Editing Jonathan Ross (section)

===2001–10: ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' and other projects===
[[File:JonathanRossRickyGervais.jpg|thumb|right|Ross with [[Ricky Gervais]] at [[Live 8]] in July 2005]]
In 2001, Ross began presenting his [[BBC One]] comedy chat show ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]''.

In 2004, Ross presented a documentary on one of his favourite subjects, [[punk rock]], for the BBC.<ref name="Punk and disorderly">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/dec/12/popandrock5 | title=Punk and disorderly | work=The Observer | first=Paul | last=Morley | date=12 November 2004 | access-date=19 August 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222042/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/dec/12/popandrock5 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2005, Ross appeared on [[Gordon Ramsay]][[The F Word (British TV series)|'s The F Word]] where Ramsay shows Ross how to kill lobster.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnHmdCyQIBw |title=Jonathan Ross HATED The Soup {{!}} The F Word FULL EPISODE |date=2020-08-08 |last=The F Word |access-date=2024-11-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Smith |first=Steve |title=Episode #1.5 |date=2005-11-24 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0574679/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |series=The F Word |others=Gordon Ramsay, Giles Coren, Gary Rhodes}}</ref>

In 2005, Ross anchored the BBC television coverage of the [[Live 8]] concerts. Later that year he was made an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|Queen's Birthday Honours]] for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" by [[The Sex Pistols]] (which was banned by the BBC when released in 1977) on his [[BBC Radio 2]] Saturday morning show. On 21 June 2006, Ross was made a Fellow of [[University College London]], where he studied.

In early 2006, Ross announced that after eight years he was quitting his regular panellist seat on the sport/comedy quiz show ''[[They Think It's All Over (TV series)|They Think It's All Over]]'' explaining: "I need time now to focus on my other commitments and so regrettably I won't be back for the 20th series." Following Ross's departure, only two more episodes of the show were made before it was cancelled.

In January 2006 he presented ''Jonathan Ross' Asian Invasion'', broadcast on [[BBC Four]]. The three-part documentary followed Ross as he explored the film industry in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, interviewing directors and showcasing clips. His interest in [[East Asian culture]] and his self-confessed love for Japanese [[anime]] and [[Video games in Japan|video games]] led him to making three series of [[BBC Three]] show ''[[Japanorama]]'', as well as producing another television series for the same channel called ''[[Adam and Joe Go Tokyo]]'', starring [[Adam Buxton]] and [[Joe Cornish]]. He produced the latter programme through his own television production company Hot Sauce.

In June 2006, a bidding war was sparked between BBC and other broadcasters for Ross's services. Although other broadcasters were unsuccessful in poaching Ross, it is believed that their bids were higher than the BBC during negotiations. ITV, who bid for Ross, poached chat host [[Michael Parkinson]] around the same time. Ross became the highest paid television personality in Britain, when a new BBC contract secured his services until 2010, for a reported £18 million (£6 million per year).<ref>[http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,1794076,00.html 'Ross to stay at the BBC'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013225654/http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,1794076,00.html |date=13 October 2007 }} Ben Dowell, ''The Guardian'', 9 June 2006</ref> That same month, he was named by ''[[Radio Times]]'' as the [[Radio Times's Most Powerful People in Radio|most powerful person in British radio]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4613871.stm |title=Ross 'is radio's most powerful' |date=6 June 2006 |publisher=BBC News |location=London |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024080346/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4613871.stm |archive-date=24 October 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 June 2006, he performed at the [[Children's Party at the Palace]] for [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]]'s 80th birthday.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} In August 2006, Ross asked the first question in the [[Yahoo! Answers]] "Five Million Answers challenge".<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Jonathan|date=2006|title=If mankind wipes itself out, what species will become the dominant life form, and why?|url=http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060903154205AAjiuWU|access-date=2021-04-05|website=[[Yahoo! Answers]]|quote=Will there be a day in the future when the human race as we know it will cease to exist?  Maybe we will destroy ourselves leaving the planet to the animals that survive.  Possibly we could create our replacements as many Sci-Fi movies depict.  Or could the inheritor of our planet be from out of this world?  Who will inherit the Earth? |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828172547/http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060903154205AAjiuWU |archivedate=2007-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Ross ponders life after humans |url=http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qT1KKPQoRKdVT4lowpJCljbFokkuIzI8?p=888 |publisher=Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers Team |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029074031/http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qT1KKPQoRKdVT4lowpJCljbFokkuIzI8?p=888 |archivedate=2006-10-29}}</ref> On 16 March 2007, Ross hosted [[Comic Relief]] 2007 alongside [[Fearne Cotton]] and [[Lenny Henry]].

