The TV presenter is set to front her own talk show, the Claudia Winkleman Show, the BBC has revealed.
Airing in spring 2026, it will feature celebrity guests and interviews in front of a studio audience.
Claudia Winkleman to front new talk show on BBC in 2026
The show will be produced by So Television, the company behind The Graham Norton Show.
Claudia filled in for Graham Norton, who currently holds the Friday night talk show slot on BBC One, while he was in Australia earlier this year.
Ms Winkleman 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.”
The announcement follows Winkleman’s departure from Strictly Come Dancing, which she co-hosted with Tess Daly since 2014.
Their final appearance aired on Christmas Day during the show’s festive special.
Winkleman began her career as a TV and radio presenter for a range of BBC shows, including Comic Relief and The Great British Sewing Bee.
In 2004, she joined Strictly Come Dancing as host of the companion show It Takes Two before moving to the main programme.
She currently hosts the BBC’s competition series The Traitors, which earned her the best entertainment performance award at the 2023 Bafta TV Awards.
She was also awarded an MBE in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, head of entertainment commissioning at the BBC, said: “Claudia is a true national treasure – warm, witty and endlessly entertaining.
“She has an extraordinary ability to put people at ease and bring out the very best in them, whether they’re global superstars or members of the audience.
“It’s very exciting that she will be fronting her very own show on the BBC, and we can’t wait for viewers to join Claudia and her sofa full of stars.”
Graham Stuart, executive producer and managing director of So Television, added: “Graham Norton has made the Friday night talk show slot a dazzling appointment to view.
“How can you possibly follow that?
“By booking a host equally as brilliant. So we have.”
