{"id":333710,"date":"2026-03-07T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/333710\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:40:12","slug":"the-last-king-of-chat-graham-norton-and-the-battle-to-be-on-tvs-most-famous-couch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/333710\/","title":{"rendered":"The last king of chat: Graham Norton and the battle to be on TV\u2019s most famous couch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nAs Claudia Winkleman prepares to launch her own chat show next week, speculation is growing on whether the Corkman is nearing his final act at the BBC. Kim Bielenberg examines his journey from comic to the host of a programme every A-lister wants to be on\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graham Norton: 'There\u2019s an alchemy on the night that you just can\u2019t predict'. Photo: Steve Humphreys\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7f5960d7-dbb9-458f-93a2-2e932a4ef75a.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Graham Norton: &#8216;There\u2019s an alchemy on the night that you just can\u2019t predict&#8217;. Photo: Steve Humphreys<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The chat-show king Graham Norton once offered some sage advice for those hoping to work in the entertainment industry: \u201cAlways remember, if you decide to come to the showbiz party, the dress code is \u2018Thick Skin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">So, no doubt the Corkman brushed aside a mild barb directed his way by his sometime rival Jonathan Ross, who tried to offer an explanation as to why Norton attracted more famous stars to his Friday night show on BBC One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Claudia Winkleman prepares to launch her own chat show next week, speculation is growing on whether the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1578,93,30387,61,60,102077,279,282],"class_list":["post-333710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-graham-norton","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kim-bielenberg","tag-review-magazine","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}