document_title: The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)

question_text: when is season 2 episode 3 of the handmaid's tale coming out

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text: The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the near future, fertility rates collapse as a result of sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution.[4] With this chaos, the totalitarian, theonomic government of "Gilead" establishes rule in the former United States in the aftermath of a civil war.[5][6][7] Society is organized by power-hungry leaders along with a new, militarized, hierarchical regime of fanaticism and newly created social classes, in which women are brutally subjugated, and by law are not allowed to work, own property, handle money, or read.[7] Worldwide infertility has resulted in the conscription of the few remaining fertile women in Gilead, called "Handmaids", according to an extremist interpretation of the Biblical account of Bilhah.[7] They are assigned to the homes of the ruling elite, where they must submit to ritualized rape by their male masters in order to become pregnant and bear children for those men and their wives.

text: Alongside the red-clad Handmaids, much of society is now grouped into classes that dictate their freedoms and duties. Women are divided into a small range of social categories, each one signified by a similarly-styled plain dress in a specific color: Handmaids wear red, Marthas (who are housekeepers and cooks, named after the biblical figure) wear green, and Wives (who are expected to run their households) wear blue. Econowives, the lower-class women who still have minimal agency, are a sort of mixture of all these categories, and they wear gray (a departure from the book in which Econowives wear clothing striped with the aforementioned colors). Women prisoners are called Unwomen and are worked to death clearing toxic waste in the Colonies. Another class of women, Aunts (who train and oversee the Handmaids), wear brown. Additionally, the Eyes are a secret police watching over the general populace for signs of rebellion, Hunters track down people attempting to flee the country, and Jezebels are prostitutes in secret brothels catering to the elite ruling class.

text: June Osborne, renamed Offred (Elisabeth Moss), is the Handmaid assigned to the home of the Gileadan Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) and his wife Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski). Offred is subject to strict rules and constant scrutiny; an improper word or deed on her part can lead to brutal punishment. Offred, who is named after her male master ("Of Fred") like all Handmaids, can remember the "time before", when she was married and had a daughter, a job, a bank account, and her own name and identity, but all she can safely do now is follow the rules of Gilead in hopes that she can someday live free again and be reunited with her daughter. The Waterfords, key players in the rise of Gilead, have their own conflicts with the realities of the society they have helped create.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne / Offred, a woman who was captured while attempting to escape to Canada with her husband, Luke, and daughter, Hannah. Due to her fertility, she is made a Handmaid to Commander Fred Waterford and his wife, Serena Joy, and is named "Offred".
Joseph Fiennes as Commander Fred Waterford, a high-ranking government official and June's master. Both he and his wife played an instrumental role in Gilead's founding. He wishes to have more contact with June outside of what is lawful between a Handmaid and her master, and starts inviting her to play nightly games of Scrabble.
Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford, Fred's wife and a former conservative cultural activist. She appears to have accepted her new role in a society that she helped create. She is poised and deeply religious, but capable of great cruelty and is often callous to June. She is desperate to become a mother.
Alexis Bledel as Emily / Ofglen / Ofsteven, June's shopping partner. Although June is initially wary of her, it is revealed Ofglen is not as pious as she seems, and the two become friends. Ofglen had a wife and son, and was a university lecturer in cellular biology. Being homosexual is punishable by death in Gilead, and most university professors are sent to labour camps, but Ofglen was spared and made a Handmaid, due to her fertility. She is later captured and punished for her relationship with a Martha, and is sent to another household where she becomes "Ofsteven". She is involved with a resistance movement called "Mayday".
Madeline Brewer as Janine / Ofwarren / Ofdaniel, a Handmaid who entered the Red Center for training at the same time as June and considers June a friend due to her kind treatment. Initially non-compliant, Janine's right eye is removed as a punishment. She becomes mentally unstable due to her treatment and often behaves in temperamental or childlike ways. She gives birth to a child for Warren and Naomi Putnam, whom they name "Angela", but Janine insists the baby's name is "Charlotte". Janine is later reassigned and becomes "Ofdaniel". She was temporarily assigned to the Colonies until a bombing at the new Rachel and Leah Center.
Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia, a woman in charge of overseeing the Handmaids in their reeducation and duties. She is brutal and subjects insubordinate Handmaids to harsh physical punishment, but she also cares for her charges and believes deeply in the Gileadean mission and doctrine. She appears to have a soft spot for Janine, and even goes so far as to address her by her given name on occasion. Showrunner Miller has suggested that Aunt Lydia was a schoolteacher before Gilead, and Dowd has said this, and her own upbringing as a student at Catholic schools, informs her performance.[8]
O. T. Fagbenle as Lucas "Luke" Bankole, June's husband from before Gilead. Because he and June began their relationship before his divorce from his first wife, their union is considered invalid in the new society. June is considered an adulteress and their daughter, Hannah, is considered illegitimate. Initially, June believes he has been killed, but it is later revealed Luke managed to escape to Canada.
Max Minghella as Nick Blaine, Commander Waterford's driver and a former drifter from Michigan who has feelings for June. June and Nick develop an intimate relationship and she eventually discovers that he is an Eye, a spy for Gilead.
Samira Wiley as Moira / Ruby, June's best friend since college. She is already at the Red Center when June enters Handmaid training but escapes before being assigned to a home. She is recaptured and becomes "Ruby", a Jezebel. She seems to have given up hope of ever being free, but on meeting June again regains the conviction to escape.
Amanda Brugel as Rita, a Martha at the Waterford home. She had a son who died fighting in the civil war when he was 19 years old.[9]

text: Recurring[edit]

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Ever Carradine as Naomi Putnam, Commander Warren Putnam's wife. She views her baby largely as a status symbol and has no sympathy for the Handmaids.
Tattiawna Jones as Lillie Fuller / Ofglen No. 2, who replaces Emily in the position after Emily is captured by the Eyes. She initially follows the rules and does not wish to upset the status quo, but this is because she believes her life as a Handmaid is better than the difficult, impoverished life she led prior to Gilead, rather than out of religious piety.
Nina Kiri as Alma / Ofrobert, another Handmaid who trained at the Red Center with June, Moira, and Janine. She is frank and chatty, and often trades gossip and news with June. She is also involved with Mayday and becomes June's first contact with the resistance group.
Jenessa Grant as Dolores / Ofsamuel, a local Handmaid with a friendly and talkative nature.
Bahia Watson as Brianna / Oferic, another local Handmaid who is friends with June.
Jordana Blake as Hannah Bankole, June and Luke's daughter.
Erin Way as Erin, a young mute woman who was being trained to become a Handmaid but managed to escape to Canada.[10]
Sydney Sweeney as Eden Spencer (season 2), a pious and obedient girl who dreams of one day being a Commander's wife.[11]
Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence (season 2), the architect of Gilead's economy, who is gruff and intimidating, with a disheveled mad genius vibe. His sly humor and flashes of kindness make him a confusing, mysterious presence for his newest Handmaid.[12]
Greg Bryk as Commander Ray Cushing (season 2)
Rohan Mead as Isaac (season 2), a Guardian assigned to the Waterford home.

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Kristen Gutoskie as Beth (season 1), a Martha at Jezebel's. She has an arrangement with Nick whereby she trades illegal alcohol and other contraband for drugs, which the Jezebels use. She has a casual sexual relationship with him and is aware that he is an Eye.
Marisa Tomei as Mrs. O'Conner (season 2), a Commander's wife who is sent to the colonies as punishment for having sex with another man.[13]
Cherry Jones as Holly Maddox (season 2), June's mother, an outspoken feminist.[14]
Clea DuVall as Sylvia (season 2), Emily's wife.[15]
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Omar (season 2) a man who helps June attempt to escape.
John Carroll Lynch as Dan (season 2), Emily's boss at the university where she worked.
Kelly Jenrette as Annie (season 2), Luke's ex-wife.
Rebecca Rittenhouse as Odette (season 2), a Doctor and Moira's fiancee.
Sam Jaeger as Mark Tuello (season 2), a mysterious stranger who Serena encounters in Canada.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

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Season
Episodes
Originally released

First released
Last released

1
10
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)
June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)

2
13[16]
April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)
July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)[16]

text: Season 1 (2017)[edit]

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1
1
"Offred"
Reed Morano
Bruce Miller
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

A family is pursued by a group of armed men. The woman is caught, and separated from her young daughter and husband as shots are fired in the distance. She is now known as Offred, the Handmaid to Commander Fred Waterford. While walking with another Handmaid, Ofglen, they pass by a wall on which men have been hanged for crimes such as being gay, working in an abortion clinic, and being a Catholic priest.[17] In a flashback, various women are indoctrinated into their Handmaid roles by Aunt Lydia, and Offred notices Moira, a woman she knew in college. Handmaid Janine taunts Aunt Lydia and is shocked with a cattle prod, later her right eye is removed as punishment. In the present, Commander Waterford tries to impregnate Offred during "the Ceremony" as she lies in the lap of his wife, Serena Joy. The next day, the Handmaids are encouraged to beat a man to death after Lydia announces he raped a pregnant Handmaid. Janine tells Offred that her friend Moira is dead. On the way home, Ofglen tells Offred that she had a wife and son, and warns her there is an Eye in the Waterford house. Offred affirms to herself that her true name is June and that she intends to survive to find her daughter.

2
2
"Birth Day"
Reed Morano
Bruce Miller
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

Offred and Ofglen go shopping, and they reveal more personal information about themselves to each other. While they are walking, they see St. Paul Catholic Church, their local church, being destroyed by the new régime.[18][17] Ofglen tells Offred that the régime also bulldozed St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan to try to "erase" the fact that it ever existed. When Offred asks how Ofglen knows this information, she reveals that she is part of a resistance movement against the government, but Offred declines to join.[19] Commander Waterford's driver, Nick, tells Offred that the Commander wants to see her alone later that night, which is forbidden, and warns her that Ofglen is dangerous. Offred and other Handmaids visit a home to witness the birth of Ofwarren (Janine)'s child, named Angela by the Puttnams, but Charlotte by Ofwarren. In flashbacks, June (Offred) remembers the birth of her and Luke's daughter, Hannah. At that time healthy births were already rare, and a woman who tried to kidnap baby Hannah was arrested. Warily, Offred goes to the Commander's office, but he just wants to play Scrabble, to her relief. The next day, when Offred prepares to tell Ofglen what happened that night, a different woman introduces herself as Ofglen.

