Graham Norton Show returns with No Time to Die's Daniel Craig

The Graham Norton Show is coming back to our screens for its 29th series (!) later this month, and as ever, Graham will be chatting to some very famous faces when it does.

To celebrate the upcoming release of Daniel Craig's final outing as 007 in No Time to Die, The Graham Norton Show has invited some of the biggest current Bond stars to be a part of the season's opening episode on Friday, September 24.

Joining Graham in the studio for the chat show's return are James Bond himself Daniel Craig, Bohemian Rhapsody star and Bond baddie Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, and Lashana Lynch.

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And that's not all – Ed Sheeran will also be squeezing onto the sofa for a gossip, before performing his new single 'Shivers' for the audience.

It's like Graham never left.

Elsewhere in 007-related news, No Time to Die's director Cary Joji Fukunaga was recently forced to deny rumours that Rami Malek's character in the new movie is actually a classic villain from the Bond franchise vault.

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"Everyone thinks it's so easy to make these tentpole films, that it's just formulaic and you just plug-and-play and people are going to show up for the cinema," Fukunaga said in response to the chatter.

"Actually, if you want a good film you have to take it seriously and put a lot of thought into it. It takes a lot of smart people to create these films, and also to create these characters that will hopefully last."

Malek's villain Safin is not Dr No, then. "This is a new villain," the filmmaker insisted. "He's not, as some have speculated, Dr No. Hopefully he'll be one that is lasting in some way."

The Graham Norton Show returns Friday, September 24 at 10.35pm on BBC One.

No Time to Die is out in UK cinemas on September 30 and in US cinemas on October 8. All the previous Bond movies are available on DVD or Blu-ray.