Series synopsis
V Graham Norton is a British comedy talk television series that premiered on Channel 4 on May 6, 2002. It ended on December 19, 2003. It stars Graham Norton.
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown 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 26 December 2003. 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 featured a 'webcam', a ro ...
Premise
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown 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 26 December 2003. 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 featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. 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 studios.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Graham Norton as Self - Host
Guest cast
- Alex Kingston as Self
- Gordon Ramsay as Self
- Mel Giedroyc as Self
- Terence Stamp as Self
- Will Young as Self
- Alan Cumming as Self
- Sheryl Crow as Self
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor as Self
- Phil Collins as Self
- Kim Cattrall as Self
- Nana Mouskouri as Self
- Dirk Benedict as Self
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 348 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 69 | May 6, 2002 | August 30, 2002 |
| Season 2 | 113 | October 21, 2002 | April 18, 2003 |
| Season 3 | 61 | May 12, 2003 | October 21, 2003 |
| Season 4 | 60 | November 11, 2003 | November 14, 2003 |
| Season 5 | 45 | October 20, 2003 | December 19, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Show #001 Graham Norton returns with a new weekday series. In tonight's show, an audience member must perform 5 tasks in order to win a star prize, and tonight, he must shave off all his hair. |
May 6, 2002 |
| 2 |
Show #002 Pets v People, and Vern must get a tattoo in the second of his five tasks to win a star prize. Petula Clark discusses her new album. |
May 7, 2002 |
| 3 |
Show #003 Vern must ride a horse naked, and Jilly Cooper talks about her new book 'Pandora'. |
May 8, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Show #066 Kim Cattrall, star of HBO's Sex and the City, promotes her new book |
October 21, 2002 |
| 2 |
Show #067 The two comediennes guest star in tonight's second episode |
October 22, 2002 |
| 3 | Show #068 | October 23, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show #176 | May 12, 2003 |
| 2 | Show #177 | May 13, 2003 |
| 3 | Show #178 | May 14, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10th November 2003 | November 11, 2003 |
| 2 | November 14, 2003 | November 14, 2003 |
| 3 | Series 4, Show 3 | May 14, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Series 5, Show 1 | October 20, 2003 |
| 2 | 7 July 2003 | July 7, 2003 |
| 3 | October 22, 2003 | October 22, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 6, 2002 |
| Last aired | December 19, 2003 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
| Status | Ended |