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26th Jan 2018

Here’s who’s on the Late Late and Graham Norton tonight

Alan Loughnane

Graham Norton Show

Which will you be watching?

If you’re staying in on your Friday night, you’ve a few choices facing you tonight. Do you watch the Late Late, or do you watch Graham? Or… do you watch the Late Late first, record Graham and then watch it after.

You do get to sleep in tomorrow morning, after all…

The Late Late kicks off as usual at 9.35pm on RTÉ One, with The Graham Norton show going out at 10.35pm on BBC One and 11.05pm on BBC One Northern Ireland.

The Late Late Show

Amy Huberman and Maria Doyle Kennedy: The pair will join host Ryan Tubridy to discuss filming together on the hit drama Striking Out. They’ll discuss Huberman’s chances of winning an IFTA and Ryan will be asking Orphan Black star Maria about her celebrated career in music and joining Caitriona Balfe on the hit series Outlander.

Peter Stringer:  The former Ireland scrum-half will talk about twenty years of top flight rugby including achieving Grand Slam glory with Ireland and taking home the Heineken Cup with Munster. They’ll also discuss what’s next for him after returning home from England.

Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave will be on the Late Late couch. He’ll be discussing the controversial decision to pull the Web Summit from Ireland among other things.

Child psychologist David Coleman, CyberSafeIreland’s Cliona Curley, and Irish Daily Mail editor Sebastian Hamilton will discuss the dangers facing children using social media apps, and how parents can make sure their children stay safe online.

There will also be music from the upcoming TradFest with Martha Wainwright and JP & The Seeger Session Band.

The Graham Norton Show

Tom Cruise will join Graham on his couch to discuss the new Mission Impossible movie. According to our calculations, they’re on the 67th movie of that franchise.

Henry Cavill will be alongside the world’s most famous scientologist as he’s also starring in the new Mission Impossible movie.

Spoiler alert, all the couch are in the new Mission Impossible.

The duo will be joined by Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson, who has also appeared in The Girl on the Train, Life, The Snowman, and The Greatest Showman.

Simon Pegg, famous for his roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End will provide the comic relief on the red sofa.

The musical guest on the episode airing this weekend is Paloma Faith.

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