1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,720 Hi. I'm Regina King, 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,000 And welcome to The Graham Norton Show! 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:21,200 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 4 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,320 Hello, good evening, Happy New Year! 5 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:33,600 Hey, just remember, it can't be worse than last year, right? 6 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,440 You're all so welcome to the show, and hello to our lockdown 7 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,440 audience watching from home! 8 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,040 There they are! Yes! 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:46,960 I think I've spotted a few home-schoolers there... 10 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,720 The ones sobbing and rocking. 11 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,800 And did you all do the Thursday night clap? 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,720 This time, we're cheering all the key workers. 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:57,760 NHS staff! 14 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,120 CHEERING. 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,320 Carers! 16 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,320 CHEERING. 17 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:04,360 Teachers! 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,040 CHEERING. 19 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,120 And, of course, wine delivery drivers! 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,760 CHEERING. 21 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,280 A grateful nation thanks you. 22 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,040 Listen, we've got a packed show for you tonight. 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,440 With me here in the studio, it's Years and Years 24 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:21,480 frontman-turned-actor Olly Alexander! 25 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,880 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. 26 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,040 Comedian and actress, the wonderful Mel Giedroyc is here. 27 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,480 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. 28 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,120 And star of Peep Show and Would I Lie to You, 29 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,320 it's the brilliant David Mitchell! 30 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:33,960 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. 31 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,600 Shortly, we'll be joined by the star of the global hit 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,200 The Queen's Gambit - Anya Taylor-Joy. 33 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,840 Host of the biggest talk show in the world, Jimmy Fallon 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,360 will be dropping in... 35 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,880 And she's the Oscar-winning star of Watchmen and 36 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:54,680 If Beale Street Could Talk - Regina King will be here. 37 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,320 Plus, we'll have music right here in the studio from one 38 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,440 of the break-out stars of 2020 - Yungblud. 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:07,440 APPLAUSE. Yes, he is here! Here, ladies and 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:12,920 gentlemen! Thank you very much for leaving their houses. We are so 41 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:19,120 happy to be here! I know! I have never known the guests to be happy! 42 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:26,920 I am so giddy, the best party I have ever been to. Olly, you are excited 43 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,880 to be here... 44 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,520 You're excited to be here, but I don't think as excited 45 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,680 as you were the last time you were here? 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:35,720 No, that's true. 47 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,080 It's good to be back where I had the greatest night of my life! 48 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:40,120 Wow! 49 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,240 It was here when I met Rhianna and I was very, very excited. 50 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,280 I actually blacked out. 51 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,200 I don't even remember the experience at all, 52 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,600 coming on here, on the sofa, meeting her in front 53 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,640 of all the people. 54 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:51,560 I just remember launching myself across Helena Bonham 55 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,600 Carter to touch Rhianna! 56 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,760 Just not even thinking about how that would look. 57 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,920 I watched it back and I was so embarrassed. 58 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:58,600 And we are not in the same...? 59 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,280 Right now I can't even reach you. 60 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Don't try. 61 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,680 Often people say, I'm such a fan of someone who is on the show 62 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,360 and they come on and go "Hi". 63 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,400 No - proper fan. 64 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,320 Not just for telly, this is them backstage. 65 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,520 Look how happy Olly is. 66 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,240 Look at that. 67 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,040 He's exploding out of his face! 68 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,080 Look at that. 69 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,480 Back when people just stood right next to each other. 70 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,520 What a time! 71 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,920 It's like they're married! 72 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:24,200 Was she lovely? 73 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:25,240 She was, she was. 74 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,320 She was so nice. 75 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,480 And I gave her the album after the show. 76 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,080 I was like, "You can put this straight in the bin if you want to". 77 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,400 And she looked at me and she was like, "I would never do that". 78 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,040 And she hugged me and it was the best experience ever. 79 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:43,200 She smelled amazing. 80 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,800 She didn't put it in the bin, she just left it 81 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:46,840 in the dressing room. 82 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,080 She has she has people! 83 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,680 She has people to put things in the bin for her. 84 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:51,720 Could you...? 85 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:52,800 Thanks. 86 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:59,160 That's fine, I'm happy. 87 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,000 So lots to do tonight, let's crack on with David Mitchell - 88 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,640 he's reunited with Robert Webb in a second series of Back. 89 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,560 It's on Channel 4 Thursday 21st at 10pm. 90 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:13,200 So, remind us of the set-up and where we left you last series. 