From the archive (season 4): Graham Norton

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Arts, Food

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Grace is serving up some of her old favourites to curl up to as autumn turns to winter. In this episode, it’s Grace’s couch that gets the star treatment as Graham Norton comes round to chat all things Comfort Eating. We all know Graham from his work interviewing megastars on his chatshow, as well as his much loved radio show, but there’s lots to Graham you might not know about: from his time living in a San Francisco commune, to his big break in the upstairs room of a famous gastropub and, of course, the snacks he reaches for when he’s home alone, and sat on his own couch

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.7	Hello friends and buckle up because we have a little treat for you at the end of what has been an absolutely banged season of guests, an autumn mini-series of five of my old favourites. So, as autumn turns to winter,
0:25.7	snuggle up, settling and wallow in this little selection of the most cockle-warming interviews.
0:33.6	Here's my chat with the sovereign of the sofa.
0:44.4	It's Graham Norman, who came over back in 2023 to chat all things food.
0:53.4	It's an overused phrase, but honestly, I think that we're in national trashed territory here,
0:56.4	arriving through that very front door.
1:00.4	In a moment, we have Graham Norton.
1:04.2	He's coming over for a good old chat.
1:08.5	Not before I fuel up with a snack.
1:13.1	Look, I'm on the last of the Criambo Ferreira Roches.
1:14.6	I'm going to make it into a hot chocolate.
1:16.4	It's a little trick. I've been microwaving
1:18.8	them and pouring milk,
1:20.6	stirring, and basically just mainlining
1:23.3	them, just pushing them
1:25.2	into my face as quickly as I can.
1:28.2	I love a Ferreira Roche.
1:34.3	Graham Norton is an Irish actor, comedian, commentator and presenter.
1:42.8	He's best known for his five-time BAFTA
1:46.1	award-winning chat show, the Graham Norton Show,
1:49.2	which has seen him invite celebrity guests
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