Graham Norton's pay soars to €166,362 per show

new accounts filed by So Television Ltd to Companies House in the UK show that Norton’s pay from the firm surged by 24% from £2.23m to £2.77m last year

Norton — who celebrated his 61st birthday in April — departed from his weekend presenting role on Virgin Radio UK earlier this year after declaring that he wanted his weekends back after 13 years. Picture: Victoria Dalton 

Chat show king Graham Norton enjoyed a bumper £537,665 (€644,786) increase in his TV pay last year to £2.77m (€3.32m), new accounts show.

ITV subsidiary So Television sells The Graham Norton Show to the BBC and to TV stations across the world including Virgin Media here.