Graham Norton: ‘Back in the day, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people’

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 IT...

By Rosanna Greenstreet