Friday night in?
After Paddy’s Day and Easter, this feels like the first normal weekend in quite a while, so no doubt many of you will be settling into the usual routine of a Friday night in front of the tellybox.
If so, here’s what you can look forward to from Messrs Tubridy and Norton tonight.
The Late Late Show
Mary Coughlan
A singer very much beloved in Ireland, Mary Coughlan’s life to date has been interesting to say the least.
Mary will join Ryan for a no-holds-barred interview where she’ll tell all about surviving the men, drink and drugs and what she’ll be getting up to in the future.
There will be a song or two as well, of course.
Clip via deSelby247
Tommie Gorman
One of Ireland’s most recognisable news reporters is about to turn 60 and he’ll mark that milestone by looking back on a long and varied career in front of a national audience.
Tommie will discuss his own recovery from a rare form of cancer, covering the recent tragedy in Buncrana and memorable interviews with the late Seamus Heaney and of course, with Roy Keane following the whole Saipan thing that nobody ever talks about.
“Take me back?”
Clip via moondog7777
Bernard O’Shea live from the farm
The Late Late’s roving reporter, Bridget & Eamon star Bernard O’Shea will be coming live from a farm in the Midlands where he might just be helping to shepherd some new lambs into the world.
Karen Redmond and Leigh Bagnell
Top transplant surgeon Karen Redmond recently carried out Ireland’s first ever transplant operation involving “washing” lungs and she will be joined in studio by Leigh Bagnall, the cystic fibrosis patient given a new lease of life by the procedure.
Pat Divilly
The successful fitness guru will talk to Ryan about how he bounced back from his business hitting the wall in 2011 and how he went about forging a Facebook community with 190,000 followers and a client list that runs into the thousands.
Music from Gregory Porter and Marlon Williams
Clip via MarlonWilliamsVEVO
The Graham Norton Show
Chris Hemsworth
The *cough* not particularly handsome Australian actor *cough* will join Graham to talk about his role in the soon to be released The Huntsman: Winter’s War, which also features…
Jessica Chastain
The Huntsman: Winter’s War is the latest in a series of big box-office releases starring the two-time Oscar nominee, who really is on top of her game right now.
Kirsten Dunst
The one-time child star has fared pretty well as an adult actress and will be speaking to Graham about her new movie, Midnight Special, which was released last month.
She might also shed some light on her role in the critically-acclaimed TV series Fargo, in which she starred in the second season alongside Jesse Plemons of Friday Night Lights and Breaking Bad fame.
Stephen Mangan
A regular and very welcome visitor on Graham’s couch, Mangan will have plenty to talk about having recently starred in the ITV crime drama, Houdini and Doyle.
Raleigh Ritchie
Music on the night will come from Raleigh Ritchie, AKA Jacob Anderson, who many of you might recognise as Grey Worm from Game of Thrones.
Clip via RaleighRitchieVEVO
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