References

  1. ^ "Graham Norton: Get to Know the Best Late-Night Host on Television | Anglophenia | BBC America". www.bbcamerica.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03.
  2. ^ "Graham Norton defends modern chat shows". Independent.co.uk. 9 October 2012.
  3. ^ "So Television - Guest Archive List". sotelevision.co.uk. 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.