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| birth_place = Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland Comedian author | television host}}| alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and Drama| years_active = 1981–present| signature = Graham Norton Signature.pngJonathan McLeod|July 2022}}}}Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish comedian, actor, author and television host known for his work in the UK. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show (2007–present) and an eight-time award-winner overall. He has received the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance three times for So Graham Norton (2000 to 2002). Originally shown on BBC Two before moving to other slots on BBC One, his chat show succeeded Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in BBC One’s late-Friday-evening slot in 2010.NEWS, Graham Norton sells production company So TV to ITV, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19433776, live, 18 October 2012,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19433776," title="web.archive.org/web/20121104163040www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19433776,">web.archive.org/web/20121104163040www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19433776, 4 November 2012, From 2010 to 2020, Norton presented the Saturday-morning slot on BBC Radio 2. From January 2021 to February 2024, he presented his weekend show for Virgin Radio UK. Since 2009, he has served as the BBC’s television commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest.NEWS, Bootboy, Reasons to be cheerful, Hot Press,hotpress.com/archive/2931306.html, live, 20 June 2007,www.hotpress.com/archive/2931306.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100219065611www.hotpress.com/archive/2931306.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100219065611www.hotpress.com/archive/2931306.html, 19 February 2010, He has been noted for his innuendo-laden dialogue and flamboyant presentation style. Before establishing himself as a presenter, Norton appeared as Father Noel Furlong in three episodes of the multiple award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. In 2012, he sold his production company So Television to ITV for around £17 million. In 2019, he became a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.NEWS, 14 February 2019, Graham Norton, Alan Carr to judge RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, BBC News,www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47241308, 24 January 2023,

Early life

Norton was born Graham William Walker on 4 April 1963 at 48 St Brigid’s Road, in Clondalkin, County Dublin, IrelandNEWS, 3 September 2004, A Corkman? Not so Graham Norton, Irish Examiner,www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-10033582.html, 1 January 2022, NEWS, 27 February 1999, Our Graham, The Irish Times,www.irishtimes.com/news/our-graham-1.157731, 1 January 2022, to William “Billy” (died 2000), a sales representative for Guinness, and Rhoda Walker. He has an older sister, Paula. He grew up in a Protestant (Church of Ireland) family in the town of Bandon, County Cork, which he has said made him feel somewhat isolated. His father’s family were from County Wicklow, while his mother is a native of Belfast.“Graham Norton” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727061148www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/graham-norton.shtml |date=27 July 2010 }}. Who Do You Think You Are? He discovered during a 2007 episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? that his father’s direct ancestors were English, having originated in Yorkshire before emigrating to Ireland in 1713.Norton was educated at Bandon Grammar School in County Cork and then University College Cork, where he spent two years studying English and French in the 1980s. He did not complete his studies after having a breakdown and refusing to leave his flat.NEWS, Rainey, Sarah, 10 May 2013, Graham Norton: the making of a national treasure, The Daily Telegraph,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/10049417/Graham-Norton-the-making-of-a-national-treasure.html, 9 December 2019, He later received an honorary doctorate from the university in 2013.WEB, That’s Dr Norton to you – comic gets honorary degree,www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/thats-dr-norton-to-you-comic-gets-honorary-degree-29329630.html, 11 June 2013, Irish Independent, 8 June 2013, In 1981, Norton featured in an episode of RTÉ’s Youngline, participating in an audience debate about underage teens attending discos.NEWS,extra.ie/2022/07/18/entertainment/celebrity/graham-norton-throwback-rte, ‘Always a bit of a dish’ -- Fans react to resurfaced clip of Graham Norton from 1981, O’Keeffe, Chloe, 18 July 2022, DMG Media, Extra.ie, 15 October 2023, In 1983, Norton travelled to San Francisco where he lived for one year, in the “Stardance” hippie commune house,NEWS, Ellen, Barbara, The name’s Norton. Graham Norton.,www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/18/bbc.television, 26 August 2023, The Observer, 18 November 2007, NEWS, 10 Things You Never Knew About Graham Norton,www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-things-you-never-knew-about-graham-norton--1013084, 26 August 2023, bbcamerica.com, 2 October 2019, NEWS, Vnuk, Helen, “Borderline” alcoholism and a near-fatal stabbing. The fascinating life of Graham Norton.,www.mamamia.com.au/graham-norton/, 26 August 2023, Mamamia (website), Mamamia, 13 June 2021, NEWS, Julian, Robert, Good to be bad,www.ebar.com/story.php?222970, 26 August 2023, Bay Area Reporter, 5 January 2010, San Francisco, CA, on Fulton Street and worked as a waiter.WEB, Graham Norton Movies and Shows,tv.apple.com/us/person/graham-norton/umc.cpc.12yylqk3c9jspw3yeo0c6jeqx, Apple TV, 26 August 2023, He studied English and French at University College, Cork in the 1980s but dropped out after two years to travel the world. Norton landed in San Francisco, where he shared a communal house with other free spirits. While there, he also explored his sexual identity, taking both male and female companions, but eventually declared himself gay, due in part to the fact that most of the people in his life already assumed that he was openly gay. Norton returned to the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and studied at the University of London’s Central School of Speech and Drama, where he struggled with playing heterosexual roles., In the late 1980s he moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama.NEWS, Jones, Liz, 3 September 2004, Graham’s growing pains, London Evening Standard,www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/grahams-growing-pains-7232416.html, live, 28 November 2011,www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/grahams-growing-pains-7232416.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20121002234500www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/grahams-growing-pains-7232416.html,">web.archive.org/web/20121002234500www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/grahams-growing-pains-7232416.html, 2 October 2012, He again found work as a waiter during that period.The F Word, Season 4 Episode 12 Upon joining the actors’ union Equity, he chose Norton (his great-grandmother’s maiden name) as his new surname, as there was already a comic-actor called Graham Walker, represented by the union.BOOK, Norton, Graham, So Me, Hodder & Stoughton, 2004, 0-340-83348-3, 4,