3
3
"Late"
Reed Morano
Bruce Miller
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)

In flashbacks, the rise of Gilead is detailed. June and all the other women at her office were fired, and the government froze women's bank accounts and ruled they could no longer own property. In the present, Serena takes Offred to see Ofwarren and the baby, and Offred fears Ofwarren is delusional. Back home, Offred is interrogated by an Eye and Aunt Lydia about her knowledge of Ofglen. Offred eventually reveals she knew Ofglen was gay and for this, Aunt Lydia shocks Offred with a cattle prod. Before she can leave the room, Offred quotes one of the Beatitudes from the Bible, which would have earned her a much more serious beating, but Serena intervenes, believing that Offred is pregnant. When Offred later tells Serena that she's not pregnant, Serena angrily locks her in her room. In a flashback, June and Moira attend a protest against the new laws amidst automatic gunfire and explosives. In the present, Ofglen and the Martha she's in a relationship with are charged with "gender treachery". The fertile Ofglen receives a lesser sentence, but the Martha is executed by hanging as Ofglen watches, sobbing and horrified. Later, Ofglen (now referred to by her "old" name, Emily), to her grief and anger, undergoes female genital mutilation surgery as explained by Aunt Lydia.

4
4
"Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum"
Mike Barker
Leila Gerstein
May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)

Banished to her room, Offred retreats to her closet where she finds what appears to be a Latin phrase, Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum, scratched discreetly into the wall. When Rita, the Commander's housekeeper, finds Offred lying on the closet floor, Offred tells her that she fainted. Serena then has Offred sent to the hospital for a check-up. During the examination the physician remarks that the Commander is most likely sterile, as is common. He offers to personally impregnate her but she declines. In flashbacks, Aunt Lydia teaches the Handmaids about The Ceremony in which a Commander endeavours to fertilize a Handmaid. Later, June and Moira assault Aunt Elizabeth, and Moira takes Elizabeth's outfit. June and Moira plan to escape via train to Boston, which has safe houses. Moira manages to catch the train without June, who lets Moira know it's okay. June is later caught and punished by having her feet whipped. Commander Waterford has an unsuccessful Ceremony night with Offred, but later that night, they have another game of Scrabble. She asks him about the Latin phrase, and he tells her it means, Don't let the bastards grind you down. When she inquires about the previous Offred, he tells her that she committed suicide because life was unbearable. He then releases Offred from her solitary confinement.

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5
"Faithful"
Mike Barker
Dorothy Fortenberry
May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)

Serena suggests to Offred that she have sex with Nick in case Commander Waterford is sterile. Later that day, Serena leads Offred up to Nick's room and waits by the door while Offred and Nick have detached sex. Flashbacks detail Luke and June's first meeting and courtship. At the grocery store, Offred talks to the original Ofglen, now called Ofsteven, but Ofsteven is not as responsive as she used to be. During a Ceremony night, the Commander touches Offred's thigh, which she later tells him never to do again. In their ensuing conversation, the Commander admits that while they thought they were building a better world, they knew that "better never means better for everyone." Nick reveals to Offred that he is indeed an Eye. At an open-air market, Offred questions Ofsteven about the resistance group called Mayday. Ofsteven jumps behind the steering wheel of a security car and drives erratically around the plaza. She hits a guard, and is caught and put into a black van. Offred returns to Nick's coach house alone, and they have passionate sex.

6
6
"A Woman's Place"
Floria Sigismondi
Wendy Straker Hauser
May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)

Mexican trade delegates visit the Commander's home to evaluate the effects of the Gilead cultural movement. The female head of the delegation questions Offred about her experience, but she lies, saying that she is happy. Offred visits the Commander's office later, but there is tension. She reluctantly obeys his demand to kiss him, but ferociously brushes her teeth afterward. The Handmaids and children are then taken to a function to demonstrate Gilead's success. Offred's friend remarks that the delegates are only interested in fertile women. The next day, as the delegates are leaving, Offred tells them the brutal truth about Gilead. She pleads for their help, but in response, the Mexican ambassador explains her own country's dire situation. However, the ambassador's assistant quietly claims June's husband is alive and that he can deliver a message to Luke. A flashback details Serena and Fred's life at the beginnings of the Gilead movement when Serena was a conservative cultural activist with passion and intelligence equal to her husband's. Serena Joy wrote a book about her beliefs, titled A Woman's Place. However, after the takeover, she is completely shut out of the new government planning and accepts her new limited role in the society she helped create. A copy of her book is seen being thrown out with the trash.

7
7
"The Other Side"
Floria Sigismondi
Lynn Renee Maxcy
May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)

A flashback chronicles Luke's story after he becomes separated from his wife and daughter. Luke is shot by Gileadan guards, but he escapes when the ambulance crashes, and he takes some medical supplies. He reaches a small abandoned town and, after passing out from his wounds, is rescued by a resistance group traveling to Canada. These survivors included a Roman Catholic nun, a seemingly mute escaped Handmaid, a homosexual man, and a daughter of a US Army soldier.[20] Initially reluctant, Luke joins them after one of the survivors, Zoe, shows him that Gileadan authorities hung townspeople from the rafters of their church for resisting.[21][22] As they board a boat, Gileadan guards open fire, killing several members of the group, but Luke and Erin, the escaped Handmaid, survive. A further flashback shows Luke, June, and their daughter Hannah before they were separated. June and Luke are helped by Mr. Whitford, a man who knew June's mother. He leaves them at a secluded cabin in the woods while he arranges documentation for them to escape to Canada. Later, a local hunter tells them Whitford has been caught and hanged, but the hunter helps them cross the border. Three years later, in the present, Luke and Erin live safely in "Little America", based in Toronto, Ontario. While in the main administrative office, Luke receives the letter from June, which reads "I love you so much. Save Hannah."

8
8
"Jezebels"
Kate Dennis
Kira Snyder
May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)

Commander Waterford gifts Offred with makeup and a dress as he is taking her out for the night. Nick drives them to Boston to an underground brothel, where prostitutes (known as "Jezebels") work. Offred spots Moira working in the club, and they briefly reunite. Nick trades drugs and pregnancy tests for alcohol with one of the brothel's Marthas. Offred goes to see Moira again, and she explains to Offred how Quakers tried to help her escape but were caught.[23][24] Moira had the choice of being sent either to the colonies or one of the brothels.[24] Moira tells Offred, "Forget about escaping. This is Gilead. No one gets out." Offred reveals to Moira that she knows Luke is alive. Flashbacks detail how Nick got involved with the Gilead movement and how he became an Eye after reporting a Commander for breaking protocol with his Handmaids. There are other flashbacks to the suicide of the previous Offred, with Serena pointedly saying to her husband, "What did you think was going to happen?" In the present, after Nick drives Waterford and Offred home, he ends his relationship with Offred, which upsets and angers her. Offred receives a gift from Serena, a music box. The episode closes with Offred etching "You are not alone" into the closet wall.

9
9
"The Bridge"
Kate Dennis
Eric Tuchman
June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)

Ofwarren's daughter is handed over to Commander Putnam and his wife, and Ofwarren is transferred to another couple and renamed Ofdaniel. However, Offred is worried about Ofwarren/Ofdaniel's mental state. During the first Ceremony night with her new Commander, Ofdaniel forcefully stops it. At the market, Alma pulls Offred aside, tells her that she is involved with the resistance group Mayday, and requests that Offred retrieve a package from the bar at Jezebel's. Offred convinces Waterford to take her to Jezebel's again that night. After Offred and Waterford have sex in their room, Waterford presents Moira, as he believes they have a sexual attraction. Offred asks Moira to retrieve the package, but she refuses, seemingly resigned to her fate. The next day Offred is taken to a bridge where Ofdaniel is standing on the edge with baby Charlotte, while Gileadan guards, the Putnams, the Waterfords, and Aunt Lydia stand fearfully by. Ofdaniel shouts that Commander Putnam promised to leave his wife for her. Offred convinces Ofdaniel to give her the child, and Ofdaniel then jumps into the icy water below. Later, while Ofdaniel lies comatose in hospital, Commander Putnam is led away by guards. When Serena Joy tries to offer comfort to Mrs. Putnam, she reminds Serena of the first Offred's fate, causing Serena to doubt her husband's loyalty. At the market, Offred is given a package by the butcher, sent by Moira from Jezebel's. At the brothel, Moira kills a client and takes his clothes, then jubilantly drives off in his car.

10
10
"Night"
Kari Skogland
Bruce Miller
June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)

A flashback shows June's capture and indoctrination by Aunt Lydia at the Red Center. After Serena discovers Fred's trips to Jezebel's, she slaps Offred hard and forces her to take a pregnancy test. It is positive. Serena then angrily accuses her husband, telling him the child is not his. Upon learning the news, Nick shares a brief, tender moment with Offred. Serena takes Offred to where Hannah now lives, but Offred is kept in the car, and unable to attract her daughter's attention. Serena warns Offred that Hannah will be cared for as long as the unborn child is safe. Fred participates in Commander Putnam's trial advocating leniency, but Mrs. Putnam wants the harshest punishment possible, and ultimately Putnam's left arm is amputated at the elbow. The package from Jezebel's contains letters from women who have lost family members and been enslaved in the Gilead takeover. Later, an emotional Aunt Lydia gathers the Handmaids for the execution of Janine/Ofdaniel. The Handmaids hesitate, and Ofglen No. 2 is brutally beaten when she voices her angry refusal. Offred, then the other Handmaids, drop their stones. The guards prepare to kill them all, but Aunt Lydia saves them, although assuring them that there will be consequences. Not long afterward, a black van comes for Offred. Nick urges her to trust him and go with them. Offred's transfer is unusual, as neither of the Waterfords have any idea this would be happening. As Offred leaves, she whispers to Rita where to find the hidden letters. In a side story, Moira reaches Canada and is reunited with Luke.

text: Season 2 (2018)[edit]

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11
1
"June"
Mike Barker
Bruce Miller
April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)

Offred and other handmaids are taken to Fenway Park where they are made to believe they will be hanged, but it turns out to be a ruse to frighten them. During another punishment, Offred is freed after Aunt Lydia is told of her pregnancy. When she rejects a meal Aunt Lydia gives her, she is shown a pregnant handmaid, Ofwyatt, chained in a prison room due to her attempt to kill herself with drain cleaner. Offred agrees to eat, and during her meal Aunt Lydia, who had told her that her friends would be punished for their disobedience but her pregnancy would mean that she would be exempted, brings the other handmaids into the room, and one by one they are burned with a gas flame. Later, Offred is at a pregnancy check-up, where she is visited by Fred and Serena, but afterwards finds a key in one of her boots, which she uses to escape to a van parked underneath the hospital. The van drops her off to a safe house in Back Bay where she meets Nick, while Fred authorizes a highly resourced search for her. He tells her to change out of her handmaid outfit, and to cut her hair. After stripping off her handmaid's dress, she burns it, before cutting the red cattle tag out of her ear. In flashbacks throughout the episode, Hannah is admitted to the hospital for having a fever while in school; June is questioned by one of the hospital workers about giving Hannah medication to bypass the school's fever policy, as well as questioning June and Luke's fitness as parents. Later, they arrive home to a news story about the Capitol Building and the White House being attacked.

