The Claudia Winkleman Show


10:40 pm - 11:25 pm, Friday, March 13 on BBC One London (1)

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About this Broadcast

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From Strictly to the sofa, Claudia kicks off her chat show which promises Hollywood actors, the best of British and comedy stars - all put at their ease by the host's trademark warmth, charm and humour. Her first guests are Hollywood star and musician Jeff Goldblum, actress Vanessa Williams, comedy icon Jennifer Saunders and funnyman Tom Allen


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Cast & Crew

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Tom Allen (Guest)
Mia Cross (Series producer)
Graham Stuart (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)
Sophie Le Good (Producer)

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Claudia Winkleman (Presenter)
Born: January 15, 1972 in London
Best Known For: Strictly Come Dancing, and the BBC's flagship Film programme.
Early-life: Claudia Anne Winkleman was born in London on January 15, 1972, to former Sunday Express editor Eve Pollard and publisher Barry Winkleman. Her parents split when she was three, and subsequently remarried. Her half-sister, Sophie, is an actress, and she also has a half-brother called Nicholas. Claudia grew up in the London suburb of Hampstead and attended the City of London School for Girls before studying art history at Cambridge. She considered pursuing a career as a gallery curator, encouraged by her mother who thought the media could be tough on women, but instead ended up working on TV.
Career: Winkleman's TV career began with a job on the regional discussion programme Central Today in 1991, before graduating to Holiday on BBC One and ITV's This Morning. She worked on the infamous L!ve TV and various other digital channels before joining BBC Three's Liquid News in 2002. She also presented a Fame Academy spin-off series, and between 2004 and 2010, she presented Strictly Come Dancing's daily sister show, It Takes Two. Since then, she's fronted Art School, the Eurovision Dance Contest and part of the Sports Relief coverage, as well as her own vehicles, such as King Of. She currently co-hosts the Film programme and since 2013, she has presented The Great British Sewing Bee for BBC Two. After previously filling in as a co-host on Strictly Come Dancing when Bruce Forsyth was unavailable, she became the full-time co-host alongside Tess Daly in 2014.
Quote: On her parents: 'Nepotism is a magnificent thing. Not in the sense of 'Don't worry, love, I'll get you a job', but because they can give you advice.'
Trivia: Winkleman has lent her support to a number of charities, including Comic Relief and Refuge.
Jennifer Saunders (Guest)
Born: July 06, 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Best Known For: Absolutely Fabulous.
Early-life: Born Jennifer Jane Saunders on July 6, 1958, in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Her father was in the RAF and she briefly spent time on the same forces camp as her future comedy partner Dawn French, but the pair never met as children. Instead, they got to know each other while attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 1977, where they were both on a teaching training course. They later teamed up with Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle and Peter Richardson to create the The Comic Strip Presents series.
Career: Appearances in The Young Ones, Girls on Top and Happy Families followed, but it was the sketch show French and Saunders that propelled her to fame. One short skit in the series became the basis for Absolutely Fabulous. The sitcom's phenomenal global success opened new doors, and helped land Jennifer roles in the movies In the Bleak Midwinter, Spice World and Fanny and Elvis. She also voiced a not-so-good fairy godmother in hit animation Shrek 2 and stars in the BBC's Blandings. As well as the film and TV work, she has long been an active participant in the charity Comic Relief, alongside her on-screen partner Dawn French, and regularly takes part in the telethon events. We've also seen her reunited with her old pal in Jam & Jerusalem, which she wrote.
Quote: 'It seems you can take a picture on your mobile and it can be on the front page of a celebrity mag the next day. It's a kind of madness.'
Trivia: Married fellow Comic Strip star Adrian Edmondson in 1985. They have three daughters - Beattie, Ella and Freya. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 and is now in remission. Her autobiography, Bonkers: My Life in Laughs, was published in 2013.
Jeff Goldblum (Guest)
Born: October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Best Known For: Jurassic Park and The Fly.
Early-life: Born Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum on October 22, 1952, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of a doctor. He had three siblings, but one of his elder brothers died when Goldblum was 19. After graduating from high school he moved to New York to study acting with famous coach Sanford Meisner, then trained at New York's Neighbourhood Playhouse and the Carnegie Mellon University summer drama programme. An accomplished musician, he studied with Pittsburgh jazz pianist Frank Cunimondo.
Career: Started out on stage, where he was spotted by filmmaker Robert Altman. He made his big-screen debut in 1974's Death Wish, and worked with Altman on California Split and Nashville. He also had a one-line role in Woody Allen's 1977 Oscar-winning movie Annie Hall. Goldblum has worked steadily ever since in such films as The Right Stuff, The Big Chill, Silverado, The Fly, The Tall Guy, Earth Girls are Easy, Jurassic Park and Independence Day. More recent projects include The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Mini's First Time, Man of the Year and Fay Grim. Away from acting, he plays in a jazz band with RoboCop actor Peter Weller. He starred in short-lived TV series Raines, and in 2009, he returned to TV to star in his second crime series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Quote: 'Thank goodness the films I've done have been good. I feel like some kind of lucky star has, for now, shone on me.'
Trivia: In 2014, his jazz band did a weekly show at the Carlyle Hotel in New York.
Vanessa Williams (Guest)
Born: March 18, 1963 in New York
Best Known For: Her 1992 hit and signature song Save the Best for Last.
Early-life: Vanessa Lynn Williams was born on March 18, 1963 in Millwood, New York, the eldest child of music teacher parents Milton and Helen, who also had a son, Chris. During her childhood, Vanessa studied the piano and French horn, but was most interested in singing. Although she won a scholarship to study theatre arts at Syracuse University, she dropped out to pursue a career in entertainment.
Career: Williams began competing in beauty pageants during the early 1980s, eventually being crowned Miss America in 1983. However, she was forced to resign the title after a scandal erupted involving a nude photoshoot she had undertaken the previous year. She refused to be put off by the setback and, after a little time off, secured a record deal. Her first album The Right Stuff, hit the charts in 1988. She has since produced another seven. As well as a music career, she has also carved out a career as an actress on the big and small screens, and in the theatre. Her CV includes the films Shaft and A Diva's Christmas Carol, as well as TV series Boomtown, Ally McBeal, and Ugly Betty. She joined the cast of Desperate Housewives in 2010.
Quote: 'I feel guilty for not being with my kids all the time. But then when I'm home with them, in the back of my mind I'm wondering whether I'll ever get employed again.'
Tom Allen (Guest)
Mia Cross (Series producer)
Jeanette Goulbourn (Director)
Graham Stuart (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)
Sophie Le Good (Producer)