Career

Channel 4

In 1992, Norton’s stand-up comedy drag act as a tea-towel-clad Mother Teresa of Calcutta in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe made the press when Scottish Television’s religious affairs department mistakenly thought he represented the real Mother Teresa.NEWS, Turpin, Adrian, Festival Eye, 24, The Independent, His first appearances in broadcasting were in the UK, where he had a spot as a regular comedian and panellist on the BBC Radio 4 show Loose Ends in the early 1990s, when the show ran on Saturday mornings. He was one of the early successes of Channel 5, winning an award as stand-in host of a late-night TV talk show usually presented by Jack Docherty.NEWS, Graham Norton: Naughty but nice, BBC News,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3322069.stm, live, 4 December 2011,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3322069.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20170906004421news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3322069.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20170906004421news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3322069.stm, 6 September 2017, NEWS, Robinson, James, Summer stand-ins steal the limelight, The Observer,www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/14/broadcasting.business, live, 4 December 2011,www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/14/broadcasting.business," title="web.archive.org/web/20131227191520www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/14/broadcasting.business,">web.archive.org/web/20131227191520www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/14/broadcasting.business, 27 December 2013, This was followed by a comic quiz show on Channel 5 called Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment, which was not well received as a programme but enhanced Norton’s reputation as a comic and host. In 1996, he co-hosted the late-night quiz show Carnal Knowledge on ITV with Maria McErlane.In 1996, Norton played the part of Father Noel Furlong in three episodes (“Hell”, “Flight into Terror”, “The Mainland“) of the Channel 4 series Father Ted,NEWS, Rainey, Sarah, 10 May 2013, Graham Norton: the making of a national treasure, The Daily Telegraph,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/10049417/Graham-Norton-the-making-of-a-national-treasure.html, live, 13 October 2017,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/10049417/Graham-Norton-the-making-of-a-national-treasure.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20171019140558www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/10049417/Graham-Norton-the-making-of-a-national-treasure.html,">web.archive.org/web/20171019140558www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/10049417/Graham-Norton-the-making-of-a-national-treasure.html, 19 October 2017, 0307-1235, which was set on the fictional Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland. Father Furlong was often seen taking charge of the St Luke’s Youth Group.After this early success, Norton moved to Channel 4 in 1998 to host his own chat shows, including the weekly So Graham Norton (1998–2002), followed by the daily weeknight show V Graham Norton (2002–03). As a performer who is not only openly gay,Cohen, Benjamin (27 April 2006).“Graham Norton: “I’m too old to be attractive to gay men” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024152641www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-1295.html |date=24 October 2011 }}. Pink News. Retrieved 14 June 2011. but also camp and flamboyant, it was here that Norton’s act was fully honed as a cheeky, innuendo-laden joker.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} In January 2003 Norton was listed in The Observer as one of the 1,000 funniest acts in British comedy. (Though Norton is Irish, the bulk of his television career has been in the UK.) In January 2004, he was named the most powerful person in TV comedy by Radio Times.NEWS, 12 January 2004, Norton tops comedy list, London Evening Standard, London,www.standard.co.uk/news/norton-tops-comedy-list-7229205.html, live, 13 September 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170913232521/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/norton-tops-comedy-list-7229205.html, 13 September 2017, Also that year he was the subject of controversy in the United Kingdom when, on his Channel 4 show, he made a comedic reference to the recent death of Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb.NEWS, Day, Julia, 10 February 2003, Bee Gee lashes out over Norton jokes, The Guardian,www.theguardian.com/media/2003/feb/10/broadcasting.channel4, The Independent Television Commission investigated after complaints about this insensitivity were received and eventually Channel 4 had to make two apologies: one in the form of a caption slide before the show, another from Norton in person.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}In the summer of 2004, Norton ventured into American television. The Graham Norton Effect debuted on 24 June 2004 on Comedy Central, and was also broadcast in the UK on BBC Three. In the midst of controversy surrounding Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl performance, Norton was wary of moving into the market.BOOK, Norton, Graham, So Me, Hodder & Stoughton, 2004, 0-340-83348-3, 326–333,

