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November 13th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, David Haye, Gerard Butler, Jonathan-Ross, Michael McIntyre, Sarah Harding

David Haye and Sarah Harding join Jonathan Ross for this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
Sarah Harding tells Jonathan that Girls Aloud will get back together but they don’t know when: “We’re simply taking a break, we all felt it was time… we said about a year, but we’re going to see.”
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November 4th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jimmy Carr, Jonathan-Ross, Robbie Williams, Serena Williams

Robbie Williams join Jonathan Ross for this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
In an extraordinarily frank interview Robbie Williams says nerves did for him on The X Factor.
“The doors got stuck, I thought what are the words… I get incredibly nervous… it wasn’t drugs or drink, just deer in the headlights,” he says.
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October 30th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jonathan-Ross

Dominic Cooper, Christopher Walken and Dara O’Briain join Jonathan Ross for this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
Dominic Cooper reveals making Mamma Mia was chaos: “It was kind of intimidating… we all had no idea what we were doing.” He thinks there should be a sequel.
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October 16th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Alesha Dixon, BBC, Jonathan-Ross

Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon joins Jonathan Ross for this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
Setting the Strictly record straight, she reveals that she didn’t know Arlene Phillips was out: “I knew nothing, I found out when everyone else did. I was as surprised as everyone else but I took all the flak for it.”
She also denies Arlene was a victim of ageism: “Personally I don’t think it’s about ageism, I think that’s a load of rubbish.”
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October 13th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: British Comedy Awards 2009, ITV, Jonathan-Ross

Jonathan Ross will host the 2009 British Comedy Awards which will be broadcast on ITV1 later this year.
Celebrating its 20th year, Britain’s best-loved comedy awards ceremony enjoys a renowned reputation for providing riotous and unpredictable viewing in the presence of an international array of the biggest names in entertainment, showcasing some of the most outrageous, successful and hilarious comedy moments of the year.
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October 9th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Chris Evans, Jonathan-Ross

Chris Evans – BBC Radio 2’s new breakfast host – joins Jonathan Ross for this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
In an extraordinarily candid interview Chris says he can’t wait to take over from Terry Wogan and won’t fail: “There was no fear, I said yes straightaway. What happened at Radio 1 will never happen again, I will never get to that point.”
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September 11th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jonathan-Ross

Jonathan Ross welcomes Barry Manilow, Eva Mendes and Alan Davies to BBC One’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.
Barry Manilow says he didn’t want fame: “I didn’t want to be a performer, I hated it.”
And he didn’t enjoy success: “My life changed overnight, everything went upside down, I was on Mars for the first three years, it happened so quickly… I can’t imagine what it does to you now.”
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September 11th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Ant-&-Dec, Ant-And-Dec, BBC, ITV, Jonathan-Ross

Ant and Dec have reportedly been banned from appearing on BBC’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.
The Sun has reported that the ban is part of a tit for tat row between ITV and BBC, after the Beeb banned Barbara Windsor from taking part in ‘Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.’
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September 9th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Barbra Streisand, Jonathan-Ross

One of the biggest and best-loved superstars in the world, Barbra Streisand, has today confirmed a world exclusive appearance with Jonathan Ross.
In her first British TV interview this century, she will be in the UK for a unique edition of Jonathan’s BBC One Friday night talk show, Friday Night With Streisand And Ross, entirely devoted to a celebration of her legendary life as a performing icon.
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September 4th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, British Comedy Awards 2010, Jonathan-Ross

Jonathan Ross is to return as host of the British Comedy Awards for 2010. He stepped down from the show last year after the famous Sachsgate scandal.
Anus Deayton stepped in but failed to impress beeb bosses, so they’re paying £50,000 for the Jonathan Ross to return for his 18th year.
An insider told The Sun: “Angus was OK – but it wasn’t the same as with Jonathan. It’s great he’s back on a show we know he loves doing.”
September 4th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jamie-Oliver, Jonathan-Ross, Mika, Ricky-Gervais, Stuart Broad

Jonathan Ross welcomes Jamie Oliver, Stuart Broad, Ricky Gervais and Mika as Friday Night With Jonathan Ross returns tonight on BBC One after its summer break.
Jamie Oliver condemns Gordon Brown’s kitchen at the G20 banquet: “They’ve got the worst kitchens in England at Number Ten; terrible. Wandsworth Prison has better gear than Downing Street!”
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September 3rd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jamie-Oliver, Jonathan-Ross

Jonathan Ross is in for a treat this Thursday. Jamie Oliver is recording a segment for Ross’s returning chat show and is planning to serve bulls’ testicles to the TV presenter.
A spokesman for Jamie told MSN: “It’s a big hit with the cowboys of the Wild West and although the recipe isn’t in Jamie’s new book, he felt it was the perfect thing to cook up on Jonathan’s show.”
The dish is known as Rocky Mountain Oysters and Jamie first heard of it whilst recording his current Channel 4 series, Jamie’s American Road Trip.
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July 24th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jonathan-Ross

In the final show of the current season Jonathan Ross welcomes Quentin Tarantino to this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
Quentin Tarantino says he wanted to direct Pierce Brosnan as Bond in Casino Royale, and would still like to direct a Bond movie.
“I said I wanted to do Casino Royale, they said it was unfilmable… I would have done it with Pierce Brosnan.”
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July 17th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jonathan-Ross

Jonathan Ross welcome U2’s Bono and The Edge to this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
Talking about meeting top politicians, Bono refuses to condemn George Bush: “I made my feelings very clear with him, he did a lot for our issues.” And says he admires Tony Blair: “He’s done some amazing things.”
He tells Jonathan how he shared a joke with Barack Obama: “I was avoiding being hugged by Bush, he said nice work with the hug dodge!”
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July 6th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, Jonathan-Ross, OFCOM

OFCOM has cleared BBC presenter Jonathan Ross of making homophobic slurs on his Radio 2 show.
Earlier this year there were 61 complaints after Ross suggested that boys who wanted a Hannah Montana mp3 player were gay and should be put up for adoption. The adoption thing may have taken the concept too far, but the first part of the statement I’d have to agree with.
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