{"id":766509,"date":"2026-07-16T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/766509\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:38:09","slug":"claudia-winkleman-quits-bbc-chat-show-after-one-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/766509\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Winkleman Quits BBC Chat Show After One Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/claudia-winkleman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_claudia-winkleman\" data-tag=\"claudia-winkleman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia Winkleman<\/a> Show is ending after just one season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn a moment of candor, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-traitors\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-traitors\" data-tag=\"the-traitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Traitors<\/a> host announced today that she was \u201cjust too nervous to enjoy it\u201d and will be stepping away from the late night chat show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWinkleman <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/claudia-winkleman-show-confirmed-at-bbc-1236657934\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was handed the show <\/a>by the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc\" data-tag=\"bbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> after she exited Strictly Come Dancing but with her star on the rise following several beloved seasons of The Traitors and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-celebrity-traitors\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-celebrity-traitors\" data-tag=\"the-celebrity-traitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Celebrity Traitors<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/claudia-winkleman-bbc-chat-show-graham-norton-show-producer-1236596242\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The idea was that the series<\/a> would broadcast when\u00a0The Graham Norton Show\u00a0was off-air in the spring, meaning there would be no clashes between the shows and they would not be competing for guests. Both chat shows were produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/so-television\/\" id=\"auto-tag_so-television\" data-tag=\"so-television\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">So Television<\/a>, with Winkleman\u2019s Little Owl co-producing hers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-claudia-winkleman-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-claudia-winkleman-show\" data-tag=\"the-claudia-winkleman-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Claudia Winkleman Show<\/a> launched earlier this year to decent ratings of around 1.4 million overnight but lost viewers through the run. Guests were high-profile, including Jeff Goldblum, Lisa Kudrow, James McAvoy and Dan Levy, but Winkleman clearly wasn\u2019t enjoying herself as much as she thought she might.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cSometimes you have to try something to see how it fits, and I realised I was just too nervous to enjoy it,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cMaybe one day I will give it another try, but for now I already have the best\u00a0jobs\u00a0in the world and absolutely love the shows I\u2019m doing. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to the BBC for giving me the opportunity, to the guests who agreed to come and chat to me, and the production team who were simply excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBBC entertainment boss Ed Havard said he \u201cfully respects\u201d Winkleman\u2019s decision, although he described the show as an \u201cabsolute joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWinkleman will be back on UK screens soon hosting the second season of the Celebrity Traitors, which was one of last year\u2019s most-watched shows of the year. She also hosts Channel 4\u2019s The Piano. She previously hosted Strictly Come Dancing for 15 years and this will be her first year away from the BBC entertainment juggernaut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Claudia Winkleman Show is ending after just one season. 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