BBC

Television

(File:Graham Norton at the BAFTAs 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.13|Norton at the 2009 BAFTA Awards)Norton began his career on the BBC in 2001 when he hosted Comic Relief 2001.JOURNAL, 8 March 2001, Graham Norton – BBC One London – 16 March 2001 – BBC Genome,genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e3af602ce24a45358c394a78118abe30, The Radio Times, Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk, 4019, 112, 20 February 2021, In 2005, Norton moved to the BBC and began hosting the Saturday evening reality TV series Strictly Dance Fever on BBC One, as well as a new comedy chat show, Graham Norton’s Bigger Picture. He also read stories some nights on the BBC children’s channel CBeebies as part of Bedtime Hour.In 2006, Norton hosted the BBC One series How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? in which Andrew Lloyd Webber tried to find a lead actress for his West End version of The Sound of Music. Norton has subsequently presented the three follow-up series: Any Dream Will Do in 2007, in which a group of males competed to win the role of Joseph in the West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; I’d Do Anything in 2008, in which Lloyd Webber seeks to find the parts of Nancy and Oliver for Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver!; and Over the Rainbow in 2010, following a similar format to find a new Dorothy for a Wizard of Oz West end Production.Norton hosted various other shows for the BBC during this time, including When Will I Be Famous? (2007), The One and Only (2008) and Totally Saturday (2009). Since 2007, Norton has also been a regular host of The British Academy Television Awards. On 7 July 2007, Norton presented at Live Earth and undertook a trip to Ethiopia with the Born Free Foundation to highlight the plight of the Ethiopian wolf – the rarest canid in the world. In the same year, he was the subject of an episode of the BBC1 genealogy documentary Who Do You Think You Are?Norton’s chat show, The Graham Norton Show, began on 22 February 2007 on BBC Two. The format is very similar to his previous Channel 4 shows. On 6 October 2009, the show moved to BBC One, in a new one-hour format.In May 2010, Norton stood in for Chris Evans’ breakfast show on BBC Radio 2. Later that month, it was confirmed that he would be replacing Jonathan Ross’s Saturday morning slot on the same station.In December 2011, the panel show Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton premiered on BBC America in the time slot immediately following The Graham Norton Show. Recorded in New York, it is one of BBC America’s earliest efforts at producing original programming, and is also the first panel game the channel has shown, either of British or American origin.In October 2018, talking to BBC News about his reported 2017–18 BBC salary, Norton said that he genuinely “doesn’t know” how the corporation arrived at that figure. “Myself and my agent look at that number and we go ‘I wonder how they came up with that’,” he says. “It bears no relation to anything I know. But if that’s what they say I earn, that’s what I earn.“NEWS, Graham Norton: My career could’ve gone a very different way, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44845590, 13 October 2018, In February 2019, it was announced that Norton would be a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK alongside Alan Carr in a rotating basis. Norton and Carr were joined by permanent judges Michelle Visage and RuPaul.NEWS, 14 February 2019, Norton and Carr to judge RuPaul’s Drag Race, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47241308,

Radio

Since 1999, Norton has appeared regularly on the BBC Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute, appearing in over 100 episodes.On 2 October 2010, Norton began presenting a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2, which he took over from Jonathan Ross. Norton co-hosted with Maria McErlane who featured as an “agony aunt” on the segment “Grill Graham”. “Tune with a Tale” is where a listener suggests playing a song with a plot, summarising the story it contains, and “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better” is a feature where a listener requests a song that was previously a hit, but might be considered particularly bad now. Unlike Steve Wright in the Afternoon aired from 14:00 to 17:00 on weekdays, it is well established as being a “brand”, with its end of each hour style of presentations, although Norton regularly uses the standard BBC Radio 2 jingles along with jingles unique to the Saturday morning show, written and performed by the BBC Radio 2 Orchestra.In January 2012, Norton asked listeners to his Radio 2 show to help find his car, shortly after it was stolen. He called it “The Great Car Hunt” and told listeners to“Keep your eyes out for it. It was filthy by the way.“NEWS, 10 January 2012, Norton’s radio hunt for his stolen car, Raidió Teilifís Éireann,www.rte.ie/ten/news/2012/0110/434785-nortong/, 1 August 2015, On 11 November 2020, Norton announced that he would step down from the show and hosted his final Saturday morning show on 19 December 2020 after 10 years.WEB, West, Amy, 11 November 2020, Graham Norton is leaving his BBC Radio 2 show after 10 years,news.yahoo.com/graham-norton-leaving-bbc-radio-172200449.html, 19 March 2022, Yahoo News, He was replaced by Claudia Winkleman from February 2021.Norton joined Virgin Radio UK in January 2021, hosting shows on Saturday and Sunday.WEB, 2021-01-21, How To Listen To Graham Norton on Virgin Radio {{!, Virgin Radio UK |url=https://virginradio.co.uk/the-graham-norton-radio-show-with-waitrose/25320/how-listen-graham-norton-virgin-radio-210121560791 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=virginradio.co.uk |language=en}}WEB, 16 November 2020, Graham Norton joins Virgin Radio UK for weekends,radiotoday.co.uk/2020/11/16/graham-norton-joins-virgin-radio-uk-for-weekends/, 24 January 2023, RadioToday, In February 2024, Norton announced that “he wanted his weekends back” and would step away from hosting his weekend radio show for the station.NEWS, 2024-02-24, Graham Norton leaves Virgin Radio weekend show,www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68391332, 2024-02-24, BBC News, en-GB,

