The Norton File
Name: Graham Norton (né Walker)
Headline news: "Bawdy Late Night Chat Show Host Poached By BBC"
The pull: "Put away all those silly dildos Graham and come and work for a proper TV channel; we see you as the new Bruce Forsyth" - the BBC
The push: Being beaten by two talentless Geordie children (Ant and Dec) at the British Comedy Awards two weeks ago.
Good news for: Bandon Protestants - they always had a problem breaking through that glass ceiling at the BBC.
Bad news for: Mr and Mrs Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells/Parents having to explain to their children what a dildo is.
Something nobody knows about him: Back in 1990, a young Graham Norton performed a comedy sketch in the guise of Mother Teresa at that well-known den of progressive performance theatre - Dublin's Project Arts Centre. The day after, a local priest called for the venue to be exorcised.