\n\tEXCLUSIVE: The BBC\u2019s most famous fringe is coming to a sofa near you.<\/p>\n
\n\tDeadline can reveal that The Claudia Winkleman<\/a> Show <\/a>has been officially commissioned and will launch next spring. The news comes three days before the fourth season of the Winkleman-hosted The Traitors<\/a> launches.<\/p>\n \n\tWinkleman, who is enjoying quite the purple patch after a 30-year career, will front the seven-episode primetime BBC talk show that will \u201cwelcome the biggest names from the worlds of film, television, music and beyond to her sofa for lively conversation with the help of a studio audience,\u201d the BBC said. Broadcast information and guests will be revealed \u201cin due course.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe Claudia Winkleman Show<\/a> will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in spring 2026. We revealed that the long-gestating chat show was being produced by The Graham Norton Show<\/a> maker So Television<\/a> and Little Arrow<\/a> in October. Those plans, we understand, will see Winkleman\u2019s series broadcast when\u00a0The Graham Norton Show\u00a0is off-air in the spring, meaning there will be no clashes between the shows and they will not be competing for guests.\u00a0The BBC recently renewed\u00a0The Graham Norton Show\u00a0for another three years<\/a>, while its recent run of episodes has boasted eye-catching bookings including Taylor Swift. Winkleman earned her chat show stripes by stepping in for Norton earlier this year when the Irish presenter was on a break from his BBC duties. ITV Studios-backed So Television has made more than 550 episodes of his Friday night talk show since 2007.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cClaudia is a true national treasure \u2013 warm, witty and endlessly entertaining,\u201d said BBC commissioning editor Kalpna Patel-Knight. \u201cShe has an extraordinary ability to put people at ease and bring out the very best in them, whether they\u2019re global superstars or members of the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWinkleman\u2019s star has soared since hosting the first season of The Traitors in 2022 and its celebrity spin-off several weeks back. She also fronts Channel 4\u2019s The Piano, while she presented BBC Radio 2\u2019s Saturday morning breakfast show until last year. She will have more time on her hands, however, now that she has presented her final episode of Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>, the BBC Saturday night juggernaut that she has fronted with Tess Daly<\/a> since 2010. <\/p>\n \n\tThe latest civilian season of The Traitors is set to launch on New Year\u2019s Day (January 1, 2026). Winkleman has been in the press overnight teasing \u201ctruly extraordinary\u201d\u00a0twists and \u201chardcore\u201d round tables for the murder mystery reality series, with a red-cloaked figure keeping fans guessing<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tWinkleman said: \u201cI can\u2019t quite believe it and I\u2019m incredibly grateful to the BBC for this amazing opportunity. I\u2019m obviously going to be awful, that goes without saying, but I\u2019m over the moon they\u2019re letting me try.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSo Television Managing Director Graham Stuart added: \u201cGraham 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.\u201d<\/p>\n