Graham Norton

At 61 years old, Graham Norton has this physical status:

Career

When Scottish Television's religious affairs department mistakenly believed he represented the authentic Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1992, Norton's stand-up comedy drag performance as a tea-towel-clad Mother Teresa of Calcutta made the news when Scottish Television's cultural affairs department mistakenly believed he represented the correct Mother Teresa. His first appearances in broadcasting were in the United Kingdom, where he appeared on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends in the early 1990s, where he had a stint as a regular comedian and panelist on Saturday mornings. He was one of Channel 5's early successes, winning an award as the stand-in host of a late-night TV talk show that Jack Docherty never explained. Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment, a comedy quiz show on Channel 5 that was not well received as a programme, but it did improve Norton's reputation as a comedian and host. In 1996, he co-hosted the late-night quiz show Carnal Knowledge on ITV with Maria McErlane.

In 1996, Norton appeared in three episodes ("Hell," "Flight into Terror," "The Mainland") of Channel 4's Father Noel Furlong, which was set on the fictional Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland's west coast. Father Furlong was often seen in charge of the St Luke's Youth Group.

Following this early success, Norton moved to Channel 4 in 1998 to host his own chat shows, including the weekly So Graham Norton (1998–2002) and the daily weeknight show V Graham Norton (2002–03). Norton's performance as a gay performer, but also camp and flamboyant, was utterly honed here.

On his show on Channel 4, he made a comedic reference to Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb's recent death in 2003. Independent Television Commission (I.T.C.) vs. The Independent Television Commission (I.T.C.) After receiving reports about this sensitive information, Channel 4 was forced to make two apologies: one in the form of a caption slide before the show and the other from Norton in person.

Norton was also listed in The Observer as one of the 1,000 funniest performances in British comedy in 2003. (Though Norton is an Irishman, the bulk of his television career has been based in the United Kingdom.) According to Radio Times, he was named as the most popular person in TV comedy in January 2004.

Norton introduced American television in the summer of 2004. The Graham Norton Effect debuted on Comedy Central on June 24, 2004, and it was also available in the United Kingdom on BBC Three. Norton was suspicious of going into the market despite the controversies surrounding Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson's Super Bowl appearances.

Norton began his work on the BBC in 2001 when he hosted Comic Relief 2001.

Norton moved to the BBC in 2005 and began presenting Strictly Dance Fever on BBC One, as well as Graham Norton's Bigger Picture. As part of Bedtime Hours, he also read stories on the BBC children's channel CBeebies.

How Can You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Norton hosted the BBC One series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria in 2006. Andrew Lloyd Webber tried to locate a lead actor for his West End version of The Sound of Music. Any Dream Will Do In 2007, Norton's three sequels followed suit, in which a group of males vied to win Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat's West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; I'd Do Anything in 2008, in which Lloyd Webber continues to look for Nancy and Oliver for Sir Cameron Mackintosh's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver, however I'd Do Something in 2007. and Over the Rainbow in 2010; and A New Dorothy for a Wizard of Oz West end Production.

During this period, Norton hosted various other shows for the BBC, including When Will I Be Famous? The One and Only (2008) and Totally Saturday (2009). Norton has also been a regular host of The British Academy Television Awards since 2007. Norton spoke at Live Earth and Undertook a trip to Ethiopia with the Born Free Foundation on July 7th to highlight the plight of the Ethiopian wolf, the world's rarest canid. He was the subject of an episode of BBC1's genealogy documentary Who Do You Think You Are?

On BBC Two, Norton's chat show, The Graham Norton Show, began on February 22, 2007. The style is very similar to his previous Channel 4 shows. The show was shifted to BBC One in a new one-hour format on October 6, 2009.

He appeared on BBC Radio 2 in May 2010 as Chris Evans, a breakfast presenter. Jonathan Ross' Saturday morning slot on the same station was confirmed later this month.

Would You Rather...? appeared on December 11, 2011. In the time slot immediately following The Graham Norton Exhibition, Graham Norton premiered on BBC America in the time slot immediately following The Graham Norton Exhibition. It's also the first panel game the channel has shown, whether of British or American origins, and it's one of BBC America's first attempts at producing original programming.

Norton said in October 2018 interviewing BBC News about his reported 2017-18 BBC salary, that he "didn't know" how the business came to that figure. "I wonder how they came up with this number myself and my agent, and we'll see how they came up with that," he says. "It has no connection to anything I know." However, if that's what they say I earn, that's what I earn."

Norton was revealed in February 2019 that it would be a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK alongside Alan Carr on a rotating basis. Permanent judges Michelle Visage and RuPaul joined Norton and Carr.