Eurovision Song Contest

File:Eurovision 2023 - Jury Final - Hosts (03).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.13|Norton co-hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool alongside Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina and Hannah WaddinghamHannah WaddinghamNorton, along with Claudia Winkleman, hosted the first annual Eurovision Dance Contest, which was held on 1 September 2007 in London, England. The format was based on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and the EBU’s Eurovision Song Contest. Norton and Winkleman also hosted the 2008 contest in Glasgow, Scotland.In October 2008, it was confirmed by the BBC that Norton would replace Terry Wogan as the presenter of the UK national selection of the Eurovision Song Contest, Your Country Needs You.On 5 December 2008, it was announced that Norton would also take over from Wogan as the British commentator for the main Eurovision Song Contest.NEWS, Eurovision: Norton to replace Wogan, BBC Press Release, BBC,www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/12_december/05/eurovision.shtml, live, 16 May 2009,www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/12_december/05/eurovision.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20081208090534www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/12_december/05/eurovision.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20081208090534www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/12_december/05/eurovision.shtml, 8 December 2008, The 54th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Olympic Arena, Moscow on 16 May 2009.In January 2009, Norton hosted (Eurovision: Your Country Needs You), a talent show to find who would represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. The winning song, It’s My Time, was penned by Diane Warren and Andrew Lloyd Webber and was sung in the contest by Jade Ewen, who the public voted to represent the United Kingdom.WEB,www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d215839,web.archive.org/web/20230511194403/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d215839, dead, 11 May 2023, British Film Institute, Eurovision Your Country Needs You [03/01/2009] (2009), 11 May 2021, Norton’s debut jokes received some positive reviews from the British press. The Guardian noted his comments on Iceland’s entry, which finished in second place, had “rooted around in a cupboard and found an old bridesmaid dress from 1987” and the Armenian singers, who finished in 10th place, were sporting traditional dress, “which would be true if you come from the village where Liberace is the mayor.” The Times noted his highlighting of the arrest of 30 gay rights protesters in Moscow – “heavy-handed policing has really marred what has been a fantastic Eurovision.““Norton’s Eurovision debut reviewed” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522195109news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8054164.stm |date=22 May 2009 }}. BBC News. 17 May 2009In 2015, Norton, along with Petra Mede, hosted the Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits concert show on 31 March at the Eventim Apollo, in Hammersmith, London to commemorate the contest’s 60th anniversary.Norton played a fictionalised version of himself in his role of the British Eurovision commentator in the 2020 Netflix film (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga).NEWS, 24 June 2020, Rachel McAdams gives verdict on Graham Norton’s performance in Netflix’s Eurovision film, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/eurovision-film-rachel-mcadams-graham-norton-will-ferrell-story-fire-saga-a9582611.html, Norton co-hosted the final of the {{Escyr|2023|3=2023 contest}} in Liverpool alongside Alesha Dixon, actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, in addition to his usual commentary role which was shared with Mel Giedroyc.WEB, Meet our Eurovision 2023 family!,www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovision/entries/6f2e0053-e405-4548-b330-e1741d2c9198, 22 February 2023, 22 February 2023, bbc.co.uk, BBC, With this, he also became the second-oldest person to ever host the Eurovision Song Contest, after the French presenter Léon Zitrone in 1978.

ITV

In 2024, Norton returned to ITV to present a revival of Wheel of Fortune, including the celebrity version, featuring Gok Wan and Charlotte Church.WEB, itvx Wheel of Fortune,www.itv.com/watch/wheel-of-fortune/10a5010, WEB, Graham Norton to host Wheel Of Fortune as ‘iconic’ game show makes return,news.sky.com/story/graham-norton-to-host-wheel-of-fortune-as-iconic-game-show-makes-return-12910966, 2024-02-24, Sky News, en, WEB, Ltd, Pixel Love, Wheel of Fortune spins its way back to ITV1 and ITVX,www.dock10.co.uk/about/news/wheel-of-fortune-spins-its-way-back-to-itv1-and-itvx/, 2024-02-24, dock10, en,

