Claudia Winkleman has reportedly been tipped as a potential future replacement for Graham Norton on the BBC.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 51, is said to have filmed a chat show pilot last year which was made with So Television, the company behind Graham’s show.
According to The Mirror, there are currently no plans to turn it into a full series as Claudia is too busy.
Along with Strictly, she also hosts other BBC show The Traitors and will be making a second series of Channel 4 show The Piano.
Graham, 60, who has been hosting his BBC chat show since 2007, said back in 2015 he might retire within a few years.
Claudia Winkleman has reportedly been tipped as a potential future replacement for Graham Norton on the BBC
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 51, is said to have filmed a chat show pilot last year which was made with So Television, the company behind Graham’s show
However he is now busier than ever with his other roles as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and presenting his Virgin Radio weekend show.
On Claudia potentially replacing him in the future, one source said: ‘One idea was to keep the show across the same number of weeks but have different people hosting it. So it would be The Graham Norton Show hosted by Claudia Winkleman, for example.’
Another added: ‘Claudia is one of several people being tried out.’
A BBC insider said of the pilot: ‘We loved it, but Claudia is simply too busy and Graham is still going strong.’
MailOnline has contacted representatives of Claudia Winkleman for comment.
Claudia recently admitted that she had to be convinced by BBC bosses to take part in a second series of The Traitors.
The presenter told how she told the channel ‘let’s just leave it’ as she was worried another series might not meet people’s expectations.
The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological reality competition where 22 strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000.
There are currently no plans to turn it into a full series as Claudia is too busy
Along with Strictly, she also hosts other BBC show The Traitors and will be making a second series of Channel 4 show The Piano
Speaking to Heat magazine she said: ‘We’re going again but I’m feeling nervous and weird about it.
‘I originally said ‘let’s just leave it as this magical thing that happened. Then the head of BBC took my temperature. I just don’t want people’s expectations to be so high.’
During the chat she also gave her opinion on why the show was such a success when it debuted.
She explained: ‘For the first series, 20,000 applied, and for the second series, it was around 130,000.
‘What I love about our cast is that they’re not interested in being famous, they want to play the game and win the money.’