12
2
"Unwomen"
Mike Barker
Bruce Miller
April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)

June has been transported to the former headquarters of The Boston Globe, another safe place arranged by Mayday.[25] Emily has been taken to the Colonies, where disobedient and lower-class infertile women ("unwomen") are forced to dig on highly toxic land.[26] Many of the unwomen are falling sick, and Emily is doing what she can to help them. A commander's wife arrives at the Colonies and is not welcomed by the unwomen: Emily befriends her and finds that she was taken to the colonies for committing a "sin of the flesh". Emily gives her tablets that turn out to be poison, which leads to her death. Emily blames her for "holding a woman down while her husband rapes her".[25] The unwomen are warned that there will be consequences for this death. Janine arrives at the Colonies, where she is briefly greeted by Emily. Nick visits June and she gets upset when he tells her she needs to wait for several weeks before she can leave because everyone is looking for her. Nick ends up giving her the keys to a car and a gun but she decides to stay, and they have sex. In a flashback, after the attack on the Capitol Building and the White House, Emily is told by her boss, Professor Dan, that she will not be teaching the following semester at the university, giving her a lower profile to avoid attracting criticism for her sexual orientation. Professor Dan is later seen hanged at the university with the word "faggot" spray painted underneath him. While Emily, along with her wife Sylvia and son Oliver, attempt to emigrate to Canada, she is unable to leave the country because their same-sex marriage is no longer recognized, and it becomes known that she is the biological mother of Oliver. June makes a memorial for The Boston Globe employees who were executed at the newspaper's former headquarters and prays to God to send an angel to watch over it.[25]

13
3
"Baggage"
Kari Skogland
Dorothy Fortenberry
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)

Having spent two months at The Boston Globe offices, June has found evidence in their archives of the early emergence of the Gilead movement. Nick visits occasionally. She is abruptly moved to a place where she meets Omar, who tells her he is bringing her to another safe house near an airstrip to fly to Canada. He receives a message that the safe house has been compromised, and tries to leave without her, but she stands in front of his van to make him take her. He takes her to his apartment, where she meets his wife, Heather, and their son, Adam. Left alone when his family goes to church, June finds a hidden Qur'an and prayer rug under the bedsprings; Omar and his family do not return. She dons Heather's Econowife outfit and gets out of the apartment, blending in with other Econowives. After a train ride, June runs into the woods. She realizes she has no way of rescuing Hannah and advances to the airstrip that Omar had told her of; however, the plane is intercepted before take-off, the pilot is executed, and June and another fugitive are apprehended by the Guardians. Meanwhile, Moira, now living with Luke and Erin (who is no longer mute) in Canada, gives a tour to a new co-worker but he has a breakdown, traumatized by what he did as a Guardian. In a flashback, June as a child is taken to a Take Back the Night rally by her mother, Holly. When she grew up, Holly was disappointed at June's career choices and plan to marry Luke, hoping that she would have been an activist. Moira and June learned during their training at the Red Center that Holly had been declared an Unwoman and was sent to the Colonies to be worked to death.

14
4
"Other Women"
Kari Skogland
Yahlin Chang
May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)

June is taken back and chained in a room where Aunt Lydia explains that if she must choose between this imprisonment, followed by execution after the birth of her child, and return as a handmaid to the Waterfords. She chooses the latter and is under close supervision from Lydia. The Waterfords, who still employ Nick, publicly treat Offred's disappearance as a kidnapping, but privately Serena is furious and grabs Offred by the throat. Rita returns the letters she found and tells Offred that she will no longer be involved. A baby shower is held Serena, incorporating prayer and a ritual binding of Offred to Serena. Offred learns from Alma that Ofglen's tongue was removed for speaking up to save Ofwarren (Janine) as she was about to be stoned and that Mayday has now gone silent. Aunt Lydia takes Offred out to show her what is presumed to be Omar's hanging corpse. She tells June that Omar's wife, Heather, is now a handmaid and that their child, Adam, was given away to another family. Aunt Lydia tells Offred that this was her fault, and Offred accepts the blame. Aunt Lydia encourages June to distinguish between Offred's person and June's. In a flashback, June sees Luke's first wife Annie, who tells her that they made wedding vows before God, but Luke rejects her attempts to come between him and June; a few years later, Annie sees Luke and June in a restaurant with their child, Hannah. Offred has collapsed emotionally under the knowledge of Omar's family's fate. June prays that Hannah might forget her, and ignoring Nick, appears to be conforming to the expectations of a handmaid.

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5
"Seeds"
Mike Barker
Kira Snyder
May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)

Offred is very subdued, and starts to burn the letters she had been keeping for Mayday. She notices vaginal bleeding, which continues and gets worse but does not inform anyone, although Rita notices her unsteadiness. Nick notices Offred's apparent depression and lets Mrs. Waterford know about it. Mrs. Waterford becomes alarmed at Nick's interest in Offred and informs Commander Waterford, who arranges for him to be married at a Prayvaganza where loyal Guardians are issued a wife as a reward for their work. Nick's new bride, Eden, moves into his room. Nick later finds Offred unconscious and drenched in the bushes outside the Waterfords' house and she is taken to the hospital. Offred, still pregnant, promises to her baby that they both will escape Gilead. Meanwhile, in the Colonies, Janine assures Emily that God is protecting them through their struggles in Gilead, and helps to arrange a small wedding for a dying worker, officiated by another Unwoman who is a rabbi. Emily, who has begun to lose her teeth, argues with her over her faith and her wishes to bring brightness to a place that otherwise seems so bleak. When the newlywed Unwoman dies, the rabbi officiates at the burial as she is lowered into her grave in a cemetery adorned with crosses.

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"First Blood"
Mike Barker
Eric Tuchman
May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)

Offred and Serena seem to be bonding when Serena gathers several handmaids and hosts lunch in Offred's honor. Serena offers her airy sitting room to Offred to use as a bedroom and shows Offred the nursery for the baby. Offred asks to see Hannah, which angers Serena. Eden reveals to Offred that she fears Nick may be a "gender traitor" due to his reluctance to have sex with her so Offred warns him and he has sex with Eden to avoid suspicion. Fred visits Offred in secret and gives her a photograph of Hannah. Nick asks Commander Pryce to be reassigned. Ofglen goes rogue at the opening of the Rachel and Leah Center and detonates a bomb. Flashbacks show Serena promoting her book tour A Woman's Place and being verbally attacked and shot by a protester, as well as Fred's efforts in punishing those who threatened Serena.

17
7
"After"
Kari Skogland
Lynn Renee Maxcy
May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)

Wearing mourning veils, the handmaids and aunts attend a funeral for all of the 31 handmaids who perished in the bomb blast carried out by Ofglen. Twenty-six commanders were also killed in the attack on the Rachel and Leah Center, including Commander Pryce, while others, such as Commander Waterford, were seriously injured. Following the attack, Commander Cushing takes Commander Pryce's role and tightens security in Gilead, instituting an increased number of checkpoints and having numerous civilians summarily executed. He questions Offred, asking who aided her when she tried to flee the country. Offred responds that she was kidnapped, an answer that Commander Cushing does not believe. Mrs. Waterford is alarmed at the possibility of her household being targeted, and is angry at his heavy-handed response to the bombing. She forges orders from her husband to have Commander Cushing arrested. Because so many handmaids were killed at the Rachel and Leah Center during Ofglen's attack, some fertile women are taken back from the Colonies and are made to serve as handmaids once again, including Janine and Emily. Both reunite with Offred in the grocery store, with Janine happily telling her that it was God's plan that she be rescued. Offred tells her real name, June, to Emily and another handmaid and following this, several of the handmaids whisper their real names to one another. Later, Mrs. Waterford enlists Offred's help in illicitly performing the Commander's work for him while he is in the hospital. At the refugee center, Moira looks through countless records to try to confirm whether her fiancée, Odette, has died. Through flashbacks Moira is revealed to have been a voluntary surrogate for a couple before the war. She met Odette, a doctor, during this process. In the present, Moira eventually finds photographs showing Odette was killed.

18
8
"Women's Work"
Kari Skogland
Nina Fiore & John Herrera
June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)

Offred helps Serena to complete Fred's work while he is too ill from his bomb injuries to do so himself. Serena tells Offred that the Putnams' child, Angela (called Charlotte by Janine, who is her biological mother) is sick. Offred advocates for Janine to be able to see the baby, and Serena agrees to ask about it for the baby's sake. Naomi Putnam dislikes the idea, but she is overruled by her husband, Warren. Serena petitions Fred to allow the sick child to be seen by a Martha who, prior to the Sons of Jacob coup, was one of the nation's top neonatologists. Fred denies the request, saying that whatever happens to the child must now be left to God's will. A dismayed Serena forges Fred's signature to a written order that transfers the Martha to the hospital for a day. Aunt Lydia tells June that she will hold her personally responsible if anything goes wrong with Janine's visit to the hospital. Offred, with true concern, tells Aunt Lydia that she will hold herself responsible too. The neonatologist can find nothing physically wrong with the child, and she advises them to simply unplug the baby from all of the machines and help her to feel safe and warm. When Fred discovers that Serena forged his signature on an order to temporarily transfer the physician/Martha, he beats Serena with his belt as Offred is forced to watch. Meanwhile, Eden is working hard to please Nick, but after rearranging his garret and uncovering the bundle of handmaids' letters he is keeping safe for Offred, he becomes aggressive towards her, demanding that she never touch his belongings. The episode ends with Janine singing "I Only Want to Be with You" to her child and bouncing her as her baby gurgles happily. Janine is in a state of undress, paying tribute to the theory that skin-to-skin maternal contact can solve a variety of infant maladies.

