Graham Norton

Graham Norton: I hear Wogan's voice on Eurovision

Comedian and Eurovision presenter Graham Norton has revealed he still hears predecessor Sir Terry Wogan's voice in his head when he is commentating on the song contest.

Graham Norton earned £2.3m in fees and salary last year

Pay for the host of The Graham Norton Show and BBC Radio 2's Saturday morning show was down 10% on 2012.

Alan Carr interview

Alan Carr: 'Chatty Man hasn't got the oomph of Graham Norton, but we'll get there!'

Graham Norton rules himself out of Strictly hosting job

Graham Norton has ruled himself out of hosting Strictly Come Dancing, explaining: "I wouldn't jump at the chance. I really enjoy the show but it's a very tough gig. It's very hard for a new person to take over... and I'm quite lazy."

Nipping in a week ahead of his big Friday night rival Graham Norton, Alan Carr (left) kicks off a new series of lippy chat and louche one-liners by inviting Ricky Gervais and Jessica Hynes to lock comedy horns. Those two can give as good as they get, so it could be a riot. Calming things down will be Gary Barlow, continuing on his highly successful solo comeback with new single Since I Saw You Last.

The Jo Caulfield three minute interview

Jo Caulfield has a great CV. There isn't room to repeat it all here, but she’s appeared in just about every telly comedy show you can name, as well as in most countries that you can think of. She's had several of her own radio shows - and was head writer for Graham Norton. And her one women stand up shows have garnered praise from critics and audiences alike. Martin Walker asks what she's up to now. Turns out, it's quite a bit

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show: where did it go wrong?

The producers of the comedian's ailing show are clearly trying to revamp it to play to his strengths. What do Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross have that he doesn't?

Graham Norton: I wish I'd had kids but too late now

Graham Norton has revealed his regret that he never started a family.

Although I knew the programme was coming, I did feel that it received very little in the way of promotion before it aired last Monday. I have to say I didn't expect much going in, primarily as it was placed in the dreaded 10:35 slot for shows that BBC One aren't that proud of. To his credit McIntyre proved to be an endearing presence, as he often is, although he really didn't ask his guests that many probing questions.

I did feel that the programme was better depending on the quality of the guest, so to me it was at its best when Sir Terry Wogan appeared and reached a lull by the time we got to Lord Sugar.

One of the things that irritated me the most about McIntyre was the fact that he continually broke the fourth wall, whether that was to inform Lily Allen that somebody was talking to him in his ear or the pre-credit sequence in which we saw him talk to the audience ahead of the show itself. In fact McIntyre seemed more at home addressing the audience than he did when he was forced to go into chat show host mode.

His interactions with the crowd provided the funniest moments especially when he played the first ever round of 'Send to All'.

Though not as bad as some celebrity-fronted chat shows, especially the one that Allen herself hosted, I don't think that McIntyre really suits the chat show format in a way that others such as Alan Carr and Graham Norton do. Thankfully his likeability shines through which doesn't make watching the programme a chore, but at the same time I don't think I'd ever choose to watch it again.

Does the world really need another chat show? Decide for yourself as irrepressibly perky comedian Michael McIntyre tries to remind himself to shut up long enough to let his guests get a word in edgeways. Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross will scarcely be quaking in their boots at McIntyre's opening guest list: Lily Allen, Lord Alan Sugar and Sir Terry Wogan can all be relied on for a jolly anecdote but it's a pretty safe choice for an opening gambit. McIntyre will need something a little edgier if he's going to stand out in a crowded marketplace.