TV preview by Steve Bennett In Unforgivable, Mel Giedroyc’s been saddled a format that she doesn’t even have much confidence in, the needlessly complex negative scoring, unnecessary gong, and convoluted rounds becoming a running joke even from episode one. But ignore all that hoo-ha and this is essentially a chat show stripped back to the good bits. Guests can forget plugging the latest project or telling us what a delight their co-stars were. Just tell the entertaining and embarrassing stories from your past. For that reason, Graham Norton is ideal invitee to get the ball rolling. With the usual dynamic reversed, he can open up about the time in childhood he went through a medical operation just to save face, or the time he was unprofessional when working at a restaurant. Expect pre-fame stories of service industry misdeeds to be a running theme over the eight episodes, as Giedroyc quickly tops his tale. They are supposed to be shameful anecdotes, but there’s definitely some pride in sharing their defiance in a shitty job.