19
9
"Smart Power"
Jeremy Podeswa
Dorothy Fortenberry
June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)

Fred orders Serena to travel with him on a diplomatic mission to Canada, despite the baby's birth is so close,saying that outsiders need to see "a strong Gilead wife." Serena punishes Offred by telling her she'll be kicked out of the house as soon as the baby is born. Offred is disturbed to learn that she won't be permitted to nurse and then wean the baby, as is customary, but tries to hide her dismay by agreeing with Serena that they've all had enough of one another. As Serena and Fred are driven through the streets of Toronto, Serena is reminded of what normalcy used to look like in the US. The Waterfords are officially greeted by a contingent of Canadian government officials, with a gay male government official pointedly telling Fred that he used to enjoy visiting the US with "his husband." Fred then diplomatically attempts to whitewash Gilead's anti-gay stance. An aide hands Serena a schedule of activities that consists of pictures rather than words. Feeling ambivalent about all of the reminders of open society surrounding her in Toronto and embarrassed by her welcome, Serena goes to a bar and orders a glass of wine. She is soon approached by a handsome man named Mark, who reveals he's a spy working for the remnant of the US government in Hawaii. Mark offers to help Serena defect and denounce Gilead and her husband in exchange for her freedom. Serena declines even after Mark offers to arrange fertility treatment so Serena can have a baby of her own. US refugees stand in protest at the entrance to Fred and Serena's hotel. One of the protesters is Luke, who accosts the Waterfords as their limo pulls up. Luke, holding an enlarged, sign-sized photo of himself, June, and their daughter Hannah, accuses Waterford of raping his wife. Serena and Nick are visibly disquieted by the photo. Afterwards, Nick quietly finds Luke at a bar and tells him June is pregnant but safe, and gives him the bundle of letters from handmaids who are enslaved in Gilead. Luke, Moira, and Erin release the letters on the Web, causing a huge public outcry that prompts the Canadians to cancel the summit. At the airport, as the Waterfords are surrounded by more protesters, Moira angrily bangs on the Waterfords' car and holds up a sign that says "My name is Moira." Fred learns that Moira (who he knew as "Ruby" at Jezebel's) successfully escaped from Gilead. Offred pleads with Rita, and then with Aunt Lydia, to protect the child from the Waterfords after Offred is expelled from the house. Offred is able to extract a somewhat grudging promise to do so from Rita and a tearful promise to do so from Aunt Lydia. Serena burns the Hawaiian tiki bar matches Mark gave her to remind her that a United States still exists beyond the borders of Gilead, with some apparent regret. Meanwhile, Nick gives Offred news of Luke and Moira, which lifts her spirits and reignites her will to fight.

20
10
"The Last Ceremony"[27]
TBA
TBA
June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)

text: Production[edit]

text: A straight-to-series order by Hulu of The Handmaid's Tale was announced in April 2016, with Elisabeth Moss set to star.[28] Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, the series was created by Bruce Miller, who is also an executive producer with Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, and Warren Littlefield.[28] Atwood serves as consulting producer, giving feedback on some of the areas where the series expands upon or modernizes the book.[28][29] She also played a small cameo role in the first episode.[30] Moss is also a producer.[31] In June 2016, Reed Morano was announced as director of the series.[32] Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, and Ann Dowd joined the cast in July 2016.[33][34][35] Joseph Fiennes, Madeline Brewer, and Yvonne Strahovski were cast in August 2016,[36][37][38] followed by O. T. Fagbenle and Amanda Brugel in September 2016.[39][40] In October 2016, Ever Carradine joined the cast,[41] and Alexis Bledel was added in January 2017.[42]

text: Filming on the series took place in Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Oakville, and Cambridge, Ontario, from September 2016 to February 2017.[43][44] The first full trailer of the TV series was released by Hulu on YouTube on March 23, 2017.[45] The series premiered on April 26, 2017.[46]

text: On May 3, 2017, The Handmaid's Tale was renewed for a second season to premiere in 2018.[47] Moss told the news media that the subsequent episodes would cover further developments in the story, filling in some of the unanswered questions and continuing the narrative already "finished" in the book.[48] The second season consists of 13 episodes and began filming in fall 2017. Alexis Bledel returned as a series regular.[49] Showrunner Bruce Miller stated that he envisioned 10 seasons of the show, stating, "Well, you know, honestly, when I started, I tried to game out in my head what would ten seasons be like? If you hit a home run, you want energy to go around the bases, you want enough story to keep going, if you can hook the audience to care about these people enough that they're actually crying at the finale."[50]

text: Broadcast and release[edit]

text: The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017; the subsequent seven episodes were released on a weekly basis.[46][51] In Canada, the series is broadcast by Bravo; the first two episodes premiered on April 30, 2017.[52] In Scandinavia, the series is available on HBO Nordic.[53] In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on May 28, 2017, on Channel 4.[54] In Ireland, the series premiered on February 5, 2018 on RTÉ2, with a showing of the first two episodes.[55] RTÉ also became the first broadcaster in Europe to debut Season 2 following its broadcast in the US and Canada.[56]

text: In New Zealand, the series was released on the subscription video on demand service Lightbox on June 8, 2017.[57] In Australia, the series premiered on the TV channel SBS's video streaming service SBS on Demand, on July 6, 2017.[58]

text: The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 13, 2018.[59]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text:
Season
Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic

1
95% (106 reviews)
92 (41 reviews)

2
94% (69 reviews)
86 (28 reviews)

text: Season 1[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 95% based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Haunting and vivid, The Handmaid's Tale is an endlessly engrossing adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel that's anchored by a terrific central performance from Elisabeth Moss."[60] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 92 out of 100 based on 41 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[61]

text: Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter called it "probably the spring's best new show".[62] Jen Chaney of Vulture gave it a highly positive review, and wrote that it is "A faithful adaptation of the book that also brings new layers to Atwood's totalitarian, sexist world of forced surrogate motherhood" and that "this series is meticulously paced, brutal, visually stunning, and so suspenseful from moment to moment that only at the end of each hour will you feel fully at liberty to exhale".[63]

text: There was much debate on whether parallels could be drawn between the series (and by extension, the book it is based on) and American society following Donald Trump and Mike Pence's elections as President and Vice President of the United States, respectively. [64] [65] A comparison has also been made to the Salafi/Wahabbi extremism of ISIL, under which enslaved women of religious minorities are passed around and utilized as sex objects and vessels to bear new jihadis.[66][67]

text: Season 2[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has an approval rating of 94% based on 69 reviews, with an average rating of 8.35/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Beautifully shot but dishearteningly relevant, The Handmaid's Tale centers its sophomore season tightly around its compelling cast of characters, making room for broader social commentary through more intimate lenses."[68] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[69]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.

2017
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Sheila Hockin, Eric Tuchman, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Kira Snyder, Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Boccia, and Leila Gerstein
Won
[70]

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Elisabeth Moss (for "Night")
Won

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Ann Dowd (for "Offred")
Won

Samira Wiley (for "Night")
Nominated

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Reed Morano (for "Offred")
Won

Kate Dennis (for "The Bridge")
Nominated

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Bruce Miller (for "Offred")
Won

Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel (for "Late")
Won

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Russell Scott, Sharon Bialy, and Sherry Thomas
Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Colin Watkinson (for "Offred")
Won

Outstanding Period/Fantasy Costumes for a Series, Limited Series, or Movie
Ane Crabtree and Sheena Wichary (for "Offred")
Nominated

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Julie Berghoff, Evan Webber, and Sophie Neudorfer (for "Offred")
Won

Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Brendan Taylor, Stephen Lebed, Leo Bovell, Martin O'Brien, Winston Lee, Kelly Knauff, Zach Dembinski, Mike Suta, and Cameron Kerr (for "Birth Day")
Nominated

Peabody Award
Entertainment, children's and youth honoree
The Handmaid's Tale
Won
[71]

Gold Derby TV Awards
Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Nominated
[72]

Drama Actress
Elisabeth Moss
Won

Drama Guest Actress
Alexis Bledel
Won

TCA Awards
Program of the Year
The Handmaid's Tale
Won
[73]

Outstanding Achievement in Drama
Won

Outstanding New Program
Nominated

Individual Achievement in Drama
Elisabeth Moss
Nominated

American Film Institute Awards
Top 10 TV Programs of the Year
The Handmaid's Tale
Won
[74]

2018
American Cinema Editors Awards
Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television
Julian Clarke and Wendy Hallam Martin (for "Offred")
Won
[75]

Art Directors Guild Awards
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series
Julie Berghoff (for "Offred", "Birth Day", "Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum")
Won
[76]

Andrew Stearn (for "The Bridge")
Nominated

Casting Society of America
Television Pilot and First Season – Drama
Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott, Robin D. Cook, and Jonathan Oliveira
Won
[77]

Cinema Audio Society Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour
John J. Thomson, Lou Solakofski, Joe Morrow, and Don White (for "Offred")
Nominated
[78]

Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Contemporary Television Series
Ane Crabtree
Won
[79]

Critics' Choice Television Awards
Best Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Won
[80]

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Elisabeth Moss
Won

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Ann Dowd
Won

Directors Guild of America Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Drama Series
Reed Morano (for "Offred")
Won
[81]

Golden Globe Awards
Best Television Series – Drama
The Handmaid's Tale
Won
[82]

Best Actress – Television Series Drama
Elisabeth Moss
Won

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Ann Dowd
Nominated

Location Managers Guild Awards
Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Television
John Musikka and Geoffrey Smither
Nominated
[83]

Producers Guild of America Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
The Handmaid's Tale
Won
[84]

Satellite Awards
Best Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Nominated
[85]

Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series
Elisabeth Moss
Won

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film
Ann Dowd
Won

Saturn Awards
Best New Media Television Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Pending
[86]

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, O. T. Fagbenle, Joseph Fiennes, Tattiawna Jones, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, and Samira Wiley
Nominated
[87]

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Elisabeth Moss
Nominated

USC Scripter Awards
Best Adapted TV Screenplay
Bruce Miller and Margaret Atwood (for "Offred")
Won
[88]

Writers Guild of America Awards
Dramatic Series
Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, and Eric Tuchman
Won
[89]

New Series
Won


document_title: Consumer (food chain)

question_text: what are some examples of a primary consumer

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text: Consumer (food chain)

text: Levels of the food chain[edit]

text: Within an ecological food chain, Consumers are categorized into primary consumers, secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers.[2] Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants. Secondary consumers, on the other hand, are carnivores, and prey on other animals. Omnivores, who feed on both plants and animals, can also be considered a secondary consumer. Tertiary consumers, sometimes also known as apex predators, are usually at the top of food chains, capable of feeding on secondary consumers and primary consumers. Tertiary consumers can be either fully carnivorous or omnivorous.

