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Keira Knightley joins Jonathan Ross to kick off autumn season – and series extends to 40 shows in 2008
Four times Bafta award-winner and doyen of Friday night TV chat Jonathan Ross plays host to a stellar line-up of guests including Keira Knightley, Adam Sandler and Simon Pegg at the start of the 13th season of the multi-award-winning Friday Night With Jonathan Ross next month on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One – which will run for 15 weeks.
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And after the Christmas break he's back in January for a new, extended run that makes him a permanent fixture for Friday nights across 40 weeks of 2008.
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Now in its sixth year, the last series of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross peaked with an audience of 4.7 million and a 39% share of the Friday night viewership.
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The new season begins on 7 September 2007 with a rare TV appearance from one of Britain's most successful young actresses, Keira Knightley.
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The Pirates Of The Caribbean star visits the Ross sofa for the first time to talk about her latest starring role in Atonement.
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Joining them will be US A-list funnyman Adam Sandler; UK comedy hero Simon Pegg; and there's music from The Polyphonic Spree.
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Other forthcoming guests include: Cate Blanchett, Freddie Flintoff, Quentin Tarantino, Helen Mirren, Jamie Foxx, Ewan McGregor, Charlie Boorman, Samuel L Jackson, Trinny & Susannah and Richard Hammond.
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Friday Night With Jonathan Ross has won numerous awards including four Baftas, a British Comedy Award, a Broadcast Award and the Indie Award for Best Entertainment Programme.
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A Hotsauce TV production for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One.
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Notes to Editors
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Friday Night With Jonathan Ross was first broadcast in November 2001.
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To date more than 160 episodes have been screened over two seasons each year.
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