Claudia Winkleman
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Claudia Winkleman

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202615 min
  • Documentary
  • Entertainment

Presenter Claudia Winkleman, and her trademark fringe, is the host of The Celebrity Traitors season two. The London-born broadcaster has been a familiar face on television for more than three decades - but who is the woman behind the hair? The daughter of journalist Eve Pollard, known as ‘The First Lady of Fleet Street’, and book publisher Barry Winkleman, as a child Claudia was taken to the National Gallery on weekends by her father to look at one painting at a time for 40 minutes. This early exposure to the world of art helped secure her plac...

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Traitors and Claudia are really just the absolute perfect fit to be honest with you.

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Thank you for downloading Profile. This week's presenter is Stephen Smith. I know. Let the mind games begin. Come. It's back and so is the most famous fringe in show business. Traitors and Claudia are really just the absolute perfect fit to be honest with you.

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I think she really makes that show. 15 million of us watch the finale of season one of Celebrity Traitors, and season two has just begun. At the start of the series, you see her getting really giggly

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because she's in on the secret, but later she treats it as if it's kind of World War III. Is this the last stand for Appointment to View television? With my own kids, Celebrity Traitors

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