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text: Importance to the ecosystem[edit]

text: Consumers have important roles to play within an ecosystem such as balancing the food chain by keeping plant populations at a reasonable number. Without proper balance, an ecosystem can collapse and cause the decline of all affected species. This will lead to a severely disrupted ecosystem and a nonfunctional consumer web.


document_title: List of The Graham Norton Show episodes

question_text: what is the current season of graham norton

text: List of The Graham Norton Show episodes

text: The Graham Norton Show is a British comedy chat show broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It was shown on BBC Two from February 2007 to May 2009 and has been on BBC One since October 2009. Presented by Irish comedian Graham Norton, the show's format is very similar to his previous Channel 4 programmes, So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton, both of which were also produced by So Television.

text: The show's latest series, the twenty-second, premiered on 29 September 2017. As of 15 December 2017,[update] 346 episodes of The Graham Norton Show have aired.

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Series
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired
Network

1
19
22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)
5 July 2007 (2007-07-05)
BBC Two

2
12
11 October 2007 (2007-10-11)
26 December 2007 (2007-12-26)

3
12
17 April 2008 (2008-04-17)
3 July 2008 (2008-07-03)

4
14
2 October 2008 (2008-10-02)
30 December 2008 (2008-12-30)

5
12
5 March 2009 (2009-03-05)
28 May 2009 (2009-05-28)

6
13
5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)
31 December 2009 (2009-12-31)
BBC One

7
12
12 April 2010 (2010-04-12)
28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)

8
20
22 October 2010 (2010-10-22)
11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)

9
13
15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)
8 July 2011 (2011-07-08)

10
21
21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)
16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)

11
13
13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)
6 July 2012 (2012-07-06)

12
20
19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)

13
14
5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)
5 July 2013 (2013-07-05)

14
20
11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)
28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)

15
13
4 April 2014 (2014-04-04)
27 June 2014 (2014-06-27)

16
24
26 September 2014 (2014-09-26)
20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)

17
13
10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)
3 July 2015 (2015-07-03)

18
20
25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)

19
15
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
1 July 2016 (2016-07-01)

20
22
30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)

21
13
7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)

22
20[1]
29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
N/A

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text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series 1 (2007)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

–
–
Sarah Beeny and Sandi Toksvig (Pilot)
–

1
1
Elijah Wood, Kim Cattrall and Heloise and the Savoir Faire
22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)

2
2
Orlando Bloom and Samantha Morton
1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)

3
3
Joan Rivers and Julian McMahon
8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)

4
4
Jenny Eclair and Louis Walsh
15 March 2007 (2007-03-15)

5
5
Ioan Gruffudd, Jessie Wallace and Scooch
22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)

6
6
David Tennant, Jo Brand and The Proclaimers
29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)

7
7
Julia Sawalha, Liz Smith and Alan Bates
12 April 2007 (2007-04-12)

8
8
Barbara Windsor and Robert Webb
19 April 2007 (2007-04-19)

9
9
Dustin Hoffman, Lisa Hoffman and Mika
26 April 2007 (2007-04-26)

10
10
Dawn French and Sarah Beeny
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)

11
11
Gérard Depardieu and Tori Amos
10 May 2007 (2007-05-10)

12
12
Dame Joan Collins, Jason Donovan and Ben's Brother
17 May 2007 (2007-05-17)

13
13
Miriam Margolyes, Rupert Everett and The Zimmers
24 May 2007 (2007-05-24)

14
14
Matt Lucas, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sinéad O'Connor
31 May 2007 (2007-05-31)

15
15
Jennifer Coolidge and Enrique Iglesias
7 June 2007 (2007-06-07)

16
16
Joanna Lumley and Jon Bon Jovi
14 June 2007 (2007-06-14)

17
17
Alice Cooper, Sandi Toksvig and Gareth Gates
21 June 2007 (2007-06-21)

18
18
Dennis Hopper, Ardal O'Hanlon and Joss Stone
28 June 2007 (2007-06-28)

19
19
Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless and Natalie Imbruglia
5 July 2007 (2007-07-05)

text: Series 2 (2007)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

20
1
Courtney Love, Louis Walsh, Brian Capron and Katie Melua
11 October 2007 (2007-10-11)

21
2
Gabriel Byrne, Letitia Dean and The Backstreet Boys
18 October 2007 (2007-10-18)

22
3
Melanie Chisholm, Josh Hartnett and Rufus Wainwright
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25)

23
4
Jackie Collins, John Waters and Westlife
1 November 2007 (2007-11-01)

24
5
Frankie Boyle, Elle Macpherson and KT Tunstall
8 November 2007 (2007-11-08)

25
6
Jo Brand, Trinny Woodall, Susannah Constantine and Alison Moyet
15 November 2007 (2007-11-15)

26
7
John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and Phil Nichol
22 November 2007 (2007-11-22)

27
8
Alan Carr, Glenn Close and Amy MacDonald
29 November 2007 (2007-11-29)

28
9
Nigella Lawson, Marilyn Manson and Rihanna
6 December 2007 (2007-12-06)

29
10
Sharon Osbourne, David Boreanaz, Louis Walsh and Stereophonics
13 December 2007 (2007-12-13)

30
11
Miriam Margolyes, Ashley Jensen and Mika
20 December 2007 (2007-12-20)

31
12
Russell Brand, Lorraine Kelly, Christopher Biggins, Barbara Windsor and The Feeling
26 December 2007 (2007-12-26)

text: Series 3 (2008)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

32
1
Kevin Bacon, Tony Curtis and Robyn
17 April 2008 (2008-04-17)

33
2
Martin Sheen, Ed Byrne and will.i.am with Cheryl Cole
24 April 2008 (2008-04-24)

34
3
Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Chesney Hawkes and Sandi Thom
1 May 2008 (2008-05-01)

35
4
Jimmy Carr and Minnie Driver
8 May 2008 (2008-05-08)

36
5
Cynthia Nixon, David Mitchell, Liz Smith and OneRepublic
15 May 2008 (2008-05-15)

37
6
Jackie Chan, Dawn French and Duffy
22 May 2008 (2008-05-22)

38
7
Dame Edna Everage, Ray Mears and Alanis Morissette
29 May 2008 (2008-05-29)

39
8
Susan Sarandon, Jon Culshaw, Jodie Prenger and The Feeling
5 June 2008 (2008-06-05)

40
9
Gordon Ramsay, Juliette Binoche and Scouting for Girls
12 June 2008 (2008-06-12)

41
10
Joan Rivers, Alicia Silverstone and Freemasons
19 June 2008 (2008-06-19)

42
11
John Malkovich, Alan Davies and Sharleen Spiteri
26 June 2008 (2008-06-26)

43
12
Catherine Tate, James Nesbitt and The Kooks
3 July 2008 (2008-07-03)

text: Series 4 (2008)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

44
1
Harry Shearer, Eddie Izzard and Travis
2 October 2008 (2008-10-02)

45
2
Jennifer Saunders and Cyndi Lauper
9 October 2008 (2008-10-09)

46
3
Goldie Hawn, Sandi Toksvig and Alphabeat
16 October 2008 (2008-10-16)

47
4
Ricky Gervais, Thandie Newton and Anastacia
23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

48
5
Mickey Rourke, Jessica Biel and Martha Wainwright
30 October 2008 (2008-10-30)

49
6
Karen Allen, Frank Skinner and Glasvegas
6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

50
7
Robin Williams and Estelle
13 November 2008 (2008-11-13)

51
8
Alan Carr and Tom Jones
20 November 2008 (2008-11-20)

52
9
Reese Witherspoon, Paul O'Grady and The Ting Tings
27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

53
10
Barry Manilow
4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

54
11
Brendan Fraser, Martina Navratilova and Alesha Dixon
11 December 2008 (2008-12-11)

55
12
Jack Dee, Davina McCall and Razorlight
18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

56
13
Compilation show
27 December 2008 (2008-12-27)

57
14
Joe Swash, Michael McIntyre, Tim Minchin and Boyzone
30 December 2008 (2008-12-30)

text: Series 5 (2009)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

58
1
Sarah, Duchess of York and Ed Byrne
5 March 2009 (2009-03-05)

59
2
Greg Kinnear and Ruth Jones
12 March 2009 (2009-03-12)

60
3
Ronnie Corbett, Ricky Gervais and Shaun Williamson
19 March 2009 (2009-03-19)

61
4
Zac Efron, David Walliams and Pet Shop Boys
26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)

62
5
Roberto Benigni and Patsy Kensit
2 April 2009 (2009-04-02)

63
6
Gillian Anderson, Chris Addison and Sinéad O'Connor
16 April 2009 (2009-04-16)

64
7
Katie Price, Peter Andre and Jimmy Carr
23 April 2009 (2009-04-23)

65
8
Anna Friel and Matt Lucas
30 April 2009 (2009-04-30)

66
9
Duncan Bannatyne, Joan Rivers and Chesney Hawkes
7 May 2009 (2009-05-07)

67
10
Willem Dafoe, Ashley Jensen and Lily Allen
14 May 2009 (2009-05-14)

