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Sunday, May 24, 2009

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

(Pic: Graham Norton)

Susan Sarandon, Gordon Ramsay, Alicia Silverstone, Juliet Binoche and John Malkovich lined up for the programme

The Graham Norton Show on BBC Entertainment (120 on DStv) is telecast at 22h30 from Monday to Thursday.

May 25: Graham Norton talks to Hollywood star Susan Sarandon about her career and who she’s backing for President of the United States.

May 26: Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay cooks up a few stories to share with his host. He tells Graham how he taught John Prescott about healthy eating for his TV programme The F Word: "He was sweet, eating fish and chips and enjoying them. He took me to the local chippy he's been going to for the last 15 years – he eats too many takeaways." Graham Norton is also joined by Oscar-winning actress Juliet Binoche and there's music from Scouting For Girls.

May 27: Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone (Clueless Alicia) tells Graham about being a vegan: "I really care about animals, there's so much unnecessary suffering going on ... all four of my dogs are vegan, they don't fart any more! I eat delicious food but without cruelty." And on stripping off for an advertisement for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), she says: "It was scary [but] I knew I really wanted to make this message appealing." Also on this week's show there's music from The Freemasons performing live in the studio.

May 28: Exclusively on The Graham Norton Show on BBC Entertainment, acclaimed film star John Malkovich admits to Graham that he hated doing the film Con Air. "Occasionally I have to do a film that people may want to see!" he says. "I never read the script, I've never seen the movie. Nic[olas] Cage was very serious about it. I'm by far the most normal person in it, the most likely to be able to count to 20. “