91 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,280 It is about... I play a disappointed, unhappy man called 92 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:23,360 Stephen. And what self-esteem he has is derived from the fact that he has 93 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:29,080 a sense of belonging in his family and the family owns and runs a pub 94 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:36,520 and he is managing the pub, although not very well. Anyway... And his 95 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,120 father's funeral, the character played by Robert turns up, and 96 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,680 basically he claims to be his brother. It turns out that his 97 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,040 character, Andrew, was fostered with the family at some point and 98 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,920 suddenly there is an impostor and the only thing Stephen cares 99 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,720 about... In the first series, Stephen. Bits and has a bit of a 100 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,480 breakdown so at the beginning of the second series he is in an 101 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,200 institution where they were trying to help him and he sort of doing OK 102 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:12,120 and planning to try and launch himself back into his family, the 103 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,480 pub and trying to reassert his existence and get his life back from 104 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,520 this weird imposter, Andrew, who Stephen thinks is the devil and 105 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,360 everyone else seems to really like. You have a plan and this is a clip 106 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,960 of you in the institution, talking to your ex-wife, played by Olivia 107 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:35,880 Pillay. I'm still mad. You don't seem to be. I'm so bad I look 108 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,480 normal, just a guy and a residential facility being helped by a regime of 109 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,560 appropriate medication and therapy. What is suspicious about that?! 110 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:51,040 Nothing. It is genius. Mad genius! Maybe stop saying mad. Useful 111 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,600 shorthand. If your therapist thinks you are progressing out he does 112 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,400 nothing, we disagreed over the correct plural form of copper soup, 113 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:05,040 he thinks it is cup as soups, it is quite clearly cups as soup, a 114 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:10,200 multiple number of cups of soup. Hello, did you find your phone? It 115 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,720 was in my coat pocket all the time. No, I think you're lying. Only 116 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:26,880 joking, I totally believe it was in your pocket! Thanks! 117 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:37,720 There's nothing there. Oh, I swallow them! Funny, funny! Lots of people 118 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,280 have been affected by lockdown but you had more than lockdown to 119 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,560 contend with, I took a lot to get this over the wire? We started 120 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:50,840 filming in October last year and it could have been on... I say October, 121 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:55,760 I mean October the year before last. We were thinking, that wasn't very 122 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:02,360 long! 2019. And then the insurance medical for the show, Robert Webb 123 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,120 was diagnosed with quite a serious heart condition. And he had to have 124 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:12,640 open heart surgery. Is he all right? He is now dead. 125 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:20,280 LAUGHTER You had to bring us down! He is 126 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,960 fine. It went brilliantly. Better than ever. And then he had to get 127 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:30,320 better from that and then we remounted the shoot and got going 128 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:35,920 again at the end of February 2020. Then there was the small issue of 129 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,920 the global pandemic... We had to stop for a while again. We finished 130 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,720 finally in September and then it was edited and it is going to be on 131 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,800 television. Except so many things have gone wrong I would not be 132 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,080 surprised if on the 20th of January it is announced that television 133 00:07:51,080 --> 00:08:00,320 spreads Covid! It will be radio from here on in! We have to mention the 134 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:07,160 last sitcom that you did, Peep Show, which was so successful. It was so 135 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,000 successful, and you both have done well, but not as well as some people 136 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:18,040 associated with that show. I mean, it is crazy... And Oscar winner? 137 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:26,720 Yes... Have you won an Oscar? Not that I'm aware of. I have turned my 138 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:33,240 phone off for this so maybe there is news... She is currently the first 139 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:39,080 of the Oscar winners from Peep Show. Olivia Coleman. When you watched, 140 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:43,120 obviously you can be pleased for her being nominated, when you watched, 141 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:49,200 could you still be pleased when she won? Do you know, I am an extremely 142 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,200 mean-spirited person... And usually I am not keen on other people 143 00:08:53,200 --> 00:09:00,120 succeeding. But she is so nice... And I've known her so long... I was 144 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:07,320 surprised how thrilled I was when she won. It was brilliant. It felt a 145 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 bit insane, seeing somebody that you had done things at college with and 146 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,720 there she is winning an Oscar. Does she still get back to you quickly 147 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:20,800 when you text her, for example? Or is there bit more... Well, I'm not 148 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:27,880 allowed to have her number any more. Yes... She treats me like I'm a 149 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:34,640 human of equivalent significance. Wow! Guest out and I cannot promise 150 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:40,040 I would do the same to her if the roles were reversed. Everyone has 151 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,160 humble beginnings. And Mel Giedroyc, we find a little clip of you, your 152 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,880 very first foray into comedy. Do you know about this, what I'm talking 153 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:53,800 about? I think you are aged eight years old, untouched by time, you 154 00:09:53,800 --> 00:10:00,720 will notice. Even the hair is similar. Eight years old, you are on 155 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:06,600 the wild and wacky magpie. Magpie was the cool version of Blue Peter, 156 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:13,120 it was slightly bohemian, early much like that... The presenter could be 157 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,320 propping up a wall in Shoreditch as we speak. And this is you trying out 158 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:23,200 some material. We had the goodies on the programme and we invited you to 159 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,200 send in your favourite jokes. We have some of these successful 160 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,320 drugmakers in the studio. We will hear these jokes today but we will 161 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,760 assess how funny these particular jokes are with a very special and 162 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,120 select panel we have invited into the studio so I want to introduce 163 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:46,920 you to them. Starting off with the laughing policeman... Melanie, your 164 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:51,920 joke? What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with an elephant? I don't 165 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,440 know, what do you get? Big holes all over the street! 166 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:04,520 LAUGHTER Aww!, it was funny then and it is 167 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:11,720 funny now. That was brilliant! And you are selling that gag! Always. 168 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:17,640 Something quite bad happened afterwards. I was so obsessed with 169 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:25,120 the Goodies, I had a migraine, I was so excited. Like you with Rihanna! 