68
11
Isabella Rossellini, Alistair McGowan and Juliette Lewis
21 May 2009 (2009-05-21)

69
12
Kurt Russell and Jenny Eclair
28 May 2009 (2009-05-28)

text: Series 6 (2009)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

70
1
Ricky Gervais, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and Olivia Newton-John
5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)

71
2
Anna Paquin, David Mitchell and Robert Webb and Paolo Nutini
12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)

72
3
Katie Price, Jackie Collins and Jo Brand
19 October 2009 (2009-10-19)

73
4
Lily Cole, Isabella Rossellini, Sue Perkins and Michael Bublé
26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)

74
5
Katherine Jenkins, Rob Brydon and Harry Connick Jr.
2 November 2009 (2009-11-02)

75
6
David Tennant, Johnny Vegas and Alison Moyet
9 November 2009 (2009-11-09)

76
7
Michael Palin, Dawn French and Rod Stewart
16 November 2009 (2009-11-16)

77
8
Michael Sheen, Rhod Gilbert and Dame Shirley Bassey
23 November 2009 (2009-11-23)

78
9
Stephen Fry, Bill Bailey, Cesar Millan, Annie Lennox and David Gray
30 November 2009 (2009-11-30)

79
10
Catherine Tate, Jimmy Carr and 50 Cent
7 December 2009 (2009-12-07)

80
11
Robert Downey, Jr., Ed Byrne and Will Young
14 December 2009 (2009-12-14)

81
12
Compilation show
21 December 2009 (2009-12-21)

82
13
Sarah Jessica Parker, Dominic West, Joan Rivers, Jedward and Sharleen Spiteri
31 December 2009 (2009-12-31)

text: Series 7 (2010)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

83
1
Christina Ricci, Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais and Pixie Lott
12 April 2010 (2010-04-12)

84
2
Toni Collette, Billie Piper, Shappi Khorsandi and Scouting for Girls
19 April 2010 (2010-04-19)

85
3
John Cleese, Martin Clunes, Lee Mack and Jane Turner
26 April 2010 (2010-04-26)

86
4
Jennifer Lopez, Alan Davies, Karen Gillan and Ben's Brother
3 May 2010 (2010-05-03)

87
5
Brooke Shields, Miranda Hart, Jedward and The Bacon Brothers
10 May 2010 (2010-05-10)

88
6
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones and Katie Melua
17 May 2010 (2010-05-17)

89
7
Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Marcus Brigstocke and Eric Idle
24 May 2010 (2010-05-24)

90
8
Chris Rock, Joshua Jackson and Diana Vickers
31 May 2010 (2010-05-31)

91
9
Miley Cyrus, Jack Whitehall and Usher
7 June 2010 (2010-06-07)

92
10
Amanda Holden, Bill Bailey and Kelly Rowland
14 June 2010 (2010-06-14)

93
11
Joanna Lumley, David Hyde Pierce, Hamish & Andy and Fyfe Dangerfield
21 June 2010 (2010-06-21)

94
12
Anna Kournikova, Jason Manford and Katy Perry
28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)

text: Series 8 (2010–11)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

95
1
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Russell Howard and Charlotte Church
22 October 2010 (2010-10-22)

96
2
Alan Sugar, Pamela Stephenson, Lee Mack and James Blunt
29 October 2010 (2010-10-29)

97
3
Joan Rivers, Johnny Knoxville, Catherine Tate and Pet Shop Boys
5 November 2010 (2010-11-05)

98
4
Colin Farrell, Rhod Gilbert, Daniel Radcliffe and Rihanna
12 November 2010 (2010-11-12)

99
5
David Haye, Stephen Fry and Bette Midler
26 November 2010 (2010-11-26)

100
6
Jack Black, Miranda Hart, John Waters and Justin Bieber
3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)

101
7
Barry Manilow, Katherine Jenkins, Sean Lock, Ann Widdecombe and KT Tunstall
10 December 2010 (2010-12-10)

102
8
Cher, Dawn French and The Script
17 December 2010 (2010-12-17)

103
9
Matt Smith, Kara Tointon, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Artem Chigvintsev and Ellie Goulding
24 December 2010 (2010-12-24)

104
10
Elizabeth McGovern, Louis Walsh, Alan Davies and Eliza Doolittle
31 December 2010 (2010-12-31)

105
11
Keanu Reeves, Emilia Fox, Marcus Brigstocke and Imelda May
7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)

106
12
Matt LeBlanc, Mary Portas, David Mitchell and Donald Sutherland
14 January 2011 (2011-01-14)

107
13
Vince Vaughn, Sarah Millican and Diddy
21 January 2011 (2011-01-21)

108
14
Kate Hudson, Russell Kane and Tinie Tempah
28 January 2011 (2011-01-28)

109
15
Dame Helen Mirren, Ed Byrne, Emily Blunt and The Wanted
4 February 2011 (2011-02-04)

110
16
Sigourney Weaver, Brian Cox, Sandi Toksvig and Sugarland
11 February 2011 (2011-02-11)

111
17
Ashton Kutcher, Heston Blumenthal, Greg Davies and Hurts
18 February 2011 (2011-02-18)

112
18
Matthew Fox, Diane Kruger, John Bishop and Jessie J
25 February 2011 (2011-02-25)

113
19
Stanley Tucci, Miriam Margolyes, Jimmy Carr and Bruno Mars
4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)

114
20
Bradley Cooper, Jo Brand, Stephen Merchant, Liam Neeson and Blue
11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)

text: Series 9 (2011)[edit]

text:
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overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

115
1
David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Jon Richardson and Josh Groban
15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)

116
2
k.d. lang, Bill Bailey and Jennifer Hudson
22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)

117
3
Miranda Hart, Jack Whitehall, Nico Evers-Swindell, Camilla Luddington and Adele
29 April 2011 (2011-04-29)

118
4
Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Shappi Khorsandi and Hugh Laurie
6 May 2011 (2011-05-06)

119
5
Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Jason Byrne and Lady Gaga
13 May 2011 (2011-05-13)

120
6
Snoop Dogg, Elle Macpherson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Cee Lo Green
20 May 2011 (2011-05-20)

121
7
Rob Lowe, Alex Kingston, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Aloe Blacc
27 May 2011 (2011-05-27)

122
8
James McAvoy, Jack Dee and Liza Minnelli
3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)

123
9
Tom Hanks, Simon Pegg and Nicole Scherzinger
10 June 2011 (2011-06-10)

124
10
Cameron Diaz, Bear Grylls, Kathy Griffin and Friendly Fires
17 June 2011 (2011-06-17)

125
11
Kim Cattrall, Jessie Wallace, Lee Mack and The Saturdays
24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)

126
12
Ewan McGregor, Chris O'Dowd and Example
1 July 2011 (2011-07-01)

127
13
Compilation show
8 July 2011 (2011-07-08)

text: Series 10 (2011–12)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

128
1
Kate Winslet, Jamie Bell, Rob Brydon and Noah and the Whale
21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)

129
2
James McAvoy, Joanna Lumley, John Bishop, Nancy Dell'Olio and Arctic Monkeys
28 October 2011 (2011-10-28)

130
3
Ricky Gervais, Carey Mulligan, Ed Byrne, Johnny Depp and Snow Patrol
4 November 2011 (2011-11-04)

131
4
Sir Cliff Richard, Micky Flanagan, Alan Sugar and Kelly Rowland
11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)

132
5
Robin Williams, Jennifer Saunders, Elijah Wood and JLS
25 November 2011 (2011-11-25)

133
6
Jessica Biel, James Corden, Sarah Millican, Bradley Cooper and Lenny Kravitz
2 December 2011 (2011-12-02)

134
7
Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Jimmy Carr and Coldplay
9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)

135
8
Alesha Dixon, Eddie Izzard, Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and Rebecca Ferguson
16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)

136
9
Matt Smith, Gillian Anderson, Russell Kane, Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter, Hilary Devey and Gareth Malone and the Military Wives' Choir
23 December 2011 (2011-12-23)

137
10
Compilation show
30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)

138
11
Gerard Butler, Karen Gillan, Martin Freeman, Uggie and Noel Gallagher
6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)

139
12
Madonna, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough and Emeli Sandé
13 January 2012 (2012-01-13)

140
13
Sir Kenneth Branagh, Zach Braff, Frank Skinner and Taio Cruz
20 January 2012 (2012-01-20)

141
14
Liam Neeson, Sir Patrick Stewart, Alan Davies and Ed Sheeran
27 January 2012 (2012-01-27)

142
15
Reese Witherspoon, Alex Kingston, Reginald D. Hunter and The Musgraves
3 February 2012 (2012-02-03)

143
16
Dame Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Sue Perkins and Will Young
10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)

144
17
Daniel Radcliffe, Cuba Gooding Jr., Omid Djalili and Sinéad O'Connor
17 February 2012 (2012-02-17)

145
18
Mark Wahlberg, Minnie Driver, Mark Watson and Christina Perri
24 February 2012 (2012-02-24)

146
19
John Cusack, Goldie Hawn, Marcus Brigstocke and Kasabian
2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)

147
20
Gérard Depardieu, Damian Lewis, Dominic West and Olly Murs
9 March 2012 (2012-03-09)

148
21
Hugh Grant, Joanna Page, Jo Brand and David Guetta
16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)

text: Series 11 (2012)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

149
1
Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Michael Sheen, Matt Lucas and Keane
13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)

150
2
Mark Ruffalo, Nicki Minaj, John Bishop and Rufus Wainwright
20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)

151
3
Zac Efron, Matt LeBlanc, Lee Mack and Marina and the Diamonds
27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)

152
4
Dame Julie Walters, Simon Amstell, Didier Drogba and Jessie J
4 May 2012 (2012-05-04)

153
5
Kristen Stewart, Chris Rock, Stephen Mangan and Engelbert Humperdinck
11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)

154
6
Will Smith, Gary Barlow and Sir Tom Jones
18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)

155
7
Cameron Diaz, Sir David Attenborough, Kathy Burke and Scissor Sisters
25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

156
8
Jon Hamm, Charlize Theron, Steve Coogan and Rumer
1 June 2012 (2012-06-01)

157
9
Katy Perry, Ross Noble and Cheryl Cole
8 June 2012 (2012-06-08)

