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''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' is a British
on 29 October 2008 when Ross and Russell Brand were both suspended from their TV and radio shows in the events after ''The Russell Brand Show'' prank telephone calls row. The show returned on 23 January 2009, attracting 5.1 million viewers. The final 275th episode was broadcast on 16 July 2010.
On 12 June 2009, the show began airing in the United States on chat show
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presented by Jonathan Ross and broadcast on BBC One
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between 2001 and 2010. The programme features Ross' take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews (usually three per show) and live music from both a guest music group and the house band. First broadcast on 2 November 2001, the show began its final series in January 2010 and ended on 16 July 2010.
The most frequent guests were Ricky Gervais and Jack Dee
James Andrew Innes Dee (born 24 September 1961), known professionally as Jack Dee, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and writer known for his sarcasm, irony and deadpan humour. He wrote and starred in the sitcom ''Lead Balloon'' ...
(eight episodes each), Eddie Izzard
Edward John Izzard (; born 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime.
Izzard's stand- ...
(seven episodes), Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes '' Top Gear'' and '' The Grand Tour'' alongside R ...
and Jimmy Carr
James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is a British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer, and actor. He is known for his deadpan delivery of controversial one-liners and distinctive laugh, for which he has been both praised and criti ...
(six episodes). Johnny Vegas
Michael Joseph Pennington (born 5 September 1970), better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, overweight appearance, angry comedic rants, and us ...
, David Attenborough, Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...
, Damon Albarn and Simon Pegg
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all appeared in five episodes and Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stud ...
appeared in four episodes.
From 2009 until the end, the programme was broadcast in high definition on BBC HD
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. Studio TC4 in the BBC Television Centre in London, where the show was made, was upgraded to HD, making it the third television studio in Television Centre to be upgraded to HD (the others being Studios TC1 and TC8).
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at 8pm EST. In 2010, it also started airing on the UKTV
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channel in Australia, just weeks after the episodes were first aired in the UK.
In June 2010, it was announced that Ross would be moving to ITV to host a new Saturday night chat show, ''The Jonathan Ross Show
''The Jonathan Ross Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, ''Friday Night with Jonat ...
'', which started airing in September 2011.
Format
The show was usually recorded in Studio TC4 at theBBC Television Centre
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in London. The house band, 4 Poofs and a Piano, provided musical backing. The show used to be recorded on a Thursday, but after his return from the Russell Brand incident, it was recorded on a Tuesday, leading to the show having much less topical humour. (Ross' Saturday morning Radio 2 show was also subjected to being recorded on a Friday after previously being live on Saturday).
The house band consisted of Stephen de Martin, Ian Parkin, David Roper and David Wickenden. Each episode, they would wear identical T-shirts featuring the face of a guest at the centre. Every time a guest enters the studio, the band will perform a segment of a song, usually involving a reference to that particular guest. At the beginning of each show Jonathan Ross, would segue
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In music
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from his monologue with a homosexual innuendo about the group.
There have been a number of recurring themes on ''Friday Night''. For instance, Ross often jokes about the age of veteran TV presenter Bruce Forsyth
Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British entertainer and presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the late 1950s through the ITV series '' Sunday Nig ...
. This culminated in Forsyth appearing in the opening segment of the show broadcast on 30 November 2007, to supposedly take over as the show's presenter. Ross then appeared and called Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 29 March 1969) is an English model and television presenter who co-presented the BBC One celebrity dancing show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2004 to 2013; she has been the show's main presenter since 2014.
...
(Forsyth's co-host on '' Strictly Come Dancing'') to supervise Forsyth safely out, again alluding to his age. Ross has also often made jokes about Heather Mills
Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English former model, businesswoman and activist.
Mills first came to public attention in 1993 when she was a model and was involved in a traffic collision with a police motorcycle in London. T ...
, the ex-wife of Paul McCartney
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. During a GMTV interview in October 2007, Mills complained about comments made by Ross.
At the beginning of the show, between guests and during interviews Ross often recounted incidents involving his wife, children and pets. He also referred to items in the news and demonstrated amusing products. His guests were seen at the start of the show sitting in the green room
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and Ross preceded the introduction of each by asking the audience "Shall I get my first/next guest out?". While interviewing a guest he usually chatted with the other guests in the green room.
At the end of the show, there was a musical performance from a performer or a group. There were rare occasions where the performer(s) are interviewed as well as then going on to play their song or sometimes songs, notably all three original members of proto-punk legends The Stooges
The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, was an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Da ...
( Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton
Ronald Franklin Asheton (July 17, 1948 – c. January 6, 2009) was an American musician , who was best known as the guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter for the rock band the Stooges. He formed the Stooges along with Iggy Pop and his brother, ...
and Scott Asheton
Scott Randolph Asheton (August 16, 1949 – March 15, 2014) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band the Stooges.
Asheton was born in Washington, D.C. and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan with his family at the age of ...
) were interviewed together on the show in June 2007 before performing "I Wanna Be Your Dog
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a song by American rock band the Stooges. Released as the group's debut single from the band's 1969 self-titled debut album. The riff is composed of only three chords (G, F♯ and E), is played continuously throughout th ...
". American rock band The Killers
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performed on the show in May 2009. Lead vocalist Brandon Flowers
Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, best known as the lead singer, keyboardist, and occasional bassist of the Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers.
In addition to his ...
previously had an interview with Ross before playing four songs with the band, the most that had ever been performed on the show with an interview until Robbie Williams
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performed 6 songs on 6 November 2009 after being interviewed.
Host
Ross speaks with a rhotacism
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, causing him to pronounce the consonant 'r' like a 'w', which has led to the British tabloid newspapers dubbing him "Wossy". He is also known for his flamboyant dress sense and regularly wins awards for being the best ''and'' worst-dressed celebrity (when he appeared on the series ''Room 101
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The use of contradictory ...
'', his own dress sense was one of the things he wished to banish). While appearing on ''They Think It's All Over
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'', his dress sense was frequently mocked by the other panellists.
Ross was even blamed for a textile workers' strike in 1988. David Cope, a sales director for a dyeing operation, made the claim: "Ever since that trendy Jonathan Ross started wearing his big, baggy suits on television, he set a fashion that has been extremely lucrative for the British cotton industry and now the textile workers want a share of those profits."
Ross is also well known for his distinctive long hairstyle. Ross is known for owning exotic pet
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s and is a big fan of David Bowie
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, '' Star Trek'', '' Doctor Who'', anime
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and comic books. Ross has even co-owned a comic shop in London
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with Paul Gambaccini
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Known as "The Grea ...
. He was also the visual inspiration for the main character in the comic book '' Saviour''.
Episodes
There were 274 episodes that were recorded and have been shown, with the 18th series ending on 16 July 2010. As well as variousChristmas
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specials, there have also been a number of special editions with an episode devoted to a single guest. ''Friday Night with Ross and Bowie'' being the first, aired 5 July 2002, and featuring one of Ross's heroes, David Bowie. Followed by ''Friday Night with Ross and Madonna'', aired 2 May 2003, and ''Friday Night with Ross and Parkinson'' aired on 14 March 2008, with fellow chat show host Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show '' Parkinson'' from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the U ...
. Another, ''Friday Night with Streisand and Ross'' aired on 2 October 2009, with a world exclusive interview from actress Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
. It was also the first time that she had performed on British television.
Suspension
The show was suspended on 29 October 2008 by the BBC when Ross and Brand were both suspended from their TV and radio shows, in the events after ''The Russell Brand Show'' prank telephone calls row. Ross was later given an additional 12-week suspension, and released a statement, reading:"I am deeply sorry and greatly regret the upset and distress that my juvenile and thoughtless remarks on the Russell Brand show have caused. I have not issued a statement previously because it was my intention and desire to offer an apology to all those offended on my Friday night programme. However, it was a stupid error of judgement on my part, and I offer a full apology." - Jonathan Ross' apology, taken from BBC News.The comedy stand-up show '' Live at the Apollo'' was shown in the 22:35 Friday night slot during Ross's absence. A new series of the popular comedy stand-up show was quickly commissioned to fill the slot, which featured films for four weeks after the suspension. ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' returned on 23 January 2009. The show's return was watched by 5.1 million viewers, and received 25 complaints (protesting the show's return), and 3 messages of support for Ross. Incidentally, there were fewer than 25 complaints made about the original incident prior to its reporting in the media.
Awards
BAFTA TV Awards
*2004 Best Entertainment Performance *2006 Best Entertainment Performance *2007 Best Entertainment PerformanceBritish Comedy Awards
*2003 Best Comedy Entertainment ProgrammeRoyal Television Society Awards
*2003 Best Entertainment Performance *2004 Best Entertainment PerformanceReferences
External links
* * *4 Poofs and a Piano site
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