170 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:30,720 It was like that for me, I went up to Bill Oddie afterwards. After the 171 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:35,240 recording. And I said, I really love the Goodies, I watch you all the 172 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:42,480 time and he said, what, even when we are not on? That's a bit like an 173 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:49,240 album going into the bin! I was crushed! The journey back to 174 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:56,880 Leatherhead was seriously... Worse than normal! 175 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,040 Right, time to meet our first remote guest tonight. 176 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,920 She's the star of the huge Netflix hit The Queen's Gambit - 177 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,160 say hello to Anya Taylor-Joy. 178 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:12,440 APPLAUSE. It is Anya Taylor-Joy! Hello! Where 179 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:21,520 are you? I am in LA right now. Of course you are! Tell me, what is 180 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:27,080 acai? You are not just the start of a hit, the star of the most 181 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:32,200 successful television show in the world! I mean... I will tell you 182 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:37,120 what it is now, after I completed my quarantine, I'm still very 183 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,440 jet-lagged and I went for a walk at four o'clock in the morning. Where 184 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,920 do I know? Sunset Boulevard, I will walk there. I walked up there and 185 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:50,040 there is a giant billboard of my face. And I had never experienced 186 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,920 that before in my life. And I probably turned around and walked 187 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:58,800 back because it was too much! I don't know if you do this, Netflix 188 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,960 don't normally talk about viewing figures but they have said that 62 189 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:08,560 million households have watched The Queen's Gambit! She is amazing, 190 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:12,160 that's why! APPLAUSE. 191 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:18,560 For anyone who does not know, The Queen's Gambit, very stylish show, 192 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:24,000 set in the 60s, a chess prodigy who has addiction issues. It does not 193 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,960 sound like an obvious hit. How do you explain it? Why do you think it 194 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:34,520 has gone so gangbusters? A couple of different things, I think for one it 195 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,800 is a story of redemption. And it is nice to know that you can overcome 196 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,120 your demons in that way. But also, Passion is just exciting, from the 197 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:47,720 minute you see how passionate she is about chess, it draws you into it in 198 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,840 that way. And it is very pretty to look at, that never hurts. 199 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,960 Apparently, all those chess matches... Games? They were 200 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,520 accurate? You could follow them if you could follow them? Absolutely, 201 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,840 anything we are playing on the screen is legitimate. And most of 202 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:12,480 them are based on historic games. That was fun. What about the other 203 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:20,360 Bishop? It will be a porn once the night trades, can't you see that? I 204 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:32,680 cannot find that fast. I wish you could. You are too sharp for me. 205 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:39,640 APPLAUSE Do you know how hard it is to be 206 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,880 that mean to Harry Manning? He is like the sweetest individual in the 207 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:52,040 world. He played Harry and his name is Harry. That was exciting for you 208 00:14:52,040 --> 00:15:02,200 to do a scene with Harry. That was her Rihanna! Tell us why he meant so 209 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:07,880 much to you. I learned to speak English reading the Harry Potter 210 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,440 books, so as lame as it sounds, those characters were my best 211 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:19,000 friends. I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter franchise. Look at him! 212 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,400 Not an obvious one, presumably people don't come up to him all the 213 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,960 time? He is still part of the universe! What language where you 214 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:32,640 speaking when you learned to speak English through Harry Potter? 215 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:38,560 Spanish. Oh, OK. When did you come to London? When I was six but I only 216 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,880 learned English when I was eight because I was convinced if I didn't 217 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,520 speak the language, my parents would have to take me home and that failed 218 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:52,920 miserably! So, yeah, I had to learn. Chess set sails all over the world 219 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:58,880 have gone up. Mel Giedroyc, you have got into it? Yes, I have to say, we 220 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,040 have now started playing chess regularly in our household because 221 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:10,040 of you. My daughters are really involved, it's fantastic. I have to 222 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:14,760 tell you this, this is going to sound really random but being in 223 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:19,760 Beth's headspace all the time is quite a strange experience was that 224 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,720 I had never seen Bake Off before so I clung to it whilst I was filming 225 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:29,160 The Queen's Gambit the whole time. You are right there with me. I am 226 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:34,400 not in it any more. I started from the bed very beginning because I 227 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:40,000 haven't seen it before. Not series one with the hair dos the styling! 228 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:47,120 There was one lady... Classic Bake Off. It gets better, series three. 229 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:53,800 Public service Bake Off. It jumps up about series five. Do you like 230 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:59,440 chess, do you play? You seem like you word? I know the rules of chess. 231 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,560 I must say, I don't play chess. I learned the rules of chess as a boy, 232 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:07,040 I wasn't very good at it and I thought it was a boring game. I 233 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,560 thought The Queen's Gambit was a brilliant show, by the way, and I 234 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,920 loved it but one of the things that were so exciting as you didn't have 235 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:19,000 to say that much of the actual chess. She is playing a bit of 236 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,480 chess, she's going to win, she's great at chess. You don't have to 237 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:29,040 watch it blow by blow and whatever the pawn is to do. Going to win the 238 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:36,720 chess, yes! Who won the chess? Oddly, do you play chess? I have 239 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:43,080 played a Lego chess, that was a game I had once on my computer. He played 240 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:50,760 Lego. One of our younger guests, Anya. They don't leave anything 241 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,920 alone, there has to be a Lego version of everything. You do have a 242 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,920 big chess board, don't you? I do. Netflix sent me the mother of all 243 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:03,240 chess boards whilst I was working or not at home, which means I had to 244 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:09,600 travel back with said chessboard and that didn't make me look like a tool 245 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:16,640 at all! LAUGHTER Down-to-earth, clearly. Anya, it's 246 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,440 been lovely talking to you. 247 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,600 The Queen's Gambit is available to stream on Netflix. 