Television success is often about novelty, the great Terry Wogan once said, contrasting it with the familiarity and repetition that underpin the most cherished radio.
When I heard the late broadcaster say this, in an interview in 2012, it stayed with me. Television was, at the time, still a perennial zeitgeist chaser, with executives constantly seeking to “refresh” their line-ups, pension off presenters and let off as many fireworks as possible.
But since an announcement from the BBC about the future of The Graham Norton Show popped up this week, I’ve been wondering if that first part of Wogan’s wisdom is still true, and whether anyone should want it to be. Is it television that has changed or is it me?
There are exceptions – The Traitors is the obvious example – but
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