Graham Norton

Irish comedian

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2025 Graham Norton set to appear in Doctor Who, in the Interstellar Song Contest episode (Series 15, episode 6)
2024 Graham Norton hosts Wheel of Fortune on ITV and Network 10 in Australia, hosts LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland on Amazon Prime, and hosts Eurovision 2024: Graham Meets Olly special with Olly Alexander
2024 Graham Norton appeared in the film 'The Idea of You', playing himself.
2024 Graham Norton returned to ITV to present a revival of Wheel of Fortune, including the celebrity version with guests Gok Wan and Charlotte Church.
September 27 2024 Series 32 began airing.
September 12 2024 Graham Norton is scheduled to publish his book 'Frankie' through Coronet Books
February 2024 Norton announced he would step away from hosting his weekend radio show at Virgin Radio, stating he wanted his weekends back.
September 29 2023 Series 31 began airing.
2022 Graham Norton begins judging RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World
2022 His novel 'Holding' was adapted for television, directed by Kathy Burke and aired on ITV.
October 2022 Involved in a controversy at the Cheltenham Literature Festival over comments about cancel culture and transgender rights, which led to criticism from J.K. Rowling and his subsequent deactivation of his Twitter account.
September 30 2022 Series 30 began, marking the return of the big red sofa with guests sitting closer together.
September 29 2022 Graham Norton published his book 'Forever Home' through Coronet Books
July 10 2022 Married Scottish filmmaker Jonathan 'Jono' McLeod at Bantry House in County Cork.
2021 Graham Norton hosts Queen of the Universe and appears on Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer
April 26 2021 Graham Norton published his book 'Home Stretch' through Coronet Books
January 2021 Norton joined Virgin Radio UK, hosting weekend shows on Saturday and Sunday.
2020 Graham Norton hosts the British Academy Film Awards
2020 Graham Norton hosts Eurovision: Come Together and serves as UK commentator for Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
2020 Graham Norton appeared in multiple projects, including the comedy film 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga', voiced the character Moonwind in Pixar's 'Soul', and played himself in 'The Stand In'.
2020 Played a fictionalised version of himself as the British Eurovision commentator in the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.
December 19 2020 Norton hosted his final Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 after 10 years, with Claudia Winkleman set to replace him from February 2021.
November 11 2020 Norton announced his decision to step down from his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show.
October 2020 Announced that his dog Bailey had died in Cork at the age of 15.
October 9 2020 Announced via Twitter that he was cast as the voice of Moonwind in the Disney/Pixar animated feature 'Soul'.
October 2 2020 Series 28 returned to the studio with social distancing measures, including guests seated 2 metres apart and a reduced capacity audience.
April 10 2020 Series 27 began with a modified format due to the coronavirus pandemic, initially presented from Norton's home via video link with a reduced 30-minute runtime.
December 2019 His dog Madge died at approximately 16 years old.
February 2019 Norton was announced as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK, rotating with Alan Carr alongside permanent judges Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
2018 Graham Norton appears at The Biggest Weekend event as himself
2018 Stood down from his role as advice columnist at The Daily Telegraph.
2018 The show moved to a Friday night time slot in the United States, airing new episodes a week after the BBC broadcast.
2018 Norton wins his third British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
October 4 2018 Graham Norton published his book 'A Keeper' through Coronet Books
August 2018 TV3 rebranded to Virgin Media One, with The Graham Norton Show remaining on the channel.
April 5 2018 First episode recorded at BBC Television Centre in West London, which aired on 6 April 2018.
February 15 2018 The show produced its final episode from The London Studios, which aired on BBC One on 16 February 2018.
2017 The series moved back to its original Saturday time slot in the United States.
January 2017 TV3 Group bought UTV Ireland and rebranded it as 'be3', then moved The Graham Norton Show back to their main channel to air every Saturday.
January 2017 Graham Norton signed a new three-year deal with the BBC, confirming the show would continue on BBC One until at least 2020.
2016 Published his debut novel 'Holding', which won Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards.
January 21 2016 BBC America announced the programme would return on 25 January 2016, with new episodes airing three days after the BBC broadcast.
January 18 2016 BBC America aired the 2015 New Year's Eve episode.
2015 Ended three-year relationship with Andrew Smith.
2015 The show wins the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
November 2015 The Weinstein Company bought the series rights in the United States and paused broadcasting while negotiating a new contract with BBC America.
July 2015 Participated in an interview and Q&A event at the West Cork Literary Festival, hosted by the Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton.
March 31 2015 Co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits concert show at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London to commemorate the contest's 60th anniversary.
January 2015 UTV Ireland began airing the show every Sunday night.
2014 Launched his own wine range in collaboration with New Zealand winery Invivo Wines.

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