248 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,800 Anya Taylor-Joy, everyone! 249 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:29,440 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you so much. The chess. What 250 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:37,400 is wrong with the definite article, the chess? It's just wrong. It 251 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:43,520 sounds a bit wrong! You might say I'm going to watch the tennis. The 252 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:50,320 tennis might refer to the coverage of Wimbledon. I'm watching the 253 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,880 chess. Let's move on. 254 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,800 Olly Alexander - singer-turned-actor in the new drama 255 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,640 serial from Russell T Davies, It's A Sin. 256 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,640 It's an extraordinary programme. 257 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,640 It's starting on Friday 22nd January at 9pm, on Channel 4. 258 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:09,800 This is Russell T's great opus about gay life in the 1980's. 259 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,240 And the Aids epidemic. 260 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,280 Who do you play? 261 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,880 Tell us about it. 262 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:22,120 I play a young lead called Ritchie, born and bred on the Isle of Wight 263 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:25,840 had moved to London at 18 and tells his family he will be studying law 264 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,640 and will come back as an accomplished lawyer but as soon as 265 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,920 he gets there, he falls in with a group of friends and they become 266 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,400 really tight knit and he changes to drama and wants to become an actor. 267 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,960 The show really follows this group of friends who kind of grow up 268 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,560 together and they fall in and out of love, they are figuring out who they 269 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:49,160 are and then there is the arrival of this mysterious illness that turns 270 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:54,920 out to be HIV and Aids and it changes all their lives forever. I 271 00:19:54,920 --> 00:20:00,120 was that age in the 80s in London, so watching this, I found it so 272 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:04,840 lovely but also really upsetting. It's an amazing kind of... Because I 273 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:10,760 was there, you'd think you remember it but then Russell remembers it so 274 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,200 much better. It's extraordinary. How did this happen, was he a fan of 275 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:19,960 yours? Well, when I met him, I heard... He was making a show and he 276 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,840 asked to meet me. I walked in and I'm a really big fan of Russell. 277 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:29,600 I've been a fan of his for ages. Did you do a Rihanna? A little bit but I 278 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,960 said why did you call your TV show Years and Years because that is the 279 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:40,160 name of my band. He said, because I'm a fan. I thought, OK, I will 280 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:45,280 allow it. We have a clip. This is your character sort of voicing an 281 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,920 opinion that was kind of prevalent at the time, just that thing where 282 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,640 people didn't want the party to stop. It's not fair, every time we 283 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:58,760 go out it's like this, a pack of lies. But that man who met this 284 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:03,960 man... He said, they said, do you know one that know the truth? Aids 285 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,840 is a racket, a moneymaking scheme for drugs companies. Do you think 286 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,720 there is seriously only an illness that kills gay men and it can 287 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:17,040 calculate and kill you but no one else? What about bisexuals? They say 288 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:22,240 it's a cancer but you can't catch cancer, it's not what you can catch. 289 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:28,080 It doesn't transmit. Imagine it, gay cancer. How is a cancer gay? What 290 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:32,840 does it look I like, is it pink? What does it look like? For god 291 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,160 sake! You hear all these stories, rumours and nightmares because 292 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,440 that's what they want you to think, that lot. They want to scare us and 293 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,400 stop us having six and make us really boring because they can't get 294 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:50,640 laid, that's the truth. -- McGrath stop having sex. Isn't it weird how 295 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,920 timely that has become? We think misinformation is a new thing but it 296 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,680 was always there. I know. We finished filming a year ago and then 297 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,080 when the pandemic started happening and people were saying things, all 298 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,240 these crazy rumours about where it came from, where it was made, 299 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,400 honestly, my character was saying the same lines. This is a period 300 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,760 show about the 80s, it blew my mind. It is so interesting how history 301 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,520 repeats itself like that and how misinformation is so prevalent 302 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:24,200 and... It's a problem. But how do you combat misinformation question 303 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,560 mark is there a way to do it, I'm turning to you, David. The thing 304 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:34,560 that feels like made misinformation more of a problem is the Internet. 305 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:41,160 It seems like it is designed to make it easier to order pizza and for the 306 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,920 truth to die. Those are the two things it does. Remember the pizza, 307 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:53,280 as the truth dies, remember the pizza. Yeah, maybe. I really don't 308 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:59,080 know. We are still really early days with the Internet and social media 309 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,320 and I think people will get a bit wiser about it and understand that 310 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,760 just because a lot of people are suddenly saying something, that 311 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:11,520 doesn't mean that that is the new truth you need to latch onto. And we 312 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,600 need to have faith in established news sources. Dave, you should be 313 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:24,360 Prime Minister. You have had enough, young lady! Sorry! LAUGHTER 314 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:31,920 Taxi the Mel Giedroyc! You should, you should. I try not to use the 315 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,840 Internet, gang. I know. That's great, we don't want all the shops 316 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:43,080 to close forever, do we? Don't use the Internet. Turn it off, just 317 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:51,320 don't use it. How would you order a taxi? I miss a land line, using my 318 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:57,560 landline because of do you know what the landline is? With the big wire. 319 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:02,040 I am 30! LAUGHTER He doesn't know what a landline is. 320 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,440 I looked over and I keep thinking you are in your pyjamas. He is up 321 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:16,920 late. He is here to tell us about his programme! Olly's news show It's 322 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:23,040 A Sin starts on Channel 4. 