Graham Norton Show chaos as guest pulls out and has to be replaced last minute

The Graham Norton Show has been thrown into chaos after a guest pulled out of their guest appearance.

Aimee Lou Wood will no longer appear on the chat show on Friday, September 26, and James Norton has been added to the lineup instead.

The Graham Norton Show will return to screens with a brand new series on September 26.

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Joining Graham on his sofa will be Hollywood stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, and Matthew McConaughey.

Plus, live music and chat from singer-songwriter RAYE, performing her new single Where Is My Husband!

Sex Education star Amy Lou Wood was also due to join them, but has been replaced by Happy Valley actor James Norton.

The BBC has yet to reveal why the actress was replaced on the BBC chat show.

The following week, Graham will be joined by another batch of celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, and Jodie Turner-Smith.

Irish star Domhnall Gleeson will also appear on the show, along with Lewis Capaldi, who will perform at the end of the show.

Over the years, Graham has interviewed some mega celebrities, but in a recent interview he revealed on Hollywood actor he would love to have on the show.

He told Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on the Dish podcast: “He’s one of those ones that we keep getting close to, and then it doesn’t happen.

“In America, I think he doesn’t sit on the couch. He’ll do skits with them. He’ll play little games and stuff, so we’ve never had him sat down. Maybe we never will.”

The Eurovision star went on to discuss his favourite guests, and one was Pretty Woman actress Julia Roberts.

“We’d never had her before and we discovered she’d never done a UK talk show and she made it all work because she just fangirled on Cher," he explained.

“It gave the couch a shape. Rather than just having four huge stars, Julia Roberts shone her light on Cher and made her the number one star.

“Also, Julia Roberts did this thing where if there was a little break, she knows Cher, she knows Tom Hanks and Timothée Chalamet, when there was a little break, she’d talk to the audience.”