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Before his talk show
So Graham Norton found infamy and acclaim filling the Friday-night saucy viewing slot on Channel 4 (a position formerly occupied by
The Word,
Eurotrash and the diabolical Denise Van Outen series,
Something For the Weekend), Dubliner and one-time stand-up comic Graham Norton was probably best known to UK television audiences as the annoyingly chipper Riverdance-fan, Father Noel, in that episode of
Father Ted where they have a caravan holiday. A seeming cross between a leprechaun on amphetamine and John Inman, Norton is a consummate ringmaster for the show's unique combination of audience embarrassment, celebrities, minor and major, game to be mocked with fawning irony (including Roger Moore and a number of ex-Bond girls, the divine Grace Jones, Catherine Deneuve and Mo Mowlam, among many others) and telephone pranks to unsuspecting fetishists abroad. On the DVD: In addition to the usual menus and chapter selection, there's a wry commentary from Norton in which he reveals he didn't like Billy Zane very much and that Mo Mowlam was unsuccessfully bullied by the spin doctors not to do his show. Plus, there's a six-minute interview with his nibs in which he cheerfully describes the show as "trivial fey nonsense" and defines "gay icon" as "someone who hasn't worked for 20 years or has done a really crap job for about 20 years". It concludes with a special message to DVD buyers: "Thank you for buying the DVD, and congratulations on being a little bit rich. I hope it doesn't end up being our generation's version of Betamax or a big audio-visual version of the Sinclair C5". --
Leslie Felperin
Video Description
Winner of the Best Entertainment performance at this year's Bafta Awards, Graham Norton is one of the faces of Channel 4 Television. His personable and extrovert character have made him a hugely popular TV personality.
Containing highlights from his hilarious celebrity interviews, spontaneous phone calls, bizarre internet sites and his trademark audience questionnaire, this BRAND NEW video and DVD captivate his unique style and are a must have for everybody who has ever enjoyed the show on Channel 4 Television.
As an exclusive treat to his adoring fans the video includes specially filmed links and unseen footage that has never been see on TV and the DVD has a personal interview with Graham as well as an artist commentary.
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