323 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,240 22nd January on Channel 4. 324 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,080 OK, let's meet our next guest - he's a very funny comedian 325 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,240 and the host of the legendary Tonight Show - 326 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,280 please welcome Jimmy Fallon! 327 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:37,280 Hello, Jimmy! I'm so excited to be on the show, honoured, I'm a big 328 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:44,120 fan. We love you here, we love you. Do you know who I am there? Yes! I 329 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:54,520 have been on your show. Oh, yes, hi, buddy. It is Olly Alexander. Mel 330 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:59,320 Giedroyc is here and David Mitchell. You are in the studio? I am in the 331 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:05,440 studio now, yes. Just us by ourselves, sorry, me and robots. Can 332 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,960 you show... That is me, there. I don't know if you can see that. It 333 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:16,080 is a wide shot. It is very lonely, no audience. Join the club. At least 334 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,280 I have some guests! British audiences, although they know you 335 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,560 and the Tonight Show, they may not understand it's kind of legacy. How 336 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:27,760 long has a Tonight Show been running, it's been on the air a long 337 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,720 time? The Tonight Show has been an institution here. It's probably been 338 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,560 on 66 years. I have hosted for six years. It's something I never 339 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,120 thought would be a job. I almost thought it was something that came 340 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:45,040 with your television set when you bought a TV set. Like, that's part 341 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,600 of the thing, I didn't know was a job. It is on every night Monday to 342 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:56,080 Friday at 11:30pm for an hour of fun. We have celebrity guests, 343 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,960 musical guests, comedians, it's really fun. You are brilliant at it, 344 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,640 you've brought such an energy to it and revitalise the whole thing. It 345 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:07,000 is extraordinary how you do it five nights a week I don't know. I want 346 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:14,160 to be the Graham Norton of America. Wow. Wait about 20 years! You will 347 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:21,560 be exhausted and grey as well. Here is the thing about you, Jimmy. I 348 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:26,120 love that you persevered with being a talk show host because, I believe 349 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:32,920 this is right, your first ever guest was Robert De Niro? Wow. Yes. He 350 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,240 came on, he was great. I was sweating because I was asking 351 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,800 questions and it's all one word answers. Are you from your might 352 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:45,600 yes. LAUGHTER Do you ever want to move anywhere 353 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:51,240 else? No. He was just kind of sit there and I was running out... I was 354 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,360 battling by the end. What is a movie? LAUGHTER 355 00:26:54,360 --> 00:27:00,800 You have had people that we sadly missed along the way. 356 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,720 You had the great Prince on your show. 357 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,200 I have a great Prince story. 358 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,880 One time Prince was coming on the show and his manager 359 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,160 calls and says that Prince would to play ping-pong on the show. 360 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,320 I go, OK. 361 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,960 We'll get a ping-pong table, no problem. 362 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,120 So he comes on the show, we have the... 363 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:18,760 Never never brings up ping-pong, doesn't talk 364 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,200 about it, never brings it up. 365 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,240 Doesn't even mention it. 366 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,280 I go, whatever. 367 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:23,920 And he crushes, he's awesome. 368 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,600 He's great, that's the end of that. 369 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,720 A month later, I'm at dinner and I get a text and it 370 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,960 says, hi, this is Prince's manager, Prince wants to meet you right now 371 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,440 at a club called Spin in New York City. 372 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,880 It's a ping-pong nightclub. 373 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,680 Wow!! 374 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,080 So I go to my friend, I've got to go. 375 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,840 Prince wants to play me in ping-pong. 376 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,880 So he goes, what? 377 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,800 He wants to meet me on 23rd - I've got to go. 378 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,360 So I get in the cab, I go to this place, go down the steps. 379 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:54,400 Down the stairs. 380 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,120 I go, hi, I'm here to see... 381 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:58,320 And the girl goes, Prince? 382 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,680 Yeah. 383 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,080 He's in the private room back there, behind the curtain. 384 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,080 I go, OK. 385 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,960 So, I go in. 386 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,240 I open this curtain and who is standing there but Prince in 387 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,640 a double-breasted crushed velvet suit and he's holding a ping-pong 388 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,560 paddle and he goes, are you ready for this? 389 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,480 And I go, yeah. 390 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:21,600 This is so surreal. 391 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,520 There is no one else in the room. 392 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,360 Just me and Prince. 393 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:26,640 So I go, I guess. 394 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,600 Do you want to warm up? 395 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,960 It doesn't matter, I'm not even good at ping-pong but 396 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,000 I'll play with you. 397 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,160 He's like, here we go. 398 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,280 So he serves and he gets a point on he goes, one zip. 399 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,680 And I go, oh, are we going to talk smack? 400 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:41,720 Here we go. 401 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,240 Let's play. 402 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,400 Now I am ready to play Prince. Let's go. 403 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,560 I'm trying to play, I'm not good at ping-pong. 404 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:48,600 Long story long... 405 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:49,640 He's crushing me. 406 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:50,840 So he's like, game point. 