Graham Norton: ‘Back in the day, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people’
Rosanna Greenstreet
The comedian and broadcaster on moaning about his eyebags, being stabbed by muggers, and his publicity-shy pet Born in County Dublin, Graham Norton, 63, studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In the 1990s, he was a standup and appeared in the sitcom Father Ted. Since 2007, he has presented The Graham Norton Show for the BBC. He hosts Eurovision, is a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, and is presenting new reality show The Neighbourhood, which starts on 24 April on ITV.