158
10
Emily Blunt, Russell Brand and Paloma Faith
15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)

159
11
will.i.am, Miriam Margolyes, Greg Davies and Adam Lambert
22 June 2012 (2012-06-22)

160
12
Danny DeVito, Charlotte Church, Rhod Gilbert and Fun
29 June 2012 (2012-06-29)

161
13
Compilation show
6 July 2012 (2012-07-06)

text: Series 12 (2012–13)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

162
1
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Miranda Hart, Ronnie Corbett and Usher
19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)

163
2
Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Of Monsters and Men
26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)

164
3
Darcey Bussell, Paul O'Grady, Uggie, Felix Baumgartner and Robbie Williams
2 November 2012 (2012-11-02)

165
4
Cameron Diaz, Sarah Millican and Sir Rod Stewart
9 November 2012 (2012-11-09)

166
5
Helena Bonham Carter, Jack Whitehall, Michael Palin and Michael Bublé feat. The Puppini Sisters
23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)

167
6
Jake Gyllenhaal, Joan Rivers, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Ke$ha
30 November 2012 (2012-11-30)

168
7
Daniel Radcliffe, Jessica Ennis, Ricky Gervais and Bruno Mars
7 December 2012 (2012-12-07)

169
8
Martin Freeman, Dawn French, Lee Mack and Girls Aloud
14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)

170
9
Dustin Hoffman, Jennifer Saunders, Billy Connolly, Matt Smith and Amy MacDonald
21 December 2012 (2012-12-21)

171
10
Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, Hugh Jackman, Billy Crystal, John Bishop, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood and Pink
31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)

172
11
Josh Groban, Billie Piper, Frank Skinner and Example
4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)

173
12
Quentin Tarantino, James McAvoy, Alan Davies and Emeli Sandé
11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)

174
13
Denzel Washington, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Bailey and Conor Maynard
18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)

175
14
Minnie Driver, Clare Balding, Stephen Merchant and The Script
25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)

176
15
Dame Helen Mirren, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann and Little Mix
1 February 2013 (2013-02-01)

177
16
Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Silverman, Michael Fassbender and Laura Mvula
8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)

178
17
Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Matt Lucas, Delia Smith and Rita Ora
15 February 2013 (2013-02-15)

179
18
Richard Gere, Saoirse Ronan, John Malkovich and Taylor Swift
22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)

180
19
Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Mila Kunis and Olly Murs
1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)

181
20
Compilation show
22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)

text: Series 13 (2013)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

182
1
Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Gerard Butler and Paramore
5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)

183
2
Amanda Holden, Jack Dee and Michael Bublé
12 April 2013 (2013-04-12)

184
3
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mo Farah, Lee Mack and Hurts
19 April 2013 (2013-04-19)

185
4
Lewis Hamilton, Pedro Almodóvar, Dara Ó Briain and Alison Moyet
26 April 2013 (2013-04-26)

186
5
Chris Pine, Kim Cattrall, Benedict Cumberbatch and Bonnie Tyler
3 May 2013 (2013-05-03)

187
6
Alan Sugar, Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie
10 May 2013 (2013-05-10)

188
7
Daniel Radcliffe, Baz Luhrmann, Isla Fisher, Ed Byrne and Wretch 32
17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)

189
8
Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Bradley Cooper, Heather Graham, Michael Douglas and Selena Gomez
24 May 2013 (2013-05-24)

190
9
Jennifer Lopez, Freddie Flintoff, David Mitchell and Declan Bennett & Zrinka Cvitešić
31 May 2013 (2013-05-31)

191
10
Dan Stevens, Hayden Panettiere, Micky Flanagan and Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell Williams
7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)

192
11
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe and Katy B
14 June 2013 (2013-06-14)

193
12
Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd and Josh Groban
21 June 2013 (2013-06-21)

194
13
Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Frost and Jake Bugg
28 June 2013 (2013-06-28)

195
14
Compilation show
5 July 2013 (2013-07-05)

text: Series 14 (2013–14)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

196
1
Harrison Ford, Jack Whitehall, Benedict Cumberbatch and James Blunt
11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)

197
2
Katy Perry, James Corden, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Sir Paul McCartney
18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)

198
3
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Saunders and Cher
25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)

199
4
Dame Judi Dench, John Bishop Jeremy Paxman and Sir Elton John
1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)

200
5
Jude Law, Greg Davies, June Brown and Lady Gaga
8 November 2013 (2013-11-08)

201
6
Emma Thompson, Jimmy Carr, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Robbie Williams feat. Olly Murs
22 November 2013 (2013-11-22)

202
7
Colin Farrell, Sharon Osbourne, Jeremy Clarkson, Jo Brand and Arcade Fire
29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)

203
8
Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Berry, Harry Hill, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cliff Richard
6 December 2013 (2013-12-06)

204
9
Ben Stiller, Martin Freeman, Jamie Oliver and Rebecca Ferguson
13 December 2013 (2013-12-13)

205
10
Dame Julie Walters, Miranda Hart, Len Goodman and Tinie Tempah feat. Labrinth
20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)

206
11
Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Dame Joan Collins, Jackie Collins, Frank Skinner, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Michael Bublé
31 December 2013 (2013-12-31)

207
12
Compilation show
3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)

208
13
Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Carey Mulligan, Jonah Hill and Jake Bugg
10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)

209
14
Idris Elba, Lena Dunham, Olivia Colman and Keane
17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)

210
15
Sir Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightley, Lee Mack, Thierry Henry and Katy B
24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)

211
16
Matthew McConaughey, Julianne Moore, Alan Davies and Sheryl Crow
31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)

212
17
Gary Oldman, Toni Collette, Nick Frost and London Grammar
7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)

213
18
Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Hugh Bonneville and Paloma Faith
14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)

214
19
Dominic Cooper, Miriam Margolyes and Lily Allen
21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)

215
20
Ant & Dec, Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul, Naomi Campbell and Ellie Goulding
28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)

text: Series 15 (2014)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

216
1
Russell Crowe, Cameron Diaz, Richard Ayoade and Kylie Minogue
4 April 2014 (2014-04-04)

217
2
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Paolo Nutini
11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)

218
3
Juliette Binoche, Ronnie Corbett, Ricky Gervais and Imelda May
18 April 2014 (2014-04-18)

219
4
Matt LeBlanc, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Kaiser Chiefs
25 April 2014 (2014-04-25)

220
5
Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Molly Smitten-Downes
2 May 2014 (2014-05-02)

221
6
Brenda Blethyn, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stephen Mangan and Barry Manilow
9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)

222
7
Kirsten Dunst, Dawn French, Bear Grylls, Conchita Wurst and Sam Smith
16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)

223
8
Dame Julie Andrews, Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Pharrell Williams
23 May 2014 (2014-05-23)

224
9
Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Seth MacFarlane and Coldplay
30 May 2014 (2014-05-30)

225
10
Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Holden, Michael Sheen and Ed Sheeran
6 June 2014 (2014-06-06)

226
11
Samuel L. Jackson, Keira Knightley, Jenson Button[fn 1] and Kasabian
13 June 2014 (2014-06-13)

227
12
Cheryl Cole, Don Johnson, John Bishop, Brendan O'Carroll and Chrissie Hynde
20 June 2014 (2014-06-20)

228
13
Compilation show
27 June 2014 (2014-06-27)

text: Series 16 (2014–15)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

229
1
Denzel Washington, Gemma Arterton, Peter Capaldi and George Ezra
26 September 2014 (2014-09-26)

230
2
Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Luke Evans and Lenny Kravitz
3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)

231
3
John Cleese, Taylor Swift, Kevin Pietersen and Neil Diamond
10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)

232
4
Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr, Stephen Fry and U2
17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)

233
5
Benedict Cumberbatch, Miranda Hart, Timothy Spall and Maroon 5
24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)

234
6
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Lena Dunham, Micky Flanagan and Sia
31 October 2014 (2014-10-31)

235
7
David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Richard Ayoade, Dame Shirley Bassey and Annie Lennox
7 November 2014 (2014-11-07)

236
8
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Dame Judi Dench, Dustin Hoffman and Olly Murs
21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)

237
9
Nicole Kidman, Dame Julie Walters, Hugh Bonneville and Take That
28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)

238
10
Michael Keaton, Victoria Wood, Jamie Oliver, Sir Ian McKellen and One Direction
5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)

239
11
Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Tamsin Greig and Nicole Scherzinger
12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)

240
12
Ben Stiller, Ricky Gervais, Rebel Wilson, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Danny Dyer and Usher
19 December 2014 (2014-12-19)

241
13
Liam Neeson, Anna Kendrick, Eddie Redmayne, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Conchita Wurst
31 December 2014 (2014-12-31)

242
14
Meryl Streep, Mark Ruffalo, James McAvoy and Hozier
9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)

243
15
David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Harvey Weinstein and Jessie J
16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)

244
16
Jessica Chastain, Gary Lineker, Harry Hill, Sir David Attenborough and McBusted
23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)

245
17
Dame Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Jack O'Connell and First Aid Kit
30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)

246
18
Julianne Moore, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Bill Bailey, Michael Flatley and Gregory Porter & Laura Mvula
6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)

247
19
Jamie Dornan, Dame Julie Walters, Stephen Mangan and Charli XCX & Rita Ora
13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)

248
20
Adam Woodyatt, Letitia Dean, Kellie Bright, Danny Dyer, June Brown, John Altman, Pam St. Clement, Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace[fn 2]
16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)

249
21
Sean Penn, Celia Imrie, Ross Noble and Kelly Clarkson
20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)

250
22
Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, David Beckham and Noel Gallagher
27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)

251
23
Jennifer Saunders, David Walliams, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Jack Dee and Johnny Vegas[fn 3]
6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)

252
24
Compilation show
20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)

text: Series 17 (2015)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

253
1
Stanley Tucci, Kim Cattrall, Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Years & Years
10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)

254
2
Carey Mulligan, Noomi Rapace, Amanda Holden and Jessie Ware
17 April 2015 (2015-04-17)

255
3
Mark Ruffalo, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Josh Widdicombe and Blur
24 April 2015 (2015-04-24)

256
4
Matt LeBlanc, Rebel Wilson, Kit Harington and Mumford & Sons
1 May 2015 (2015-05-01)

