Guests revealed for this week's Late Late Show

October 25, 2024
Guests revealed for this week's Late Late Show

Matt Lucas, Ardal O'Hanlon and Victoria Smurfit are among guests on this Friday’s Late Late Show Halloween Special, with musical performances from Jedward and Bambie Thug.

Actor, author and former presenter of The Great British Bake Off Matt Lucas will be chatting to host Patrick Kielty about his career in comedy, his debut musical novel The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas, and his cameo role in the hugely anticipated Gladiator II.

Matt Lucas

Comedian and actor Ardal O’Hanlon will be in studio this Friday night to tell Patrick how he is preparing to go back out on the road next year with his new show. The pair will also catch up on meeting the Pope during the summer and as 30 years of Fr. Ted approaches, Patrick will be asking Ardal how his role as Fr. Dougal transformed his fortunes.

IFTA award winning actress, Victoria Smurfit will be talking about working with author Jilly Cooper, Aidan Turner and David Tenant on new TV show Rivals. Victoria will share how she manifested the role of Maud O’Hara from a young age and will also speak of her return home to Ireland.

Aidan Turner and Victoria Smurfit

Eileen Walsh is in studio to chat with Patrick about her role in new Irish film Small Things Like These. Adapted from Claire Keegan’s novel of the same name, Eileen will share the story of a father who confronts the truth of one of Ireland's infamous Magdalene laundries.

Jedward will be in studio with a "paranormal performance", while Bambie Thug will perform their brand-new song Fangtasy ahead of their Irish tour dates.