On 7 July 2007, Ross co-presented (with [[Graham Norton]]) BBC television coverage of the [[Live Earth (2007 concert)|Live Earth]] [[climate change]] awareness concerts, which became the subject of controversy due to the foul language used by performers including [[Phil Collins]],[[Madonna]] and [[Johnny Borrell]], resulting in one of [[Ofcom]]'s toughest sanctions to date on the BBC.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/09/bbc.television1 | title=Ofcom raps BBC over Live Earth swearing | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=John | last=Plunkett | date=9 April 2008 | access-date=19 August 2015 | archive-date=27 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227031225/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/09/bbc.television1 | url-status=live }}</ref> Ross had been required to apologise on the day for the language used by Collins and Borrell.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.contactmusic.com/phil-collins/news/foul-mouthed-start-to-live-earth_1036544 | title= Foul-mouthed Start To Live Earth | publisher= Contact Music | date= 7 July 2007 | access-date= 20 August 2015 | archive-date= 24 September 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102215/http://www.contactmusic.com/phil-collins/news/foul-mouthed-start-to-live-earth_1036544 | url-status= live }}</ref>

Ross is well-known as an enthusiastic comic book collector. Starting on 10 September 2007, he presented the BBC Four series ''[[Comics Britannia]]'', about the [[history of the British comic]]. This forms the core of a Comics Britannia season, which includes another documentary, ''[[In Search of Steve Ditko]]'', by Ross.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/comicsbritannia/ |title=BBC profile for ''Comics Britannia'' |publisher=BBC |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-date=5 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005195545/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/comicsbritannia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ross is also greatly interested in Japan, presenting a BBC-TV series on many different aspects of Japanese culture, ''[[Japanorama]]'', for three series between 2002 and 2007. In May 2008, Ross won the Sony Gold Award "Music Radio Personality of the Year".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/ross/ | title = Gold Award Winner! | access-date = 15 May 2008 | archive-date = 23 April 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080423002331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/ross/ | url-status = live }}</ref> On 3 August 2008, he hosted ''Jonathan Ross Salutes [[Dad's Army]]'', a BBC One tribute to the sitcom set during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a118928/strong-sunday-showing-for-marple-mystery.html | title=Strong Sunday showing for 'Marple' mystery | website=[[Digital Spy]] | first=Neil | last=Wilkes | date=4 August 2008 | access-date=19 August 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924213800/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a118928/strong-sunday-showing-for-marple-mystery.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, Ross took part in ''[[Channel 4's Comedy Gala]]'', a [[benefit show]] held in aid of [[Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital]], filmed live at [[The O2 Arena]] in London on 30 March. On 7 April 2010, Ross's first comic book was published. ''[[Turf (Image Comics)|Turf]]'' was written by Jonathan himself and drawn by artist [[Tommy Lee Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/08/20/turf-jonathan-ross-and-tommy-lee-edwards-new-comic/ |title=Turf – Jonathan Ross And Tommy Lee Edwards' New Comic Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors |publisher=Bleedingcool.com |date=20 August 2009 |access-date=24 July 2011 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726043820/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/08/20/turf-jonathan-ross-and-tommy-lee-edwards-new-comic// |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, Ross wrote an introduction for ''The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1'',<ref>{{cite book |last1= Ditko|first1= Steve|author-link1= Steve Ditko|title= The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1|year= 2011|publisher= [[DC Comics]]|location= New York City|isbn= 978-1-4012-3111-8
 }}</ref> a collection of work by the American comics artist featured in Ross's 2007 documentary.