257
5
Rupert Everett, Miranda Hart, Greg Davies and Electro Velvet
8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)

258
6
Kylie Minogue, Simon Pegg, Michael McIntyre and Brandon Flowers
15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)

259
7
George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Hynes and Snoop Dogg
22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)

260
8
Chris Pratt, Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, John Bishop and Florence and the Machine
29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)

261
9
Samuel L. Jackson, Amy Schumer, Stephen Merchant and Muse
5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)

262
10
Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Dara Ó Briain and Cyndi Lauper
12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

263
11
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Cara Delevingne and Tinie Tempah
19 June 2015 (2015-06-19)

264
12
Lewis Hamilton, Ewan McGregor, Jack Whitehall and Rita Ora
26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)

265
13
Compilation show
3 July 2015 (2015-07-03)

text: Series 18 (2015–16)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

266
1
Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Bill Bailey and The Weeknd
25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)

267
2
Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hiddleston and The Shires
2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)

268
3
Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Nicole Kidman, Nigella Lawson and Gabrielle Aplin
9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)

269
4
Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Dawn French, Chris O'Dowd and Rod Stewart
16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)

270
5
Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Christoph Waltz and Sam Smith
23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)

271
6
Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Dame Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings and Justin Bieber
30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)

272
7
Kate Winslet, Michael Fassbender, Dame Julie Walters, 50 Cent and Ellie Goulding
6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)

273
8
Tom Hanks, Peter Capaldi, David Walliams and Duran Duran
20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)

274
9
Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe and The Corrs
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)

275
10
Lily Tomlin, Chris Hemsworth, Ron Howard, Kevin Bridges and Blake and Dame Shirley Bassey
4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)

276
11
Kurt Russell, Tina Fey, Josh Widdicombe and Sia
11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)

277
12
Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, David Beckham and Kylie Minogue
18 December 2015 (2015-12-18)

278
13
Jennifer Lawrence, Eddie Redmayne, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Years & Years
31 December 2015 (2015-12-31)

279
14
Ralph Fiennes, Tracey Ullman, James Nesbitt and James Bay
8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)

280
15
Matthew Perry, Miriam Margolyes, Gemma Arterton and Jack Savoretti
15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)

281
16
Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Olivia Colman, Hugh Laurie, Sir David Attenborough and Elle King
22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

282
17
Will Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones and Laura Mvula
29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

283
18
Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Penélope Cruz, Owen Wilson and Sir Elton John
5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

284
19
Julianne Moore, Ant & Dec, Rebel Wilson and Little Mix feat. Jason Derulo
12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

285
20
Compilation show
19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)

text: Series 19 (2016)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

286
1
Ben Affleck, Amy Adams, Henry Cavill and Pet Shop Boys
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

287
2
Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst, Stephen Mangan and Raleigh Ritchie
1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)

288
3
Dame Helen Mirren, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Costner and Meghan Trainor
8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)

289
4
Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Keeley Hawes and Joe and Jake
15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)

290
5
Dame Joan Collins, Richard Madden, Lily James, Paul Hollywood and DNCE
22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)

291
6
Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Martin Freeman, Maxine Peake and Birdy
29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)

292
7
Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Malkovich, Sara Pascoe and Chvrches
6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)

293
8
Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Jack Whitehall, Johnny Depp and will.i.am feat. Pia Mia
13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)

294
9
Jodie Foster, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Greg Davies, Tom Daley and Bright Light Bright Light feat. Sir Elton John
20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)

295
10
Matt LeBlanc, Emilia Clarke, Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Cooper and Corinne Bailey Rae
27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)

296
11
Salma Hayek, Kelsey Grammer, Tamsin Greig, Rhod Gilbert and Alicia Keys
3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)

297
12
Dwayne Johnson, Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Nicola Adams and Tom Odell
10 June 2016 (2016-06-10)

298
13
Charlie Sheen, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Christine and the Queens
17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

299
14
Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Rebel Wilson, Josh Homme and Iggy Pop
24 June 2016 (2016-06-24)

300
15
Compilation show
1 July 2016 (2016-07-01)

text: Series 20 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

301
1
Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Radcliffe and Robbie Williams
30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)

302
2
Ewan McGregor, Sam Neill, Miranda Hart, John Bishop, Danny DeVito and Amber Riley
7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)

303
3
Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Chris O'Dowd and Niall Horan
14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)

304
4
Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Jude Law, Catherine Tate and Kings of Leon
21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)

305
5
Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Bryan Cranston and LeAnn Rimes
28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)

306
6
Ben Affleck, Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Sir David Attenborough and Sting
4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)

307
7
Rosamund Pike, Michael McIntyre, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Coldplay
11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)

308
8
Tom Hanks, Gemma Arterton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mo Farah and Olly Murs
25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)

309
9
Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Jamie Oliver, will.i.am and Emeli Sandé
2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)

310
10
Carrie Fisher, Grayson Perry, Sandi Toksvig, Nadiya Hussain and Busted
9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)

311
11
Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Felicity Jones, Dawn French, Sir Michael Parkinson and Jack Savoretti
16 December 2016 (2016-12-16)

312
12
Will Smith, Dame Helen Mirren, Naomie Harris, Martin Freeman and Katie Melua and the Gori Women's Choir
23 December 2016 (2016-12-23)

313
13
Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, James McAvoy, Frank Skinner, Gary O'Donovan, Paul O'Donovan and Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra
31 December 2016 (2016-12-31)

314
14
Graham Norton's Big Red Chair
6 January 2017 (2017-01-06)

315
15
Ben Affleck, Sienna Miller, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and Gregory Porter
13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)

316
16
Matthew McConaughey, Christina Ricci, Josh Widdicombe and Ed Sheeran
20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)

317
17
Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner and Izzy Bizu
27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)

318
18
Andrew Garfield, Annette Bening, Harriet Harman, Asa Butterfield and Elbow
3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)

319
19
Whoopi Goldberg, Keanu Reeves, Jamie Dornan, Denzel Washington and Rag'n'Bone Man
10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)

320
20
Tom Hiddleston, Ruth Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire and Tinie Tempah
17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)

321
21
Hugh Jackman, Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen and James Blunt
24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

322
22
Compilation show
3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)

text: Series 21 (2017)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

323
1
Sir Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gemma Whelan, Jack Whitehall and Take That
7 April 2017 (7 April 2017)

324
2
Warren Beatty, Keeley Hawes, Miranda Hart, Peter Capaldi and Jennifer Hudson
14 April 2017 (14 April 2017)

325
3
Brendan O'Carroll, Vicky McClure, Rob Brydon and Harry Styles
21 April 2017 (21 April 2017)

326
4
Goldie Hawn, Amy Schumer, Orlando Bloom, John Boyega and Lucie Jones
28 April 2017 (28 April 2017)

327
5
Diane Keaton, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Bacon, Michael Fassbender and Gorillaz feat. Jehnny Beth & Noel Gallagher
5 May 2017 (5 May 2017)

328
6
Charlie Hunnam, Guy Ritchie, Billie Piper, Jason Manford and Imelda May
12 May 2017 (12 May 2017)

329
7
Nicole Kidman, Alan Cumming, Keith Urban feat. Melanie C and Sheryl Crow
19 May 2017 (19 May 2017)

330
8
Salma Hayek, David Walliams, Ed Westwick, James Buckley and Liam Payne
26 May 2017 (26 May 2017)

331
9
Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Zac Efron and Beth Ditto
2 June 2017 (2 June 2017)

332
10
Rachel Weisz, Anthony Joshua, Greg Davies, Martin Freeman and Shawn Mendes
9 June 2017 (9 June 2017)

333
11
Mark Wahlberg, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Alison Moyet
16 June 2017 (16 June 2017)

334
12
Dame Judi Dench, Jamie Foxx, Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell and HAIM
23 June 2017 (23 June 2017)

335
13
Compilation show
30 June 2017 (30 June 2017)

text: Series 22 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Guests
Original air date

336
1
Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Reese Witherspoon, Margot Robbie and Bananarama
29 September 2017 (29 September 2017)

337
2
Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Chris Rock and Liam Gallagher
6 October 2017 (6 October 2017)

338
3
Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Matt Lucas, Jane Fonda and Niall Horan
13 October 2017 (13 October 2017)

339
4
Hillary Clinton, Jeff Goldblum, Gerard Butler, Jack Whitehall and Gregory Porter
20 October 2017 (20 October 2017)

340
5
Emma Thompson, Adam Sandler, Claire Foy, Cara Delevingne and Morrissey
27 October 2017 (27 October 2017)

341
6
Sir Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Josh Gad and St. Vincent
3 November 2017 (3 November 2017)

342
7
Hugh Grant, Sarah Millican, Jason Momoa and Kelly Clarkson
10 November 2017 (10 November 2017)

343
8
Will Ferrell, John Lithgow, Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg, Shirley Ballas and Kesha
24 November 2017 (24 November 2017)

344
9
Sir Elton John, Carey Mulligan, Stephen Fry, Robbie Williams and Pink
1 December 2017 (1 December 2017)

345
10
Jessica Chastain, Dawn French, Rebel Wilson, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
8 December 2017 (8 December 2017)

346
11
Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Gwendoline Christie and Sam Smith
15 December 2017 (15 December 2017)

347
12
Will Smith, Jenna Coleman, Jamie Oliver and Tom Chaplin[2]
22 December 2017 (22 December 2017)

348
13
Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Suranne Jones, Gary Oldman and The Leading Ladies[3]
31 December 2017 (31 December 2017)

349
14
Graham Norton's Good Guest Guide[4]
5 January 2018 (5 January 2018)

350
15
Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and First Aid Kit[5]
12 January 2018 (12 January 2018)

text: Footnotes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Button was scheduled to appear, but pulled out shortly before the recording after suffering an injury. A phone interview was conducted instead.
Jump up ^ This episode was an EastEnders special, celebrating the programme's 30th anniversary. Other past and present cast members appearing in the episode were Richard Blackwood, Laurie Brett, Hetti Bywater, Natalie Cassidy, Linda Davidson, Matt Di Angelo, Tameka Empson, Dean Gaffney, Nitin Ganatra, Davood Ghadami, Ricky Groves, Ben Hardy, Diane Parish, Jane Slaughter and Rudolph Walker.
Jump up ^ This episode was a Comic Relief special.

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