Other

File:Graham Norton with Dog.jpg|thumb|Norton with his dog Bailey in 2006, supporting CrusaidCrusaidNorton played Mr Puckov in the 2006 American comedy spoof film Another Gay Movie. In 2007, Norton played Taylor in the romantic comedy film, I Could Never Be Your Woman.Norton was involved in a high-publicity advertising campaign for the UK National Lottery as an animated unicorn, the stooge to a character based on Lady Luck (played by Fay Ripley). He has also advertised McVitie’s biscuits.WEB, 8 April 2000, Graham Norton comes out with a long tube in his hand,www.thegrocer.co.uk/graham-norton-comes-out-with-a-long-tube-in-his-hand/59176.article, 24 January 2023, The Grocer, In 1999, Norton featured in the music video for Boyzone song “When The Going Gets Tough”. Eight years later, in 2007, he featured in Girls Aloud and Sugababes’ music video for the single “Walk This Way”. Both songs were for Comic Relief.In January 2009, Norton made his West End stage debut in a revival of La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre.NEWS, 27 November 2008, Graham Norton to star in La Cage Aux Folles, The Daily Telegraph,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3530810/Graham-Norton-to-star-in-La-Cage-Aux-Folles.html, live, subscription, 9 November 2018,ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3530810/Graham-Norton-to-star-in-La-Cage-Aux-Folles.html, 11 January 2022, 0307-1235, {{cbignore}} In 2009, Norton was the host of the comedy game-show Most Popular on US cable television channel WE tv.WEB, 20 July 2012, Most Popular Bio: Graham Norton – WE tv,www.wetv.com/most-popular/, live,www.wetv.com/most-popular," title="web.archive.org/web/20110211012315www.wetv.com/most-popular,">web.archive.org/web/20110211012315www.wetv.com/most-popular, 11 February 2011, 4 July 2014, Wetv.com, Norton wrote an advice column in The Daily Telegraph newspaper from 2006 to 2018. In October 2010, his columns were made into a book entitled Ask Graham, published by John Blake Publishing. In late 2018, Norton stood down from the role and the newspaper found a replacement as their agony aunt in Richard Madeley.WEB, Waterson, Jim, 7 October 2019, ‘Toxic’ Telegraph made me feel ‘nauseous’, says Graham Norton,www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/07/toxic-telegraph-made-me-feel-nauseous-says-graham-norton, 7 October 2019, The Guardian, In 2016, Norton published his debut novel Holding, published by Hodder & Stoughton, about a murder in an Irish rural community.NEWS, 2 October 2016, Holding by Graham Norton review – a solid debut, The Guardian,www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/02/holding-graham-norton-review-debut-novel, live, 11 October 2016,web.archive.org/web/20161011022204/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/02/holding-graham-norton-review-debut-novel, 11 October 2016, Norton won Popular Fiction Book of the Year award for HoldingNEWS, 17 November 2016, Graham Norton and Paul O’Connell among prize winners at Irish Book Awards,www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-norton-and-paul-oconnell-among-prize-winners-at-irish-book-awards-430958.html, live, 20 November 2016,www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-norton-and-paul-oconnell-among-prize-winners-at-irish-book-awards-430958.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20161121043040www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-norton-and-paul-oconnell-among-prize-winners-at-irish-book-awards-430958.html,">web.archive.org/web/20161121043040www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-norton-and-paul-oconnell-among-prize-winners-at-irish-book-awards-430958.html, 21 November 2016, in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2016. In 2022, an adaptation of the book, directed by Kathy Burke, aired on ITV.NEWS, Mangan, Lucy, Lucy Mangan, 14 March 2022, Holding review – a charming adaptation of Graham Norton’s novel, The Guardian,www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/14/holding-review-a-charming-adaptation-of-graham-nortons-novel, 4 April 2022, On 7 March 2013, Norton broke the Guinness World Record for “Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show” on Comic Relief’s Big Chat, which raised £1.02 million.WEB, 8 March 2013, Graham Norton breaks world record and raises £1 million with Big Chat – TV News,www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a464259/graham-norton-breaks-world-record-and-raises-gbp1-million-with-big-chat.html, live,www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a464259/graham-norton-breaks-world-record-and-raises-gbp1-million-with-big-chat.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130310030340www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a464259/graham-norton-breaks-world-record-and-raises-gbp1-million-with-big-chat.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130310030340www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a464259/graham-norton-breaks-world-record-and-raises-gbp1-million-with-big-chat.html, 10 March 2013, 11 March 2013, Digital Spy, In 2014, Norton criticised the decision by Irish broadcaster RTÉ to settle out of court with opponents of gay marriage who claimed they had been defamed in an edition of the Saturday Night Show.NEWS, 21 February 2014, Graham Norton ‘furious’ over RTE homophobia payout, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26287377, live,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26287377," title="web.archive.org/web/20140221160108www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26287377,">web.archive.org/web/20140221160108www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26287377, 21 February 2014, In 2014, Norton publicly backed “Hacked Off” and its campaign toward UK press self-regulation by “safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable”.WEB, 18 March 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfonso Cuaron, Maggie Smith Back U.K. Press Regulation,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289, live,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289," title="web.archive.org/web/20140607221419www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289,">web.archive.org/web/20140607221419www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289, 7 June 2014, 4 July 2014, The Hollywood Reporter, NEWS, Burrell, Ian, 18 March 2014, Campaign group Hacked Off urge newspaper industry to back the Royal Charter on press freedom – Press – Media, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html, live, 4 July 2014,www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140714094012www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140714094012www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html, 14 July 2014, WEB, The Leveson Royal Charter Declaration,hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png,hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png," title="web.archive.org/web/20150302093453hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png,">web.archive.org/web/20150302093453hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png, 2 March 2015, Hacked Off, In October 2014, Norton released his second memoir, The Life and Loves of a He-Devil. It won in the Non-Fiction Book of the Year category at the 2014 Irish Book Awards.WEB, 14 December 2014, The Life and Loves of a He Devil,www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-a-memoir/, live,www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-a-memoir/," title="web.archive.org/web/20141219124730www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-a-memoir/,">web.archive.org/web/20141219124730www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-life-and-loves-of-a-he-devil-a-memoir/, 19 December 2014, 19 December 2014, Irish Book Awards, Also in 2014, he was named in the top 10 on the World Pride Power list.WEB, World Pride Power List 2014,www.worldpridepowerlist.com/, dead,www.worldpridepowerlist.com/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150208160458www.worldpridepowerlist.com/,">web.archive.org/web/20150208160458www.worldpridepowerlist.com/, 8 February 2015, The Guardian, Norton has a shareholding of two per cent in New Zealand winery Invivo Wines.NEWS, Anthony, John, 10 April 2016, Graham Norton giving Invivo Wines celebrity factor, The Dominion Post (Wellington), The Dominion Post, Wellington,www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/78605117/graham-norton-giving-invivo-wines-celebrity-factor, Norton has his own wine range in collaboration with Invivo, the first wine was first released in 2014.NEWS, 7 September 2014, Norton’s Kiwi wine a star seller, The New Zealand Herald,www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11320195, In July 2015, the Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton, hosted an evening with Norton involving 90 minutes of interview, questions, and answers with an audience of more than 400 people. The event, part of the West Cork Literary Festival, was sold out.WEB, 20 July 2015, Bishop Paul Colton Hosts an Evening with Graham Norton at West Cork Literary Festival,ireland.anglican.org/news/5794, live,ireland.anglican.org/news/5794," title="web.archive.org/web/20160419020642ireland.anglican.org/news/5794,">web.archive.org/web/20160419020642ireland.anglican.org/news/5794, 19 April 2016, 7 April 2016, Ireland.anglican.org, On 9 October 2020, Norton announced via Twitter he had been cast as the voice of Moonwind, a spiritual sign twirler, in the Disney/Pixar animated feature Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey.TWEET, 1314597693705125888, grahnort, Very excited! Disney and Pixar have a new funny, sweet, incredibly timely film called Soul, and .... I’m in it! This is my character Moonwind, a spiritual sign twirler. See the movie exclusively on Disney+ from 25th December.#PixarSoul @PixarSoul, Graham Norton, 9 October 2020, 10 October 2020,

