Among his guests on the first programme is Charlotte Church who, in her first major TV appearance after a tumultuous year, talks music, life and love, and performs live from her new album Back to Scratch. Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her Oscar nomination for Crazy Heart, and her role in The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger. And comedian Russell Howard brings his own brand of Good News to Graham's sofa.

The Graham Norton Show Season 8 Episodes...

• s08e01 - Charlotte Church, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Russell Howard
• s08e02 - Lord Alan Sugar, Pamela Stephenson, Lee Mack, James Blunt
• s08e03 - Johnny Knoxville, Joan Rivers, Catherine Tate, The Pet Shop Boys
• s08e04 - Colin Farrell, Daniel Radcliffe, Rhod Gilbert, Rihanna
• s08e05 - Bette Midler, Stephen Fry, David Haye
• s08e06 - Jack Black, Miranda Hart, John Waters, Justin Bieber
• s08e07 - Barry Manilow, Katherine Jenkins, Sean Lock, Ann Widdecombe, KT Tunstall
• s08e08 - Cher, Dawn French, The Script
• s08e09 - Matt Smith, Kara Tointon, David Walliams, Matt Lucas
• s08e10 - Elizabeth McGovern, Louis Walsh, Alan Davies, Eliza Doolittle
• s08e11 - Keanu Reeves, Emilia Fox, Marcus Brigstocke, Imelda May
• s08e12 - Mary Portas, Matt Le Blanc, David Mitchell, Donald Sutherland
• s08e13 - Vince Vaughn, Sarah Millican, Diddy
• s08e14 - Kate Hudson, Russell Kane, Tinie Tempah
• s08e15 - Dame Helen Mirren, Emily Blunt, Ed Byrne, The Wanted
• s08e16 - Sigourney Weaver, Professor Brian Cox, Sandi Toksvig, Sugarland
• s08e17 - Ashton Kutcher, Heston Blumenthal, Greg Davies, Hurts
• s08e18 - Matthew Fox, Diane Kruger, John Bishop, Jessie J
• s08e19 - Jimmy Carr, Miriam Margolyes, Stanley Tucci, Bruno Mars
• s08e20 - Stephen Merchant, Jo Brand, Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Blue

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.