The BEST episodes of The Graham Norton Show season 20

Every episode of The Graham Norton Show season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Graham Norton Show season 20!

Each week celebrity guests join Graham Norton 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.

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
Episode 19
star
8.48
199 votes

#1 - Episode 19

Season 20 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/2017

Patrick Stewart confirms Logan will be his last X-Men movie, Ian McKellen admits once giving Patrick duff career advice, Hugh Jackman says he won't miss Wolverine and James Blunt performs live in the studio.

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Episode 15
star
7.98
118 votes

#2 - Episode 15

Season 20 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/2017

On Graham's sofa are Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, and the stars of T2 Trainspotting, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle and Ewen Bremner. Plus musical guest Izzy Bizu, who performs Talking to You.

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star
7.90
31 votes

#3 - Compilation Show

Season 20 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/2017

A compilation of highlights from the current series featuring a host of star guests, including Justin Timberlake, Tom Hanks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dame Helen Mirren, Tom Cruise, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

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Episode 1
star
7.82
217 votes

#4 - Episode 1

Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2016

The BAFTA-award-winning talk show returns. Among the guests on Graham's sofa tonight: actor and musician Justin Timberlake and Oscar-nominated actress Anna Kendrick, co-starring in new animation Trolls; versatile British actor Daniel Radcliffe; and musical star Robbie Williams, who performs his new single.

Directors: Steve Smith
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Episode 14
star
7.81
132 votes

#5 - Episode 14

Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/2017

On Graham's sofa are Oscar-winning Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey, promoting new crime adventure Gold; actress Christina Ricci, starring as Zelda Fitzgerald in Z: The Beginning of Everything; comedian Josh Widdicombe; and singing star Ed Sheeran, who chats and performs Castle on the Hill.

Episode 17
star
7.81
180 votes

#6 - Episode 17

Season 20 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/2017

On Graham's sofa are Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, appearing in Fences; Fifty Shades star Jamie Dornan; Hollywood great Keanu Reeves, starring in John Wick: Chapter 2; and legendary comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg. With music from Rag'n'Bone Man, who performs Human.

Episode 13
star
7.79
145 votes

#7 - Episode 13

Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2017

On Graham's sofa are Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Oscar-winner Emma Stone, starring together in the all-singing, all-dancing hit La La Land. Plus Oscar-winning actor and director Ben Affleck and British star Sienna Miller, who are appearing in crime film Live By Night. And music from Gregory Porter, who performs Holding On from his latest album Take Me to the Alley.

Episode 12
star
7.78
152 votes

#8 - Episode 12

Season 20 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2016

On Graham's sofa are Will Smith, Helen Mirren and Naomie Harris, appearing together in ensemble drama Collateral Beauty, and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman, talking about the new series of Sherlock. There is also music from Katie Melua, who performs The Little Swallow.

Episode 8
star
7.74
131 votes

#9 - Episode 8

Season 20 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2016

Graham is joined by Tom Hanks, starring in Sully as the pilot who crash-landed his airliner in the Hudson river with no loss of life, British star Gemma Arterton, who plays Joan of Arc in the classic play Saint Joan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the NSA whistleblower in Snowden, and athlete Mo Farah. With music from Olly Murs, who performs Grow Up.

Episode 5
star
7.70
162 votes

#10 - Episode 5

Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2016

Among the guests on Graham's sofa are Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, now appearing as Doctor Strange, Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, starring in the Harry Potter prequel Fanta stic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, promoting his biography, A Life in Parts. Including chat and music from LeAnn Rimes, who performs The Story.

Episode 9
star
7.68
150 votes

#11 - Episode 9

Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2016

Graham is joined by Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and Jurassic World star Chris Pratt who both star in sci-fi romantic thriller Passengers. Plus singer Will.i.am and celebrity chef, restaurateur and activist Jamie Oliver. With music from Emeli Sande, who performs Breathing Underwater.

Directors: Steve Smith
Episode 7
star
7.62
124 votes

#12 - Episode 7

Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2016

Graham is joined by Oscar-nominated actress Rosamund Pike, starring in A United Kingdom, comedian Michael McIntyre, theatrical Andrew Lloyd Webber, talking about his new musical School of Rock and Coldplay, who also perform Everglow.

Episode 6
star
7.58
134 votes

#13 - Episode 6

Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2016

Graham is joined by Oscar-winning actor and director Ben Affleck, starring in new action thriller The Accountant, Sir David Attenborough, who is presenting BBC One's Planet Earth II, and ex-Doctor Who star Matt Smith and Wolf Hall's Claire Foy, starring as Prince Philip and the Queen in Netflix series The Crown. Sting performs I Can't Stop Thinking About You from his new album.

Episode 11
star
7.57
164 votes

#14 - Episode 11

Season 20 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2016

On Graham's sofa are Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star Dev Patel, who appear together in new movie Lion. Joining them are Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, comedian and author Dawn French, promoting new TV drama series Delicious, and Sir Michael Parkinson, who discusses his book Muhammad Ali: A Memoir. There is music from Jack Savoretti who performs Only You.

Episode 3
star
7.54
145 votes

#15 - Episode 3

Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2016

Among the guests on Graham's sofa are ex-One Direction star turned solo artist Niall Horan, who chats and performs his new debut single This Town; five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams, starring in new movie Nocturnal Animals; The Avengers and Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner, appearing with Amy in science-fiction drama Arrival; and comic actor Chris O'Dowd, promoting the movie Mascots.

Episode 2
star
7.51
142 votes

#16 - Episode 2

Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2016

Among the guests on Graham's sofa are Star Wars and Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor, actor, producer and director Danny DeVito, comedian and actress Miranda Hart, Jurassic Park star Sam Neill and comic John Bishop. Musical guest Amber Riley performs And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, from Dreamgirls.

Episode 18
star
7.51
168 votes

#17 - Episode 18

Season 20 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/2017

On Graham's sofa are Tom Hiddleston, starring in new movie Kong: Skull Island, actress Ruth Wilson, in Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre, comedian Ricky Gervais, talking about his new stand-up tour, Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire, co-starring in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Old Vic, and Tinie Tempah, who performs Text from Your Ex.

Episode 4
star
7.50
156 votes

#18 - Episode 4

Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2016

Among the guests on Graham's sofa tonight: Hollywood great Tom Cruise, starring in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, with his co-star Cobie Smulders; Brit star Jude Law, appearing in the new series The Young Pope; comedian and actress Catherine Tate; and supergroup Kings Of Leon, performing new single Waste a Moment.

Episode 10
star
7.40
146 votes

#19 - Episode 10

Season 20 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2016

Graham is joined by Star Wars actor and writer Carrie Fisher, talking about her new book The Princess Diarist; artist Grayson Perry, promoting his book The Descent of Man; new QI presenter and comedian Sandi Toksvig; and Great British Bake-Off favourite Nadiya Hussain.

Directors: Steve Smith
Episode 16
star
7.22
109 votes

#20 - Episode 16

Season 20 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2017

On Graham's sofa are four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, starring in the critically acclaimed 20th Century Women, former Spiderman Andrew Garfield, appearing in Angels in America at the National Theatre, Britain's longest-serving female MP, Harriet Harman, to discuss her memoir A Woman's Work, and rising British star Asa Butterfield, in new sci-fi The Space Between Us. Plus music from Elbow, who perform their new single Magnificent (She Says).