Personal life

In 1989, Norton was mugged, beaten up, and stabbed by a group of attackers in London. He lost half of his blood and nearly died.NEWS, 27 September 2019, Graham Norton says he ‘lost over half his blood’ after being stabbed in 1989, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/graham-norton-stabbing-knife-crime-bbc-interview-a9122566.html, NEWS, Norton, Graham, 2 October 2010, Graham Norton: agony uncle, The Daily Telegraph,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8034256/Graham-Norton-agony-uncle.html, live, 28 November 2011,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8034256/Graham-Norton-agony-uncle.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20110624082858www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8034256/Graham-Norton-agony-uncle.html,">web.archive.org/web/20110624082858www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8034256/Graham-Norton-agony-uncle.html, 24 June 2011, He said that an elderly couple were the ones who found him and that they “saved his life” after calling for an ambulance. He did not think the attack was homophobic, as he was walking alone at the time. He was hospitalised for two and a half weeks before eventually recovering from the attack.WEB, 16 June 2018, Graham Norton reveals he was stabbed and left for dead in horrific attack,evoke.ie/2018/06/16/showbiz/gossip/graham-norton-stabbed-mugging, 14 October 2018, evoke.ie, In January 2012, Norton’s home was burgled. The keys to his Lexus were stolen during the burglary. He appealed for the return of his car during his BBC Radio 2 show the following day.NEWS, Barrett, David, 7 January 2012, TV presenter Graham Norton triggers hunt after home burgled, The Daily Telegraph,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8999616/TV-presenter-Graham-Norton-triggers-hunt-after-home-burgled.html, live, subscription, 14 October 2018,ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8999616/TV-presenter-Graham-Norton-triggers-hunt-after-home-burgled.html, 11 January 2022, {{cbignore}}Norton primarily resides in the Wapping area of London.NEWS, Gerard Gilbert, 19 October 2012, Graham Norton: ‘I had ambition at 40. That seems to have gone’, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-norton-i-had-ambition-at-40-that-seems-to-have-gone-8215540.html, live,www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-norton-i-had-ambition-at-40-that-seems-to-have-gone-8215540.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170224014806www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-norton-i-had-ambition-at-40-that-seems-to-have-gone-8215540.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170224014806www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-norton-i-had-ambition-at-40-that-seems-to-have-gone-8215540.html, 24 February 2017, He had two dogs, a labradoodle called Bailey and a terrier called Madge, which he adopted from the UK charity Dogs Trust in 2012.{{youTube|mP-HAsssL64|Graham Norton introduces us to his dogs, Bailey & Madge!}} In September 2020, he said that Madge had died in December 2019, and in October 2020 he said that Bailey had recently died in Cork at the age of 15.WEB, Brent, Harry, Graham Norton suffers double heartbreak after revealing deaths of BOTH his beloved dogs,www.irishpost.com/news/graham-norton-suffers-double-heartbreak-after-revealing-deaths-of-both-his-beloved-dogs-194520, 19 December 2020, The Irish Post, WEB, Brent, Harry, Graham Norton left heartbroken after death of beloved rescue dog,www.irishpost.com/news/graham-norton-left-heartbroken-after-death-of-beloved-rescue-dog-193506, 19 December 2020, The Irish Post, Norton is gay. He dated Kristian Seeber, who performs as the drag queen Tina Burner.WEB, Bagwell, Matt, 19 January 2021, Graham Norton Says He Was Left ‘Heartbroken’ After Whirlwind Romance With RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Tina Burner Ended,www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/graham-norton-boyfriend-tina-burner-kristian-seebler-ru-pauls-drag-race-series-13_uk_6006bcf3c5b6ffcab96778aa, 19 January 2021, Huffington Post UK, He split up from his partner of two years, Trevor Patterson, in 2013,NEWS, Wyatt, Daisy, 4 January 2015, Graham Norton: ‘It’s harder to find love if you are a gay man’, The Independent,www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/graham-norton-its-harder-to-find-love-if-you-are-a-gay-man-9956228.html, 16 October 2018, and broke up with his subsequent partner, Andrew Smith, in 2015.WEB, 20 September 2018, Graham Norton deleted Tinder because he kept meeting ‘broken people’,www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/20/graham-norton-tinder-delete-broken-people/, 16 October 2018, Pink News, He said in 2015 that his ex-boyfriends often resented the role they had to play in the public eye as his partner.On 10 July 2022, Norton held a wedding blessing party, with his new husband, Scottish filmmaker Jonathan McLeod, at Bantry House in County Cork.NEWS,www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40973360.html, ‘I was a grubby git from Cork’: Graham Norton on trying to ‘reinvent’ himself when he left Ireland, 30 September 2022, The Irish Examiner, 17 November 2022, WEB, Baker, Noel, 11 July 2022, Graham Norton toasts marriage with star-studded West Cork wedding party,www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40914995.html, 11 July 2022, Irish Examiner, WEB, 11 July 2022, Graham Norton toasts marriage with VIP party in Bantry House,www.independent.ie/entertainment/graham-norton-toasts-marriage-with-vip-party-in-bantry-house-41830560.html, 11 July 2022, Irish Independent, WEB, McLoughlin, Lisa, 11 July 2022, Graham Norton ‘celebrates marriage with wedding party in native West Cork’,www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/graham-norton-wedding-marriage-party-west-cork-partner-b1011635.html, 11 July 2022, Evening Standard, In October 2022, Norton deactivated his Twitter account following criticism from J. K. Rowling and supporters after he had replied to an interview question on transgender rights that it would be better to “talk to trans people, talk to the parents of trans kids, talk to doctors” than to celebrities like himself.WEB, Wakefield, Lily, Graham Norton ‘hounded off Twitter’ for suggesting we listen to trans people,www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/17/graham-norton-twitter-trans-rights-jk-rowling/, PinkNews, 17 October 2022, WEB,deadline.com/2022/10/graham-norton-exits-twitter-after-backlash-from-j-k-rowling-over-trans-rights-1235146836/, Graham Norton Exits Twitter Soon After On-Stage Discussion About Trans Rights, 17 October 2022,