407 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,160 I go, OK. 408 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,520 And he hits this serve and it's like... 409 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,240 It's one of those perfect ping-pong things, 410 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,320 it's spinning, the flames are coming off the ball and it's coming... 411 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,480 And it hits the one corner of the ping-pong 412 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,640 table that you know is impossible to hit back. 413 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,560 And he hits the thing and he goes... 414 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:13,080 I go, oh, my gosh, you won, you won! 415 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,120 Let me go... 416 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,000 I go over to pick up the ball and I come back... 417 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,040 And he's gone. 418 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,080 He's gone. 419 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,120 And I go... 420 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,520 And I don't know him that well, so I'm like... 421 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:23,560 Prince? 422 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,480 Is he hiding under the table? 423 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,240 Prince? 424 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,240 It was so weird. 425 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,040 And I walk out and there is like a velvet rope and it was kind 426 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,960 of swinging back and forth a little bit. 427 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,400 It was almost like Batman was there or something. 428 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,480 And then Questlove, who is our band leader here, from The Roots. 429 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,240 He heard about this ping-pong game and 430 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,400 he took a cab over and he actually saw Prince's limo outside and he 431 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,120 went up to it and he goes, wait, did you guys already play? 432 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,160 What 433 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,200 happened? 434 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,360 And Prince rolls his window down and he goes... 435 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,600 Ask your boy. 436 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,600 And then they just peeled off! 437 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,040 And I never saw him again. 438 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,480 APPLAUSE. 439 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,600 I love that you're in a ping-pong basement like you're calling a dog, 440 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,000 just going Prince, Prince! 441 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,360 Come here, Prince! 442 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,480 I didn't know if he was hiding. 443 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,520 It was just bizarre! 444 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:21,200 Jimmy Fallon, it's been a treat to have you on the show. 445 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,800 Here in the UK, you can see Jimmy on The Tonight Show on Sky Comedy. 446 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,160 Thank you, Jimmy Fallon! 447 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:34,200 APPLAUSE. Good night! Thank you so much, 448 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:47,680 everybody! Isn't he so nice? Nice man! Mel Giedroyc, you have a David 449 00:30:47,680 --> 00:31:00,000 Bowie story? It doesn't involve ping-pong! Yes, I was 18. And I was 450 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:09,040 working as a waitress. Not in a cocktail bar...! Working in a very 451 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:16,920 poncy underground place. It was legitimate? It was legitimate. And 452 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,880 it was frequented by 1980s pop stars, a lot of whom will be on your 453 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:31,360 soundtrack, Olly! In its sin. We had Holly Johnson, Adam Faith, Sade, a 454 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:40,040 lot of the royalty. David Bowie, big excitement, plus his entourage, 455 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,840 coming into the place. I was a girl from Leatherhead and I was 456 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:49,120 absolutely beyond excited. Only 18, the youngest waitress. You bounced 457 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:55,040 back from that Bill Oddie incident... Anyway... I thought I 458 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,920 will serve him and this will be my big occasion. I was not allowed to 459 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,640 because I was the youngest waitress on the block. So the old waitresses, 460 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:12,320 the real old waitresses. Those hags! Yes, the hags got to serve him. 461 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:18,920 Really annoying! I have got to somehow make contact with David 462 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:24,120 Bowie, this is my icon and he ordered a cake and I saw that being 463 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:28,960 prepared backstage. I thought, how can I connect with Bowie? I will not 464 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:42,160 serve him so I licked cake...! I give it a really good old, worked up 465 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:49,120 in the gob, one of the waitresses came in, got the cake and... And I 466 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:54,560 won because that will be ingested by David Bowie, some of my saliva will 467 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,960 have gone into him. And how many times does this happen to David 468 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:06,240 Bowie? What percentage of his diet was strangers' saliva? That saliva 469 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:11,920 story might come useful in your new panel -- panel game, it is called 470 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:18,360 Unforgivable... And it starts on Dave on Tuesday the 2nd of February 471 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:23,440 at 10 o'clock. Tell us all about this. Right, basically, it is on 472 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:27,360 Dave, which is quite a cool channel... Isn't it? Is it quite 473 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:36,760 cool? Yes... Yes, it is a bit like that! We look to the young 474 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:43,120 demographic... Unconvinced. Isn't it? I might have confused it with 475 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:52,920 MTV... I was a big fan of UK history...! Anyway, it is on Dave. 476 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,960 And basically we have three guests that come on each episode. And they 477 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:02,280 have to compete with each other to get the lowest score possible, 478 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:07,320 little bit of a twist, not going for the highest score, the lowest score, 479 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:13,280 as to who can be the most Unforgivable? Who has got the worst 480 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,120 stories about themselves? That paint them in a really, really bad light? 481 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:22,720 We have a club, this is Richard Bacon, I wonder what he is going to 482 00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:29,080 talk about...?! 25th Blue Peter presenter. The 24th... You never 483 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:35,960 forget. Sorry about that. Why did you leave? What happened? 484 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:44,480 LAUGHTER Judy... Richard, if you could just 485 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:52,040 explain? APPLAUSE. 486 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:59,720 I got fired for punctuality. Because if you take a lot of coke, you're 487 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:06,320 always liked... Very good! -- you are always late. 488 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,000 So that's Unforgivable with Mel Giedroyc - 489 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,040 coming soon to Dave. 490 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,200 Right, my final guest is an Oscar-winning actor who's 491 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,240 now turned director. 