Britain's chat-show king is back with a new series of bawdy chat. Sassy Norton is expert at getting guests to laugh at themselves, so it should be fun to see him face up to actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, fresh from the release of his cunningly titled autobiography Total Recall. American R'n'B singer Usher also pitches up on the sofa, alongside Miranda Hart[ and Ronnie Corbett.

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I recently attended a Graham Norton Show recording, so I can bear witness that it's a brilliantly slick operation and Norton is a master of audience-wrangling, winning us all over immediately and making us feel a big part of the show - though not bigger than the array of guests, who we'll see again in this end-of-series compilation.

Remember Madonna, being her usual steely and scary self, despite Norton's efforts to try to get her to loosen up a bit? And what of the great Sir David Attenborough, all soft and mooning, not over a gorilla, but a comely young woman - actress Cameron Diaz? Just watch his face as he hangs on her every single word.

We also see again Dame Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Katy Perry and the voluble, unstoppable force that is Will Smith.

Graham Norton's best bits are trotted out for another viewing in a compilation episode, and there are plenty of them. The BBC's king of chat (and Telegraph agony uncle) has managed this series to enjoy light-hearted badinage with an increasingly impressive array of A-listers. He even managed to loosen Madonna up. Also worth revisiting tonight are chats with Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Will Smith, Cameron Diaz and Katy Perry. It's a long time and a lot of sport until October, so enjoy the banter.

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After her scene-stealing performance in The Devil Wears Prada, British actress Emily Blunt was tipped for stardom. Now she's making good on her early promise, joining bawdy chat show king Graham Norton to talk about her latest spate of big-budget movies. Sassy starlet Rihanna also drops by for a chat and performs her latest Calvin Harris-helmed hit Where Have You Been.

Norton will surely enjoy having not one but two pop princesses on his sofa tonight: Katy Perry, who will be infinitely more interesting if she talks about her antics with anarchic ex Russell Brand, plus Cheryl Cole, who performs latest track Call My Name. Jollying things up with quick-thinking is comic Ross Noble.