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Saturday, 24 March 2007

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Graham Norton: I wanted to be a zoo keeper

Comedian is a closet animal lover

Graham Norton has revealed his childhood ambition: to be a zoo keeper.

'It sounded like the glamorous side of being a farmer,' he says.

'The first time I visited a zoo was in Dublin when I was five; most of the exotic creatures seemed to be just sleeping heaps of fur.

'Then I learnt the plan to work with animals involved actual study rather than hanging round swinging from tyres, and I can’t really imagine working with them now.'

Graham, 41, started his showbiz career in radio before achieving television stardom. The only animal he actually gets to look after is his pet mutt.

'My life is ruled by my freakishly large dog, Bailey,’ he tells The Times Magazine.

Anna Taylor