The Graham Norton Show Christmas special

This week sees funny-man Graham Norton celebrating Christmas the only way he knows how – with a very special, very naughty, Christmas themed The Graham Norton Show, screening on Friday, December 23rd at 9:30pm on 3.

This week’s The Graham Norton Show special, featuring interviews with Matt Smith and Russell Kane, is a traditional Christmas episode – with a twist.

Norton explains that the goal of any episode is always laughs – in a naughty sort of way.

“We think about what’s funny rather than what’s shocking,” the comedian explains.

“We don’t set out to shock. We set out to amuse. But it’s just a lot of things that make us laugh do tend to be quite rude and a bit, yeah, school boyish.”

And a big part of the fun is watching the celebrity guests react to that school boyishness.

“I think a lot of celebrities are sort of nervous, thinking something awful is going to happen,” Norton explains.

“But I think, by and large, if you talked to any of the celebrities that have been on the show, they will say they had a nice time – unless you bump into Harvey Keitel.”

Hopefully this week’s guests will prove to be less prudish than the Pulp Fiction star.

Make sure not to miss them when The Graham Norton Show Christmas special screens on Friday, December 23rd at 9:30pm on 3.