This week Jonathan Ross is joined by comedian Chris McCausland, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, international star of film, modelling and fashion Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, double Olympic gold champion Dame Kelly Holmes, and for their much-anticipated return, the Arctic Monkeys, with their first British TV show appearance in four years.
Liverpool-born McCausland is having a bit of a moment at the moment. He has just filmed a travel series for Channel 4 and is back on the road with an extended leg of his Speaky Blinder tour which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe back in 2018.
McCausland is blind, hence the name of his live show. In the past he would only make a few references to his sight at the start of his gigs, but as his latest tour evolved he began to feel more relaxed talking about it, making this his most personal show yet. “I'm older, I worry less about what people think. I don't really care about being trendy or cool,” he told me when I interviewed him recently.
In his upcoming travel show, The Wonders of the World That I Can’t See, which should air in 2023, he visits Jordan with Guz Khan, Greece with Harry Hill, Niagra Falls with Liza Tarbuck and Rome with dapper Tom Allen. “There's nothing funnier than Tom Allen trying to maintain his sartorial elegance in 40 degree heat.”
The Jonathan Ross Show, Saturday, October 22, 10pm, ITV1.
The Graham Norton Show, Friday, October 21, 10.40pm, BBC One.
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