Paul O'Grady Bows Out From Channel 4

Paul O'Grady will end his talk show today (18.12.09) after more than 900 episodes.

The 54-year-old star will bid an emotional goodbye to viewers of the Channel 4 programme 'The Paul O'Grady Show' and has already pre-recorded the episode.

He said: "I never dreamt when we started 'The Paul O'Grady Show' in 2004 that we would get to make eleven series. It was a bit of a gamble at the time as I hadn't really done anything like it as myself before."

Guests on his last show include Bill Roache and Beverley Callard, who play Ken Barlow and Liz McDonald in 'Coronation Street'.

Bill told him: "This is a great show. We all love it. Everyone, the whole cast. This is a great show. We all love it. Everyone loves it and everyone loves you. We watch you every day. In the green room, between scenes. All of us - we are going to miss you."

There were tributes from Kim Cattrall, Whoppi Goldberg, Sharon Gless, Enrique Inglesias, Michael Buble and Lorraine Kelly.

Paul will return to ITV in 2010 despite vowing never to return to the network when he left in 2004.