We recently reported the news that Graham Norton is to jump ship from
Channel 4 (metaphorically - no ships actually involved) and come across to
the BBC. But speaking recently on Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs" Norton
has said that despite the different type of audience that is expected on the BBC
he will not change the raunchy nature of his show.
"I'm not going to tone it down. I'm making a different programme for a
different audience," he told Desert Island Discs.
He also admitted that he did not have a particularly high opinion of his own
interviewing skills, saying: ""I have no real interest. I like meeting
celebrities but then my interest wanes. Occasionally, because it's an edited
show, I'll throw them a bone and let them tell a long boring story... 'mmm,
fascinating'."
Norton's new show will go out later this year on BBC One in a 7pm slot, a
time that suggests Norton may find he has little choice in censoring some of his
more adult content, otherwise Mary Whitehouse will be spinning in her
grave. Or is she not dead yet?
