British GQ - 09.2019

Story by Tom Lamont Photographs by Simon Webb Styled by Angelo Mitakos

Four years, 650 shows and six billion YouTube views later, The Late Late Show is still the driving force

of nighttime TV in America. Of course, holding court from behind a desk was Phase III of a storming

career that first earned high accolades on stage and then as cocreator of a BBC comedy landmark.

This summer, Corden returned to record TLLS on home soil, where GQ joined him on set and in the

writers’ room to ask what Phase IV will look like. And yes, it does mean more Gavin & Stacey...

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