Cats and dancing fill BBC's Graham Norton week

Gemma Chan's pet and Ellen DeGeneres's Channing Tatum story join a slate that also introduces The Reluctant Vampire.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Ellen DeGeneres might be ready for a TV comeback... - BBC

Gemma Chan's cat has a connection to Colin Farrell, according to the title of BBC's latest Graham Norton excerpt. The precise connection is left as the invitation to watch, alongside another new clip about Ellen DeGeneres wanting to dance with Channing Tatum.

Those sofa conversations account for the channel's three busiest uploads right now. The most-watched new release remains "Ellen DeGeneres might be ready for a TV comeback... - BBC", with roughly 320,000 views. Asked whether she misses television, DeGeneres singles out laughing with her writers, then turns Britain's sewing and pottery shows into a comic pitch for a lawn-mowing series. It's a joke about a possible return, not an announced commission.

Across fifteen uploads, BBC also made space for rather different television. "A moment of kindness that leads to connection" offers a drama excerpt featuring Siobhan Finneran and David Tennant, set in a Young Offenders Institution. Meanwhile, "Always remember to appreciate your wife - BBC" introduces the comedy The Reluctant Vampire, with Lenny Rush playing Val under pressure from his undead father's traditional expectations. The series is based on Eric Morecambe's books.

The channel added about 38 million views over the week, while its subscriber total stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is now more than double its usual level. Among nearby television channels, HISTORY is also drawing substantially more daily views than usual, while Dropout is quieter than its norm. For BBC, the freshest momentum is concentrated on Norton's sofa, with Chan's cat joining DeGeneres's television and dancing stories.

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The videos drawing views on BBC right now

Ellen Degeneres wants to dance with Channing Tatum 😞🕺 - BBC95,205 views · 2026-10-21 Gemma Chan's cat has an unusual connection to Colin Farrell... - BBC57,219 views · 2026-10-21 A moment of kindness that leads to connection45,810 views · 2026-10-21 Ellen DeGeneres might be ready for a TV comeback... | The Graham Nort…30,181 views · 2026-10-20 Always remember to appreciate your wife - BBC25,491 views · 2026-10-21

The numbers

Here is BBC's week in views, subscribers and new uploads.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Prime Video

41,625,240

BBC

38,009,577

HISTORY

21,417,789

Still Watching Netflix

20,066,328

Adult Swim

17,026,009

Comedy Central

9,813,067

Gordon Ramsay

3,968,621

Dropout

3,472,223

Rooster Teeth

230,458

subscribers

15,700,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

12,972,620,428

views per day

9,546,793

typical day: 4,004,082

first-day views of each video posted this week

Ellen DeGeneres might be ready for a TV…

242,825

Ellen DeGeneres might be ready for a TV…

25,037

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Gordon Ramsay

22,000,000

BBC

15,700,000

HISTORY

15,500,000

Dropout

15,300,000

Comedy Central

12,600,000

Still Watching Netflix

11,000,000

Prime Video

9,810,000

Rooster Teeth

8,940,000

Adult Swim

8,390,000

As of October 22, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.