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Friday Night Fever – John Travolta dances with Ricky Gervais
Hollywood superstar John Travolta flies himself in to re-live his Oscar-nominated success in the legendary Saturday Night Fever with Jonathan Ross on this week's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One.
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After sharing the Ross sofa with Ricky Gervais on tonight's show he's offered a guest-starring role in Ricky's final-ever episode of Extras, and says: "I'll probably do anything Ricky Gervais says."
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And they bonded by sharing a disco moment, with John reprising his Seventies dance moves and Ricky revamping his equally iconic sequence from The Office.
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Travolta, whose latest blockbuster Wild Hogs opens in the UK on 13 April, also talks about his love of flying: "I can live on my plane, I love acting first and flying just happens to be another passion for me."
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On how he wanted to be James Bond, he says: "I wanted to do James Bond but the new guy is awesome, the one I've liked the most since Sean Connery".
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On turning 50: "I didn't go through a mid-life crisis but you start wondering how many summers you have left, it took me about a year to get over [being 50]."
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And on Scientology, in particular its controversial stance on childbirth and the need for silence, he says: "I've been involved 32 years and it's given me all the tools to survive in life that I need ... usually a person like me has self-destructed ... it's pretty simple stuff, there's a need to avoid 'verbage', it's just better to be quiet."
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There's also exclusive chat with Gareth Gates – "I was very very nervous about doing this" – in his first-ever talk show appearance.
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The Pop Idol star talks to Jonathan about overcoming his stutter: "It was really hard growing up in school with a stammer, you go through stages of using different tricks [just] to get the words out. I sounded like Skippy the bush kangaroo ... all my life having a stammer was very difficult, I was ridiculed and bullied."
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He also talks about the impact of Pop Idol on his life: "For the first time in my life it was a positive thing, it made me stand out from the crowd."
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On why his speech defect never affected his singing, he says: "You adopt a different persona, it's like a show."
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And how he's overcome it: "Breathing techniques, lots of breathing exercises, you achieve a certain level of fluency ... three years ago I made a list of my goals speech-wise, and doing this show was top of the list." Ìý
Gareth's new single Changes is released on 9 April.
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Ricky Gervais takes a break from his new sell-out nationwide tour, Fame, to make a return visit.
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And there's music from Grammy award-winning Macy Gray with a performance of her new single Finally Made Me Happy live in the studio.
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Friday Night With Jonathan Ross is a Hotsauce TV/Open Mike production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ One.
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Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, 10.40 pm, Friday 30 March 2007, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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