Among the guests on Graham's sofa: knight of the stage and screen Ian McKellen, taking the role of Falstaff in Player Kings, a new version of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays, and award-winning actor Michael Sheen, talking about his new Welsh BBC drama series The Way, which he also directed.

The Graham Norton Show Season 31 Episodes...

• s31e00 - New Year's Eve Show
• s31e01 - Kylie Minogue, Stephen Graham, David Mitchell, Mawaan Rizwan, Mae Muller
• s31e02 - Bernie Taupin, Catherine Tate, Ashley Walters, Bill Bailey, Christine and the Queens
• s31e03 - Laura Linney, Dawn French, London Hughes, Sugababes
• s31e04 - Patrick Stewart, Ralph Fiennes, Nadiya Hussain, Bella Ramsey
• s31e05 - Series 31, Episode 5
• s31e06 - Series 31, Episode 6
• s31e07 - Series 31, Episode 7
• s31e08 - Series 31, Episode 8
• s31e09 - Series 31, Episode 9
• s31e10 - Series 31, Episode 10
• s31e11 - Series 31, Episode 11
• s31e12 - Series 31, Episode 12
• s31e13 - Series 31, Episode 13
• s31e14 - Series 31, Episode 14
• s31e15 - Series 31, Episode 15
• s31e16 - Series 31, Episode 16
• s31e17 - Series 31, Episode 17
• s31e18 - Series 31, Episode 18
• s31e19 - Series 31, Episode 19

The Graham Norton Show Show Summary

Graham Norton returns to the format he's most comfortable with since his Channel 4 days, briefly on BBC2 and now on prime time BBC1. Each week celebrity guest(s) join Graham to discuss what's being going on around the world that week.

The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories that have happened. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out with. Throughout series one the show was recorded on the Wednesday at 7pm before it's transmission at 10pm on the Thursday.