Although the rude objects in "Graham's drawer" did not survive, the phone calls and hidden camera surprises have.

These surprises are sometimes centred on the guests, such as Sarah Beeny's dating website, a TARDIS on the South Bank when David Tennant appeared and a wine-tasting group drinking Gérard Depardieu's wine whilst he was on the show.

This section was seen in an extended weekend repeat, called Graham Norton Uncut, and was also made available as a downloadable podcast.

A typical show consisted of one big celebrity name, a comedian sitting in the aforementioned comedy chair and a well-known musical personality who would all be introduced after the monologue.

Unlike the BBC Two show, the BBC One show does not end with the musical performance, but with a new audience participation segment called That's All We've Got Time For, where audience members sit in the famous red chair and begin to tell a humorous story.

[4] The red chair segment was inspired by comedian Ronnie Corbett's long-winded armchair monologues.

A 12-week second series began on 11 October 2007 and culminated with a Boxing Day special and a New Year's compilation from previous episodes.

The show made its North American premiere on BBC America on 2 June 2007, one week after what was supposed to be the final episode of series 1 (before its extension).

Unlike the previous series, each episode premiered in the United States only nine days after its initial UK broadcast.

"[7] The Graham Norton Show had been produced from the ITV Studios on London's Southbank since it began in 2007.

At the end of the final show, a photograph was taken of all the crew on the sofa along with Norton with a caption reading "Love, thanks and goodbye to The London Studios".

[9][10] Series 27, which began on 10 April 2020, adopted a slightly different format due to the continuing global coronavirus pandemic.

Initially airing in an earlier timeslot of 9:00 pm and its running time reduced to 30 minutes, the programme was presented by Norton from his own home chatting to guests via video link.

Guests who are based abroad continued to join in remotely via video link and a reduced capacity audience, wearing face coverings, were allowed to attend the recordings.

[citation needed] In Latin America, Poland and several countries in continental Europe, The Graham Norton Show is aired on satellite channel BBC Entertainment.

[12] In November 2015, The Weinstein Company bought the series rights in the United States and took a break while negotiating a new contract with BBC America.

TV3 then moved The Graham Norton Show back to their main channel, where it airs every Saturday, 24 hours after UK transmission, usually at around 10.pm.

[17][18] Additionally, for Pay TV viewers (Foxtel), it airs on UKTV at 9.30pm Mondays, with repeats on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives, The Graham Norton Show airs Saturday nights on Comedy Central a week after the BBC broadcast.