Graham Norton: It’s hard to find Right-wing BBC guests, but we must

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reflect wider world views. The 59-year-old Irish presenter said that talking to people we disagree with – or even those who have been “cancelled” – in order to have fair debate, makes for more interesting television.

However, he added that it is not for him to be the “moral arbiter of the world” regarding who can appear on his celebrity chat show and that not inviting celebrities who have been “cancelled” on his show “seems just as bad” as inviting them and laughing along with them.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Norton spoke of the selection process regarding his chat show guests, in light of the BBC’s impartiality policy. “It’s very hard to find a Right-wing guest and, if you do, the audience probably don’t want to see them,” he said. “I can’t think of any off the top of my head, but we never talk politics.

We do talk about gender and race, but that’s not from the BBC. “It’s an internal thing [the show is made by his company] because we want the show to look like the world. ”Regarding accusations that he is pursuing a liberal agenda because of the lack of Right-wing views on his shows, he responded: “I guess it is a liberal agenda, but reflecting the audience back at themselves doesn’t seem wildly liberal unless you only want to see yourself staring back at you from the TV. “But it’s important, and what’s good now is that it is easier to do.