| | The Graham Norton Show (2007)Graham Norton has returned to the format he's most comfortable with since the shows he hosted on Channel 4 So Graham Norton, V Graham Norton & NY Graham Norton on BBC 2 and BBC America. The show is currently airing it's fourth series. Each week celebrity guests' join Graham to discuss there latest projects and the celebrity gossip hitting the newstands during the week. 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. Although moving to a larger studio, the show was still recorded at this time throughout series 2 and series 3. The show remained in the same timeslot throughout series 2, 10pm on Thursdays. The show returned for a third series, changing to a earlier air time of 45 minutes at 9pm on Thursday 17th of April, however the week afterwards returned to the 10pm slot, with Uncut airing the Sunday afterwards. This changed again from May 22nd, with the full Uncut show airing from 9.45pm as well as the weekend repeat. At the moment the show is billed to air at 10.00pm for half an hour when the fourth series begins. Graham Norton Uncut was also aired throughout series 1 and 2, (also for a few weeks throughout series 3, with the transmission occasionally on a Saturday, times altering every week), featuring an extended 15 minutes with that weeks guests, this part of the show is referred to as 'the Cooldown' and was also available to download as a podcast after the shows transmission from the official website. The show's first series began transmission on BBC America on June the 2nd. (A week after the series in the UK, was commissioned six extra episodes for series 1, due to it's popularity.) However, the way the episodes ran for the first series in America, is different as some guests were less identifiable to an American Audience. The second series began transmission on October the 20th. (Only 9 days after it started transmission in the UK). This time the show was aired in the same order as they were broadcast in the UK, except for the last three episodes (excluding The Best of) which aired in reverse order, (meaning the Christmas Show is aired before Christmas in the US, whereas the British transmission was aired on Boxing Day). The third series began transmission on April 26th (9 days after original transmission again). The fourth series original transmission date is yet to be verified.
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