Filmography

Television{| class“wikitable”

!Year!Title!Role!Notes|1996Carnal Knowledge (TV series)>Carnal Knowledge|Co-host|1 series|1996–1998|Father Ted|Father Noel Furlong|3 episodes|1997|Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment|Himself||1998–2002|So Graham Norton|Host|5 series2001 Rex the Runt: A Crap Day Out The Plants voice|Rex the Runt: Patio >| Osvalde Halitosis voice|The Kumars at No. 42>| Himself|Graham Goes To Dollywood>| Himself|Absolutely Fabulous>| Episode: “Gay”|2002–2003|V Graham Norton|Host|5 series|2003–2004|Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn|Himself|5 episodes|2004–2005|The Graham Norton Effect|Host|13 episodes|2005The Generation Game#Revivals>Generation Fame|Himself|Television movie 2005–2006|Graham Norton’s Bigger Picture|Himself||Strictly Dance Fever|Himself|2006 The Last Ever, Ever Footballers’ Wives Brendan Spunk|How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? >| 9 episodes 2007When Will I Be Famous? (TV series)>When Will I Be Famous?|Himself|Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)>Who Do You Think You Are? Himself||Saving Planet Earth|Himself| Episode: “Saving Wolves”(Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List)>| Himself|Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind>| Short filmLive Earth (2007 concert)>Live Earth|Himself|TV special documentary|Eurovision Dance Contest 2007|Host|TV specialAny Dream Will Do (TV series)>Any Dream Will Do Presenter 11 episodes|2007–2011 2013–2016 2019British Academy Television Awards>The British Academy Television Awards|Host||2007–present|The Graham Norton Show|Host|30 series2008 ‘’I’d Do Anything (BBC TV series)’’ >| 13 episodesThe One and Only (British TV series)>The One and Only Himself Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 >|TV special|2009|Totally Saturday|Himself|1 episode and unaired pilot|2009–2010|(Eurovision: Your Country Needs You)|Host|6 episodes|2009–present|Eurovision Song Contest|UK commentator/Co-presenter|Comments grand finals only and co-present the 2023 final editionOver the Rainbow (2010 TV series)>Over the Rainbow Host 18 episodes|2011–2012|Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton|Presenter|BBC America2015|Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits|Co-presenter|With Petra Mede|Adele at the BBC|Presenter|Television special|2016RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race (season 2)>RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2| Himself/Guest judge||2016–2019|Children in Need|Host|With Ade Adepitan and Mel Giedroyc|2017Let It Shine (2017 TV series)>Let It Shine|Co-presenter|6 episodes|2018BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend>The Biggest Weekend|Himself||2019–present|RuPaul’s Drag Race UK| Himself/Judge|2020|British Academy Film Awards| Host||(Eurovision: Come Together)|Host||(Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light)|UK commentator|2021Queen of the Universe (TV series)>Queen of the UniverseRAVINDRAN >FIRST=MANORI TITLE=GRAHAM NORTON TO HOST DRAG QUEEN SINGING COMPETITION ‘QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE’ FOR PARAMOUNT PLUS (EXCLUSIVE) WEBSITE=VARIETY, |Host||Celebrity Gogglebox for Su2c|Himself|Stand Up to Cancer special (Series 18, episode 5)|2022–present|(RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs. the World)| Himself/Judge|2024HTTPS://WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.CO.UK/ENTRY/GRAHAM-NORTON-ANNOUNCES-WHEEL-OF-FORTUNE-REBOOT_UK_649A9CB8E4B0D92EBF5225C8>TITLE=GRAHAM NORTON ANNOUNCES HE’S BRINGING BACK AN ICONIC GAME SHOW FAVOURITEWEBSITE=HUFFPOST UKLAST=WELSH, 27 June 2023, Wheel of Fortune (British game show)>Wheel of Fortune| HostWheel of Fortune (Australian game show)>Network 10 (Australia) reboot/revivals(Documental#International versions>LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland)| Host| Amazon Prime Show|Eurovision 2024: Graham Meets Olly| HostOlly AlexanderHTTPS://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/M001WT9JWEBSITE=BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES, 1 March 2024, “>