492 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:13,680 Please welcome the great Regina King! 493 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:21,080 APPLAUSE. So lovely to see you. How are you? 494 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:26,080 So lovely to see you but I wish I was getting a hug. Having a cocktail 495 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:37,160 over there with all of you. Well... Cheers! Yes, I'm having a cup of 496 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:41,960 tea, because it is known over here. We know you as a brilliant actor. 497 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:50,360 You are here as a director, the debut 498 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,160 debut feature is One Night in Miami, available next Friday on Amazon 499 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,400 Prime, it is about three historical figures but the actual night is 500 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:02,360 imagined or could it possibly have happened? This night actually 501 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:07,720 happened with Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, who the next day announces he 502 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:16,080 is a Muslim. And we later know 503 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,400 is a Muslim. And we later know him as Mohamed... This was after he 504 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:25,320 became heavyweight champion of the world. And it is a dramatisation of 505 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:30,320 what those conversations may have been that night. Let's watch a clip. 506 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:36,920 This is the group reacting to Cassius Clay's victory on the night. 507 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:41,640 Cassius Clay is a new heavyweight champion of the world! And I don't 508 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:47,960 even... 509 00:36:47,960 --> 00:37:00,720 My goodness! Are you OK? Why am I so pretty?! And I'm only 22 years old, 510 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:04,600 there is no way I'm supposed to be this great. Alexander the great 511 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,560 conquered the world at the age of 30 and I conquered the world of boxing 512 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:13,520 at 22. Without sustaining so much as a scratch. There he goes! You do the 513 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:19,920 maths. When is this party going down? What is on the agenda, 514 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,760 Malcolm? I thought this would be a wonderful chance to reflect on what 515 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:27,240 has happened tonight, like our young brother said, there is no denying 516 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:36,320 that greater forces were at work. You mean? No one else is coming? 517 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,520 Rest assured you are not missing anything, my brother. 518 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:46,280 APPLAUSE. How did this happen? Apparently you 519 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:51,120 were looking for romance? You wanted to direct a romantic film? I did. I 520 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:58,880 was looking for the film that was a romance with an historical event as 521 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:07,320 the backdrop. Like Titanic, with the Black couple. I did not get a 522 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:13,920 romance but I got a bromance. What was the atmosphere like in that 523 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:19,640 room? As a viewer I was really struck that those conversations 524 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:25,040 could still be happening right now between those men? Yeah... The thing 525 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:32,600 about it is that was in 64. And, you know, 60 years before that those 526 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:40,560 conversations, you know, were relevant. And so it is just... I 527 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:47,880 don't know. Ken Powers, the writer, it was a play that he adapted to a 528 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:54,920 screenplay. And I am so honoured to be able to have been a director 529 00:38:54,920 --> 00:39:04,120 chosen to tell the story. But there is a kind of sadness that, you know, 530 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:09,600 the reality of how far we have not come in America. Listen, the very 531 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,800 best of luck with One Night in Miami. A terrific film. Please come 532 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:20,200 to see us when you can. Regina King, everyone! Thank you! Goodbye. 533 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:21,400 Right, it's time for music. 534 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,560 This home-grown star had an amazing 2020. 535 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,720 Now he's here performing his current single Cotton Candy. 536 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:30,880 Please welcome - Yungblud! 537 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,960 APPLAUSE. 538 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,040 # Tallulah knows 539 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:47,440 # That she's not the only one I'm holding close 540 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,480 # On the low 541 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:55,360 # Get vertigo from body overdose 542 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:56,920 # So tell me your name 543 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,000 # And tell me your problems 544 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:03,960 # I got the same and I wanna get stuck between your 545 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,400 teeth like cotton candy 546 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,640 # So you remember me darling 547 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:25,760 # I'm losing myself in you, and you, and you, and you, and you I know 548 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,280 # I figured out 549 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:33,320 # That the modern world is turning the wrong way round 550 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:38,280 # There's something about the way our bedsheets turn 551 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,360 religion upside down 552 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:48,600 # So we just have sex, to solve all our problems let's do it again 553 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:53,560 # I wanna get stuck between your teeth like cotton candy 554 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,160 so you remember me darling 555 00:40:56,160 --> 00:41:12,200 # I'm losing myself in you, and you, and you, and you, and you I know 556 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:20,000 # Leave me in the morning although I don't wanna be on my own 557 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:58,880 # I'm losing myself in you, and you, and you, and you, and you I know 558 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:06,520 # Leave me in the morning although I don't wanna be on my own 559 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:14,480 # I'm losing myself in you, and you, and you, and you, and you I know 560 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:28,520 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 561 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:33,280 Yungblud and his band, everybody. Over you calm. Thank you for doing 562 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:43,200 that. Have a nice clean chair. There you go. How are you all? Very well. 563 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:48,960 In conversation, you are Dom don't call me Dominic, my mum called me 564 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:54,320 that when I've been naughty! You have been very good tonight. It must 565 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:58,800 be nice to be back on the stage but how weird to summon up that energy 566 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:06,880 for... To be honest, I'm burning off my Christmas dinner. Whoa! Normally 567 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:11,440 I do two hours of that but I couldn't even get through two 568 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:20,520 minutes! I am sweating! So, that is from the 569 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:28,320 from the album Weird, number one album. Mental. Mental! APPLAUSE 570 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:35,600 I love your shoes! I like your whole ensemble. It hurts a bit, keep 571 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:42,360 getting stabbed. If I fall asleep, it will wake me up. What was that 572 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:46,680 like for you watching someone else performing? So relieved, I get 573 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:54,680 nervous watching that. I was nervous. No way. I love being 574 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,120 nervous. I love those butterflies flying around the body. 575 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,760 When the first lockdown hit, did you get stuck in America? 