Claudia finally gets chat show

CLAUDIA Winkleman's chat show for BBC1 has finally been confirmed - three years after she filmed a pilot but was “too busy” to take it any further.

- BY NICOLA METHVEN TV Editor

Announcing the exciting news, she said: “I can't quite believe it and I'm incredibly grateful to the BBC for this amazing opportunity.

“I'm obviously going to be awful, that goes without saying, but I'm over the moon they're letting me try.”

As the Mirror revealed back in January 2024, Beeb bosses were keen for Claudia, 53 - host of TV juggernaut The Traitors to follow in the footsteps of Graham Norton.

Since then she has ditched her Radio 2 weekend show and stepped down as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing, which had filled her weekends from September to December for the past 11 years.

Now she will share Friday night prime time with Norton, who signed a new three-year deal with the BBC in the autumn. We previously told how Claudia had been toying with the idea of becoming a chat show host, but the idea had been “put on ice” because her schedule was too full.