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Maggie Smith's appearance on this show marked the first time in 42 years she had appeared on a talk show.

Matt Damon said his visit to this show was "the best time [he] ever had on a talk show."

The first series was originally scheduled to run for thirteen episodes, but it proved so successful that it was extended to nineteen episodes.

Graham Norton introduces almost every comedian as "My favorite comedian".

A fly interrupted the show on two occasions by landing in one of the guests' drinks. In June 2013, the diving fly made Steve Carell go off-topic when it landed in Chris O'Dowd's alcoholic beverage. In October 2014, Emma Thompson interrupted the conversation in order to fish a fly out of Luke Evans's glass of red wine.