What's on TV: Friday, November 16

The Graham Norton Show

Ten, 8.30pm

All hail Graham Norton, the chipper Irish comedian who single-handedly saved Friday nights from abject boredom.

Graham Norton Show.

Graham Norton Show.

Ten's interesting scheduling of The Living Room directly before Graham Norton might cause whiplash in unsuspecting viewers who've been lulled to sleep by the TV equivalent of Valium, but wake up for this week's guests of Sir Ian McKellan, Carey Mulligan, new Robin Hood Taron Egerton and that nice Michael Buble.

It really doesn't matter who's on the big red couch, so long as Graham is in the chair.

Inside Windsor Castle

Friday, History, 10.30am

Windsor Castle is the Queen's very favourite among her numerous palaces and country estates. But while it buzzes with hundreds of staff tending to her every need and dusting billions of pounds' worth of art and fine furnishings, Inside Windsor Castle isn't merely about gawping at opulence.

Its focus is on the role that the palace has played in the Queen's life and the recent history of the monarchy. It was at Windsor Castle that the young Princess Elizabeth spent her formative years, and where half a century later she penned those historic letters telling Charles and Diana to get divorced.

And being next door to Eton, it's just the place for a seasoned monarch to begin instructing a young grandson in his duty. Those still in the sweats of the recent royal fever outbreak will check it out.

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