''Nortonland'' is a
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television
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that aired on digital channel
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, and was based on games played on
Graham Norton
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's
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show ''
V Graham Norton
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''.
It began airing on 6 August 2007 and aired at 11pm on Monday to Thursday.
The show is set around a fictional animated theme park called "Nortonland" in which a tour guide takes the viewer around the theme park to show a selection of games. About three games are played in one half-hour episode. Whilst Norton owns half of the company that produces the show,
SO Television
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, he is not seen to be at all affiliated with the show, except for starring in the clips.
One such episode was accidentally broadcast in a 16:9
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format, giving
Challenge
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* Voter challenging or caging, a method of challenging the registration status of voters
* Euphemism for disability
* Peremptory challenge, a dismissal of potential jurors from jury duty
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viewers a very rare chance to view a
widescreen
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programme that is not cropped into a 14:9 picture.
Challenge
Challenge may refer to:
* Voter challenging or caging, a method of challenging the registration status of voters
* Euphemism for disability
* Peremptory challenge, a dismissal of potential jurors from jury duty
Places
Geography
*Challenge, C ...
now broadcasts full-time in
widescreen
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. The final few episodes broadcasts were actually repeats of episodes broadcast earlier in the series.
See also
*
V Graham Norton
''V Graham Norton'' is a British chat show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly ''So Graham Norton''. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 28 December 2003. It featur ...
*
SO Television
So Television is a production company established in 1998, founded by Irish comedian Graham Norton and Graham Stuart to make television shows. The company is well known for producing Norton's chat shows, including ''So Graham Norton'' and ''V Gr ...
References
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Challenge
Clip shows
2007 British television series debuts
2007 British television series endings
Television series by ITV Studios