576 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,200 Yeah, I got stuck in America. 577 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:03,880 And I find America quite hard sometimes. 578 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,520 Because I'm very English. 579 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,400 And I would just like to say that you saved my life 580 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:10,600 when I was in America. 581 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:11,640 Seriously. 582 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,280 Swear to God, I was missing fish and chips, I was 583 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,800 missing pints of lager. 584 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,480 People in Hollywood, they don't have very 585 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,680 British humour, have they? 586 00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:27,680 You can't tell someone in Hollywood their feet stink. 587 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,560 They would just look at your so funny. 588 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:30,640 It's like... 589 00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:33,480 Even if someone's feet stank in America, it's like, "oh, my God, 590 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:34,520 your feet are amazing!" 591 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:35,960 Do you know what I mean? 592 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,040 I was sat in the house, bingeing Peep Show. 593 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,640 Getting my mam to send me chocolate Hobhobs across the ocean, 594 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,600 wanting to get home. 595 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:46,760 Alan Bennett in 50 years! 596 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:54,720 APPLAUSE. 597 00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,040 It was just mental to me. 598 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,240 I was just, like, craving... 599 00:44:58,240 --> 00:45:00,640 I'm very, very glad I was able to help destroy 600 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:01,680 the whole Hollywood vibe. 601 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:02,720 You just burnt it... 602 00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:06,760 It was just, like, I loved it. 603 00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:11,400 Listen, that was great. What a great start to the year on the show. Thank 604 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:17,120 you for that performance, Yungblud! Thank you so much. 605 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,520 Right, that's nearly it, but before we go, just time 606 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,440 for a visit to the big red chair. 607 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:25,120 Once again our virtual audience are watching from home, 608 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,680 so do we have a volunteer to sit in the chair for them. 609 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:41,040 Do we not? I am slightly worried. You are doing it?! You have balls. 610 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,520 I'm slightly worried because I need the loo but I think it will make it 611 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,760 more exciting. You can't go to the toilet, you are young and you have 612 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:55,360 only been on a few minutes. LAUGHTER Live on the edge! After you go. I'm 613 00:45:55,360 --> 00:46:01,920 up for it. Don't say anything too interesting... Well done, thank you 614 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:08,840 very much. We will meet someone whilst she settled herself. Who is 615 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:16,240 up first, hello, sir? Hello, how are you. Very well. Where are you? I am 616 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:22,240 in USA. What is your name? Chris. What is that on the wall, art or are 617 00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:28,080 you planning a project? My wife just moved in a new house. We want to 618 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:32,200 paint the room and those are swatches of potential colours. I 619 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:40,080 would go second from the... I agree! I think they will all make the room 620 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:46,640 feel smaller. LAUGHTER You need to light. It is a bedroom, 621 00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:51,800 they want it to be cosy. Chris, Mel Giedroyc believe it is ready in the 622 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:59,520 chair. Meet Chris. Chris! Wright hello. Your bladder is safe. Off you 623 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:04,560 go, he's going to try and keep you safe. When I was in college, I was 624 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:08,720 dating a girl whose parents were very good friends of my parents. 625 00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:15,440 Both of our parents were very religious people. Right. One 626 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,880 weekend, our parents were out at some type of religious meeting. I 627 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:26,640 was over at her house. As people our age do, we were on the couch, our 628 00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:30,760 clothes came off, except for my socks and all of a sudden we had the 629 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:39,480 garage door opening. She gets up, grabs all her clothes and runs up -- 630 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:44,360 mega upstairs to recompose herself. My socks... I put on my show and 631 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:48,960 then I realised I didn't have time to put my pants on. So I grabbed my 632 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:53,480 pants and threw them underneath me, sit down on the couch and there is a 633 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:57,520 blanket draped across the couch behind me. Grabbed the blanket, 634 00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:04,400 throw it over my lap, cover up the best I could. Sure enough, the door 635 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:09,520 from the garage opens. I can't, I can't...! LAUGHTER 636 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:15,680 The show is just not that long. I know he's from Buffalo, New York. I 637 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:24,480 hope he's OK. Are you OK, Mel? I have slightly wet myself. The show 638 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:29,720 is over. At some papers in the cab and send you home. 639 00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:31,880 OK, that really is all we've got time for. 640 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,720 If you'd like to have a go in the red chair yourself 641 00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:37,120 and tell your story, you can contact us via our 642 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:38,160 website at this address. 643 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,320 Please say thank you to all my guests - 644 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:41,360 Mel Giedroyc... 645 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:42,400 Yungblud... 646 00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,280 Anya Taylor-Joy... 647 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:45,720 Olly Alexander... 648 00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:48,920 Jimmy Fallon... 649 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,240 David Mitchell... 650 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:54,640 And Regina King! 651 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,120 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 652 00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:58,160 Join me next week with singer Jake Bugg, 653 00:48:58,160 --> 00:48:59,960 director M Night Shyamalan, comedian Rob Beckett, 654 00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:03,200 actors Noel Clarke and Keeley Hawes, adventurer Ant Middleton, 655 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,160 and Hollywood star Rebel Wilson. 656 00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:06,200 I'll see you then! 657 00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,000 Goodnight! 658 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:13,760 Bye-bye!