This week Jonathan Ross welcomes Jamie Oliver to his BBC One show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

Talking about the nation’s health, Jamie says: “It’s going to be a horror show…the health system is crumbling, and when it’s gone we’ll be so sad because we’re breaking it.

“The last time our government did something radical about health was the Ministry of Food.”

On school dinners, he adds: “It’ll be nine years before we get a service across the board, we’re on track, we need more money for kitchens for every school…we’ve got a government that’s talking about it a lot, I want to know who’s running it so they can do a good job.” Read more & comment »

This week Jonathan Ross welcomes Cheryl Cole to his BBC One show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

Cheryl Cole confirms her marriage is back on track. Showing off her wedding ring, she says: “I was tempted to put it [the ring] back on – in his head!”

“There’s no such thing as a private life in this industry. I spoke openly about my marriage in the past and it’s come back to hit me in the face… I learnt from the past that you shouldn’t do that.” Read more & comment »

This week Jonathan Ross welcomes Stevie Wonder to his BBC One show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

In a rare TV interview Stevie Wonder expresses his support for US presidential candidate Barack Obama.

“I’m saying what we need is change in America, we must become a united people. America needs Barack Obama, it’s that simple,” he says.

“When people talk about colour it makes me laugh. I see a spirit in his heart. I believe him and trust that his heart is seeing truth and that’s why I’ll be voting for him, no question. We have to grow up as a world. You have to understand that you can’t have change if you have fear.” Read more & comment »

Jonathan Ross pays tribute to Britain’s victorious Olympians tonight when he returns for a new season of his multi award-winning BBC One show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

Jonathan caught up with some of Team GB’s gold medal heroes yesterday before saluting them in his own inimitable style when he welcomes them as guests on the first edition of the new season.

Also on tonight’s show, broadcast at 10.35pm, Jonathan talks to Kelly Brook. Read more & comment »

Tonight on BBC One in the last show of the current series of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, legendary disco soul diva Chaka Khan talks about her own troubled past and why people should try to understand Amy Winehouse.

Chaka tells Jonathan: “She reminds me of myself. I love her. Be really nice to her because she needs a lot of love and support.”

Chaka also talks about her own experience of being sober for four years. “Rehab is boring,” she says. “I thought I’d done the wrong thing, then you find out what life [really] is. For three months everything could make me cry.” Read more & comment »

Sienna Miller joins Jonathan Ross on BBC One tonight to talk about paparazzi, her reputation and nudity on film.

On Friday Night With Jonathan Ross she says of the paparazzi: “If you take away the cameras, it’s weird. They shout ’slut’. They do things that you’ll react to, and I’m defensive, they do provoke you, it’s not fun.”

And the press: “I don’t read the papers but I hear it’s been a bad week. There’ll be grains of truth, but it’s massively exaggerated. Read more & comment »

Robbie Coltrane tells Jonathan Ross this Friday that it’s time for Cracker – The Movie.

Appearing on this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, the Harry Potter star says he’d love to see his acclaimed crime-cracking psychologist character on the big screen.

Robbie tells Jonathan: “We always wanted to do a film. All you have to do to raise the money is say that George Clooney is a possible suspect.” Read more & comment »

There’s a revelation from Jonathan Ross on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - the presenter admits that Sex And The City - The Movie reduced him to tears.

On tonight’s show on BBC One, Jonathan talks to the film’s star Sarah Jessica Parker, who scotches rumours of rows with her co-stars.

Sarah says: “I love those women, I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else. We are family, there would be no reason to do it otherwise… I’m so proud of the work the other ladies have done, I think they’re marvellous.” Read more & comment »

Tonight on BBC One’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (Friday 25 April, 10.35pm), comedy hero turned actor Russell Brand confirms he will be playing himself in the film version of his biography My Booky Wook: “Michael Winterbottom’s directing it. I’m playing me.”

He says he wants to settle down: “I want to have grand children, I work hard to avoid being alone in bed.”

He fancies Serena Williams: “When I met Serena Williams I thought I’d found the one, she was so powerful … I thought act English, she’ll like that. I invited her to my stand-up but she wouldn’t give me her phone number. Read more & comment »

Tonight on BBC One’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Ian Wright, appearing with Gladiators co-presenter Kirsty Gallagher, gives his views on the state of English football:

“Fabio Capello is very good, hopefully he’ll knock our boys into shape and [show] how much they can inspire people when they play well.

“There are more distractions for footballers at the moment, I question their love of the game. If you love the game first, everything else will come.

“The bling is the most important thing at the moment. They need to be focusing and playing football and inspiring, that’s what it’s all about.” Read more & comment »

THE WALL burst onto BBC Three last night with celebrity confessions, comedy sketches, music and laughter – all smeared with our own brand comedy sauce.

One of Britain’s most popular television personalities, Jonathan Ross joins television’s hottest property Alexa Chung and comedy star Rhys Thomas (The Fast Show, Star Stories) for the evening packed full of saucy revelations!

The show kicked off with Alexa getting a grilling from her co-host about sex with her famous rock star boyfriend. Keeping quiet about her own relationship, she sensationally confessed that she’d love to go out with aging Rolling Stone rocker Keith Richards. Read more & comment »

One of Britain’s most popular television personalities, Jonathan Ross is set to appear on BBC Three’s The Wall as the very first guest. Like all of The Wall’s celebrity guests, Jonathan will perform in some of the sketches…be prepared to expect the unexpected…

Jonathan will join television’s hottest property Alexa Chung and comedy star Rhys Thomas (The Fast Show, Star Stories) for the show packed full of comedy, music and unpredictable interaction.

Viewers will also be treated to an electrifying and exclusive performance from the coolest new indie band around- Mystery Jets, who will be performing their next single ‘Two Doors Down’ live in the studio. Read more & comment »

Tonight on BBC One’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Catherine Tate reveals she is desperate to be Nancy in Oliver!

She says: “I’d love to do Nancy, musical theatre, yes, for the rest of my life. I’ll ring up John Barrowman and sing I’d Do Anything to him!”

Appearing with The Doctor David Tennant, she says she never liked Doctor Who as a child.

“I didn’t watch when I was little, I wasn’t a fan. I thought it was quite boring … [but] when David [Tennant] starting doing it, I started watching.” Read more & comment »

Tonight on BBC One, Jonathan Ross chats to Natasha Kaplinsky, Trevor Eve and Donald Sutherland.

Five news presenter Natasha Kaplinsky says on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross: “I’ve always been hired by male bosses. It amuses me because they always say ‘you should change your hair, your lipstick’, meanwhile they can hardly dress themselves.”

And she says: “What irritates me is I never see a man being called an auto-cutie.”

She was apprehensive about her Five makeover: “There was anxiety around it, it was a bit of a risk. The clothes were a big thing. They said don’t wear jackets. There was a procession of stylists, only one shirt [of mine] survived… getting my hair to look reasonable is quite a feat, it doesn’t look great natural, it’s really curly. My husband Justin says it’s like having two partners.” Read more & comment »

Tonight on BBC One’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Hollywood’s Goldie Hawn talks about the secrets of a sexy relationship.

Goldie has been with her partner Kurt Russell for 25 years. She says:

“Flirting is healthy, tension is good. I want a girl to want him [Kurt]. I like it. It’s up to Kurt how he handles it – we argue, but it shows I still care.”

“I dress up before I go to bed. I feel nice, and Kurt likes it. I don outfits for him, it’s fun.”

“I like the fact I’m not married. I wake up fresh every day. I could walk out at any moment but we choose to be together.” Read more & comment »