Claudia Winkleman teases her new TV talk show
Claudia Winkleman is preparing to host her TV talk show.
Claudia Winkleman finds the idea of hosting her own TV talk-show to be "really scary".
The 54-year-old presenter is preparing to host her own show, but Claudia admits to feeling anxious about the prospect.
Asked how she feels about hosting her own TV show, Claudia told the BBC: "Really scary. I know my job is to make sure the guests have a great time and feel relaxed - I imagine I'll ask them about their favourite biscuits and their dog and people will actually fall asleep. We’ll soon find out how it goes…"
Claudia admitted to feeling inspired by Graham Norton, having previously stood-in for the long-time chat-show host.
The presenter - who will host the first episode of The Claudia Winkleman Show on March 13 - said: "It’s an enormous honour. He is the king, the best of the best. He’s incredibly generous and charming and easy to talk to and that’s why he always has the best guests.
"To be in the same slot is a total privilege and also completely nerve wracking."
Despite this, Claudia still isn't sure what her show will look and feel like.
She reflected: "I can’t tell you too much as we sort of don’t know what it is until we’ve done it, but the fantastic team are working really hard behind the scenes - they are brilliant and we’ve got some great guests lined up who will sit on a green sofa. I’m trying to dress like Michael Aspel with a touch of Michael Caine.
"I realise this information is not terribly useful."
Claudia and Tess Daly left their roles as the co-hosts of Strictly Come Dancing last year.
They said in a statement at the time: "We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream.
"We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time. We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.
"We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza."