Graham Norton has appeared on BBC Radio 4's panel show Just a Minute since 1999, with over 100 episodes appearing.

Norton took over Jonathan Ross' show on BBC Radio 2, on October 2nd. On the show "Grill Graham," Norton co-hosted Maria McErlane, who appeared as an "agony aunt" on the show "Grill Graham." A listener suggests playing a song with a plot, summarising the tale, and "I Can't Believe It's Not Better" is a segment in which a listener requests a song that was previously a hit, but it might not be considered particularly bad now. Unlike Steve Wright in the Afternoon, the corporation is well-known as being a "brand" with its end-of-each hour delivery of talks, but Norton also uses the standard BBC Radio 2 jingles as well as jingles adapted to the BBC Radio 2 Orchestra's Saturday morning show, written and performed by the BBC Radio 2 Orchestra.

Norton called listeners to his Radio 2 show in January 2012 to assist him in finding his car, just after it was stolen. "The Great Car Hunt" was announced by the hunter, who advised listeners to "Keep your eyes open for it." By the way, it was filthy."

Norton announced on November 11, 2020, that after ten years, he would step down from the show and hosted his final Saturday morning show on December 19, 2020. Claudia Winkleman, who appeared in February 2021, had him replaced.

Norton revealed in November 2020 that he would join Virgin Radio UK in 2021 to host shows on Saturday and Sunday.

The first annual Eurovision Dance Contest, hosted in London, England, was hosted by Norton and Claudia Winkleman. The scheme was based on Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC and the EBU's Eurovision Song Contest. The 2008 Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, was hosted by Norton and Winkleman.

Norton would recall Terry Wogan as the host of the UK national selection of the Eurovision Song Contest, Your Country Needs You, published in October 2008.

Norton will also take over as the British commentator for the main Eurovision Song Contest on December 5, 2008, according to the authors. On May 16, 2009, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow.

Some good feedback have been given to Norton's debut humour in the British press. "I'm digging around in a cupboard and discovered an old bridesmaid dress from 1987," the Guardian said on Iceland's entry, which placed in second place, and "would be appropriate if you hail from the village where Liberace is the mayor." "Heavy-handed policing has really marred what has been a great Eurovision," the Times said in a narcotics story in Moscow.

Norton and Petra Mede co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits concert show in Hammersmith, London, on March 31th to commemorate the contest's 60th anniversary.

In the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Norton played a fictionalized version of himself in his role as the British Eurovision commentator.

In the 2006 American comedy spoof film Another Gay Movie, Norton played Mr Puckov. In 2007, Norton appeared in the romantic comedy film I Could Never Be Your Woman.

Norton was involved in a high-profile advertising campaign for the UK National Lottery as an animated unicorn, from Lady Luck's to a fictional character (played by Fay Ripley). He has also sold McVitie's biscuits.

Norton was featured in Girls Aloud and Sugababes' Comic Relief video for the single "Walk This Way" in 2007.

In January 2009, Norton made his West End stage debut in a revival of La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre. Norton appeared on the comedy game show Most Popular on the US cable television network WE tv in 2009.

Norton wrote an opinion column in The Daily Telegraph newspaper from 2006 to 2018. Ask Graham, John Blake Publishing's October 2010 book, was turned into a book entitled Ask Graham. Norton resigned from the role in late 2018, and the newspaper found a replacement in Richard Madeley as their agony aunt.

Norton's debut novel Holding, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2016, was about an acrid death in an Irish rural community. In the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2016, Norton received the Best Fiction Book of the Year award for Holding. On ITV in 2022, Kathy Burke's adaptation of the novel appeared.

Norton set a Guinness World Record for "Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show" on Comic Relief's Big Chat on Friday, raising £1.02 million.

Norton sluggish in 2014, when the Irish broadcaster RTÉ made the decision to resolve opponents of gay rights in a Saturday Night Show edition.

Norton promoted "Hacked Off" and its drive toward UK press self-regulation in 2014 by "safeguarding the media from political interference while still offering vital security to the injured."

Norton's second book, The Life and Loves of a He-Devil, was published in October 2014. At the 2014 Irish Book Awards, it was ranked in the Non-Fiction Book of the Year category. He was also on the top ten on the World Pride Power list in 2014, a feat.

Innova Wines, a 2 percent stakeholder, has a two percent interest. Norton's first wine collection was launched in 2014 in partnership with Invivo.

In July 2015, the Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton, hosted an evening with Norton that involved 90 minutes of interview, questions, and answers with a crowd of more than 400 people. The performance, which was part of the West Cork Literary Festival, was sold out.

Norton revealed on Twitter that he had been cast as the voice of Moonwind, a spiritual sign twirler in the Disney/Pixar animated film Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey.

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