Films{| class“wikitable”

!Year!!Title!!Character!!ProductionStargay >Canal+ (French TV channel)>Canal+Another Gay Movie >| Luna PicturesI Could Never Be Your Woman >| The Weinstein Company(Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) >Himself BBC Films 2020 (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga) Gary Sanchez ProductionsSoul (2020 film)>Soul|Moonwind (voice)|Pixar Animation StudiosThe Stand In (2020 film)>The Stand In Himself Saban FilmsThe Idea of You >| Amazon MGM Studios

Stand-up videos

• Live at the Roundhouse (19 November 2001)

Works

Autobiography

• BOOK, Norton, Graham, So Me, 2004, Hodder & Stoughton, 978-0-340-83348-3, London, 57577106,
• BOOK, Norton, Graham, The Life and Loves of a He Devil, 2014, Hodder & Stoughton, illustrated by Clym Evernden, 978-1-444-79026-9, London, 894427373,

General non-fiction

• BOOK, Norton, Graham, Ask Graham: He’s Been Everywhere, He’s Seen Everything. Now Graham Norton’s Here to Solve Your Problems!, 2010, John Blake (journalist), John Blake, 978-1-843-58501-5, London, 847858351,

Fiction

• BOOK, Norton, Graham, Holding, 2016, Hodder & Stoughton, 9781444792003, London, England, 960416528,
  • BOOK, Norton, Graham, Holding, 2017, Atria Books, 978-1-501-17328-8, New York, 989520337, – American edition
• BOOK, Norton, Graham, A Keeper, 2018, Coronet Books, 9781444792003, London, England, 960416528,
• BOOK, Norton, Graham, Home Stretch, 2020, Coronet Books, 9781473665163, London, England, 1242852324,
• BOOK, Norton, Graham, Forever Home, Coronet Books, 2022, 9781529391398, London, England, 1378321700,

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Accolades{| class“wikitable”

! Year !! colspan=“2“| Award !! Work !! Result !! NotesGaytime TV>Gaytime Award Gay Presenter of the Year {{N/A}} {{won}} British Academy Television Awards >British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance>Best Entertainment Performance rowspan=“4”So Graham Norton >|Royal Television Society >WORK=THE GUARDIAN URL-STATUS=LIVE ARCHIVE-DATE=13 APRIL 2016, 14 MARCH 2011 >TITLE=PROGRAMME AWARDS WINNERS 2001 PUBLISHER=ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY, {{dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}British Academy Television Awards 2001>2001 rowspan=“10”British Academy Television Awards > Best Entertainment Performance {{won}} British Academy Television Awards 2002>2002 {{won}} British Academy Television Awards 2011>2011 rowspan=“10”The Graham Norton Show >|British Academy Television Awards 2012>2012 {{won}} 2013 British Academy Television Awards>2013 {{nom}} 2013 British Academy Television Awards#Lew Grade Award for Entertainment Programme>Lew Grade Award for Entertainment Programme {{won}} Best Entertainment Performance {{nom}} |British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)>Best Comedy Programme or Series {{won}} 10 MAY 2015 >TITLE=TV BAFTA WINNERS: GRAHAM NORTON AND STEPHEN REA WIN COVETED AWARDS IRISH INDEPENDENT >URL=HTTP://WWW.INDEPENDENT.IE/ENTERTAINMENT/TELEVISION/TV-NEWS/TV-BAFTA-WINNERS-GRAHAM-NORTON-AND-STEPHEN-REA-WIN-COVETED-AWARDS-31210969.HTML, |22nd National Television Awards>2017National Television Awards Special Recognition Award {{Won}} 25 JANUARY 2017 >TITLE=GRAHAM NORTON WINS SPECIAL RECOGNITION PRIZE AT NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS RADIO TIMES >URL=HTTP://WWW.RADIOTIMES.COM/NEWS/2017-01-25/GRAHAM-NORTON-WINS-SPECIAL-RECOGNITION-PRIZE-AT-NATIONAL-TELEVISION-AWARDS#/ ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20170202044434/HTTP://WWW.RADIOTIMES.COM/NEWS/2017-01-25/GRAHAM-NORTON-WINS-SPECIAL-RECOGNITION-PRIZE-AT-NATIONAL-TELEVISION-AWARDS#/, 2 February 2017, 2018 British Academy Television Awards>2018 British Academy Television Awards Best Entertainment Performance {{won}} 29 MARCH 2018 >TITLE=VIRGIN TV BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS WINNERS IN 2018 ACCESS-DATE=30 SEPTEMBER 2018, www.bafta.org,

Further reading

• BOOK, Bowyer, Alison, Graham Norton: Laid Bare, 2009, Andre Deutsch, 978-0-233-00268-2,

See also

• List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Graham Norton}}

• The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
• Wheel of Fortune on itv.com
• {{Screenonline name|id=1199766|name=Graham Norton}}
• {{British Comedy Guide|people|graham_norton}}
• {{IMDb name|636218}}

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