Norton chat show moves to BBC1

GRAHAM Norton’s chat show is to move to BBC1 as part of plans to raise the entertainer’s profile as a face of the BBC.

But the channel’s controller insisted that the move was not a threat to Jonathan Ross, whose chat show is also on BBC1.

BBC1 controller Jay Hunt said that The Graham Norton Show will move in the autumn from BBC2 to a 10.35pm weekday slot on BBC1.

Cork-born Norton recently provided the commentary for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, taking over from Terry Wogan.