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Front Row: An extended interview with Graham Norton

An extended interview with Graham Norton

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, An extended interview with Graham Norton

A special half hour Front Row with Graham Norton.

Graham Norton talks about his new novel, Home Stretch.

Graham Norton is one of the most successful entertainment presenters in British broadcasting. He has a popular Radio 2 show, is the face of the BBC's Eurovision song contest coverage and, above all, his Friday night BBC1 chat show draws the biggest names to his sofa. His shows have won him nine BAFTAs and he begins a new series on BBC1 tomorrow. 

His journey is a fascinating one: raised in county Cork, he went to drama school in London with the plan to be an actor, but after a start in stand up and TV comedy, including the sitcom Father Ted, it was quickly the chat show that became his natural home. More recently Norton has won recognition as a best selling novelist, always drawing on his Irish roots.  

His latest novel, Home Stretch, is about the consequences of a fatal car accident. The lives of the families involved are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small Irish town where they live. Connor is one of the survivors, but staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Simon Richardson

Main image: Graham Norton
Image credit: Hodder & Stoughton

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