Norton laughing all the way to the bank

BBC chat show host and comedian Graham Norton is laughing all the way to the bank after receiving €3m in fees and dividends from his production firm last year.

The Irish-born comedian received £2.1m (€2.59m) in fees and an additional £400,000 in dividends from London-based So Television Ltd last year.

Norton’s boost in fortunes —with his fee income increased by 38% from £1.5m to £2.1m last year — coincided with the multi-award winning TV presenter securing the prime-time Friday night chat show slot on the BBC, taking over from Jonathan Ross.