Premiered on March 5, 2009, featuring Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York , and comedian Ed Byrne.
| Episode | Original Air Date | Key Guests | |---------|------------------|-------------| | 5x01 | 09 Oct 2009 | Madonna, Ricky Gervais, David Walliams, Josh Groban | | 5x02 | 16 Oct 2009 | Michael Bublé, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Emily Blunt | | 5x03 | 23 Oct 2009 | Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Lee Evans, Mika | | 5x04 | 30 Oct 2009 | Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Dawn French, Lily Allen | | 5x05 | 06 Nov 2009 | George Clooney, Jeff Goldblum, Joanna Lumley, Paolo Nutini | | 5x06 | 13 Nov 2009 | Cameron Diaz, James McAvoy, John Cleese, Shakira | | 5x07 | 20 Nov 2009 | Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Jack Whitehall, Cheryl Cole | | 5x08 | 27 Nov 2009 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anna Friel, Frank Skinner, Alicia Keys | | 5x09 | 04 Dec 2009 | Whoopi Goldberg, Hugh Laurie, Ben Stiller, Rihanna | | 5x10 | 11 Dec 2009 | Sigourney Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Miranda Hart, Lady Gaga | | 5x11 | 18 Dec 2009 (Christmas Special) | Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Hugh Jackman, Leona Lewis | the graham norton show season 05 pdtv
Season 5 captures the transition. It’s the moment the show realized it was bigger than a late-night niche program and started becoming the Eurovision of talk shows. It’s chaotic, it’s 2007 fashion at its finest (low-rise jeans and all), and it is absolutely hilarious. Premiered on March 5, 2009, featuring Sarah Ferguson,