Claudia Winkleman will current her personal chat present on the BBC, launching in 2026, the channel has confirmed.
Earlier this yr, the 53-year-old introduced she can be stepping down from her position as host of Strictly Come Dancing alongside Tess Daley.
Now, simply weeks after her earlier stint on the BBC ended, a brand new one has been introduced.
Claudia guest-hosted The Graham Norton Present on BBC One whereas Graham was away – and now So Tv, the manufacturing firm behind the multi-award profitable Friday evening present, is producing her personal present.
The Claudia Winkleman Present is coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this spring and guarantees to welcome large names from the worlds of TV, movie, music and past.
Talking in regards to the information, Claudia mentioned: ‘I am unable to fairly imagine it and I am extremely grateful to the BBC for this superb alternative.
“Clearly I’ll be horrible, that goes with out saying, however I am ecstatic that they are letting me strive.”
In February, when Graham Norton did a stand-up comedy tour in Australia, The Traitors presenter bought to host.
Introducing the present, she mentioned: “I am so sorry Graham is not right here.
“Actually, nobody is extra livid than me. That is the horrible information. The good information is that we now have glorious friends.’
She welcomed Chris Pratt, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Toby Jones and Rob Beckett to the crimson couch and obtained a storm of viewers, who started to marvel why she did not have her personal discuss present.
Graham Stuart, director of So Tv and govt producer, mentioned: “Graham Norton has made the Friday evening discuss present an excellent appointment to look at.
‘How will you presumably comply with that? By reserving a bunch who’s simply as good. So that is what we did.’
We do not know but which period slot Claudia’s present will fill on the TV schedule.
However just like the Graham Norton Present, there might be a financial institution of celebrities prepared to talk and there might be a studio viewers.
Whether or not Claudia’s new present will truly rival Graham’s is up for debate.
Since 2007, when the present first began, he has been bringing out the most effective in his friends with witty repartee and easy appeal.
In his very first episode, Graham interviewed Kim Cattrall and Elijah Wooden – since then he has chatted with world-famous stars equivalent to Will Smith, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise and Olivia Colman.
His legendary present has received six Bafta Tv awards and continues to draw tens of millions of viewers.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Leisure Commissioning on the BBC, is assured Claudia will do a improbable job: ‘She has a unprecedented capacity to place folks relaxed and produce out the easiest in them, whether or not they’re international superstars or members of the general public.
“It is actually thrilling that she might be internet hosting her personal present on the BBC, and we will not anticipate viewers to affix Claudia and her star-studded financial institution.”
The Graham Norton Present airs on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Friday 31 December from 10.30pm.
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