The Graham Norton Show: Who is on tonight and what time does it start?
Graham has a great bunch of guests this weekThe Graham Norton Show has an epic line-up tonight that you won’t want to miss – but who is on the famous red sofa?
Graham is back for his Friday night chat show and he’s really pulled out all the stops with this week’s guests.
There is definitely something for everyone, especially if you enjoyed The Celebrity Traitors!
Here’s who is on The Graham Norton Show tonight and what time it starts.
The Graham Norton Show: Who is on tonight?
Graham must be feeling festive, as he has got a great line-up of guests for the first show of December.
Kate Winslet is stopping by for a chat about her new Christmas film, Goodbye June. Will it be as good as The Holiday, we do hope so!
Kate not only stars in the Netflix movie but she directed it, too. And that’s not all. Her son Joe Anders, who is just 21 years old, wrote it!
The actress tells Graham tonight: “My wonderful son wrote it. He did a screen-writing course and was encouraged to write from the heart and the most significant thing that had happened to him was the loss of his grandmother when he was 13.
“When I read it, I said, ‘You’ve written a film and we are going to make it’. I knew I couldn’t let it go so now at 50 years old I am a director. It was an extraordinary experience.”
Not only does Kate star in it, but Dame Helen Mirren takes the lead role of June. Incredibly, she “broke a rule” to play the part. Kate also tells Graham: “When I was telling her about the film she said, ‘I am going to stop you because I have two personal rules. I will not play anyone with dementia or anyone with cancer’.
“She still asked to see the script, and then she sent me an email saying she was breaking her own rule because it was such a wonderful project.” The movie drops on Netflix on December 24, 2025.
Who else is on with Graham?
Graham’s second guest steers away from his usual Hollywood types. He will be chatting to New Zealand’s former Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda will be telling him about her new documentary, Prime Minister.
The doc details Jacinda’s five-year tenure, which ran from 2017 to 2023. While in leading the country, Jacinda faced the White Island volcano eruption, the Christchurch terrorist attack and the Covid pandemic.
Jacinda was also only 37 when she became Prime Minister and she gave birth to her first baby while in office. Speaking about how the documentary came about, she tells Graham: “My husband is a broadcaster and being in such proximity to everything he thought he should capture it.
“Only he could have helped create what it is because I would never have let anyone else film me as consistently in my pyjamas. It has created, I hope, a story that shows what it is like to lead. And a story that says you can lead differently than perhaps what we see in the world today.”
Meanwhile, US chat show host Seth Meyers is in the studio. Seth has hosted America’s flagship show, Saturday Night Live, since 2014.
Alan Carr and Cat Burns
Fans of The Celebrity Traitors will love Graham’s final two guests of the night. Both Alan Carr and Cat Burns are on the sofa!
Alan will be quick to tell Graham about his triumphant win as a Traitor on the BBC show last month. He admits he “almost chewed through his lip” when host Claudia Winkleman selected him.
“I was really proud that I was outwitting all these clever people, but I really didn’t know what I was doing or how I did it,” Graham adds. “I could have worn the cloak to breakfast and still no one would have thought it was me. What more could I have done?!”
Alan is also quick to confirm he and Paloma Faith ARE friends again after he murdered her first in the show. He reveals: “It was very harsh and so grim killing her, but we are friends again now.”
Cat, meanwhile, will be performing her single There’s Just Something About Her. It’s taken from her album, How To Be Human. She will then join in the chat on the sofa about her time of Celebrity Traitors with Alan.
What time is The Graham Norton Show on tonight?
Graham will be back on The Graham Norton Show tonight (Friday December 5, 2025) at 10.40pm. The show airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and finishes at 11.30pm.
Once Graham has got all the gossip from his guests, it’s over to the audience to provide the laughs. As usual, the show will end with fans sitting in Graham’s chair and reciting their funniest stories. But they have to be good, or Graham will pull the dreaded lever!
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