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08th Jun 2018

The line-up for The Graham Norton Show this week is brilliant

Kate Demolder

Graham Norton

You’ll be hard-pushed trying to leave the sofa tonight.

Friday night’s episode of The Graham Norton Show will see the 55-year-old welcome none other than the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, to the red sofa.

The Olympic legend, who is taking part in this year’s Soccer Aid alongside the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Brendan Cole, will be putting the couch to work, as the lengthy athlete – who stands at 1.95m – will be on to talk all about the star-studded Unicef football match.

Bolt has never been on the show before, but judging by his Jonathan Ross appearance a couple of years ago – we have high hopes for him.

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Clip via SuperJacdan

Next up is Hollywood’s resident exotic dancer-actor hybrid, Channing Tatum.

Tatum will be on to talk about his stage show Magic Mike Live, based on the movies, which is currently showing in Las Vegas. The live show, created by Tatum, will be showing London for a six month stint at the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square.

The show, based on the two smash-hit films Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL, describes itself as “a night of first-class entertainment”, where thirteen talented male dancers perform in front and on top of the excited audience including some of the smash hits from the film.

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Expect bumping, grinding and quite possibly a dance-off of sorts with Bolt.

Joining the two men will be Jennifer Saunders and daughter Beattie Edmondson, who star together in new dog-based Disney film Patrick.

Clip via Disney UK

The movie follows Sarah Francis (Edmondson), a teacher who is bequeathed a pug from her grandmother that both causes chaos and turns her life around.

The movie boasts the same director as Absolutely Fabulous, and is sure to be a hit with dog-lovers and rom-cam fans everywhere.

And as if that wasn’t enough, comedian Rob Brydon will also be on the show to talk about his new movie Swimming with Men, which also stars Rupert Graves and Charlotte Riley, while Florence + the Machine will perform new single ‘Hunger’.

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