22 hours ago, lewistgreen said:

I couldn't stay awake long enough after Comic Relief to catch this and don't really intend to watch it on catch up this week. Did Niall sing?

No, there doesn’t seem to be any performances on the show unfortunately. They did show a clip from his new single though.

I caught up on both episodes tonight, the second episode was a huge improvement for me!

I know with a first episode it'll be finding its feet etc, but I think in episode 2 the paring down a lot of the awkward audience interaction definitely helped. Maybe also the guests seemed to have better chemistry, and I can tell Claudia will seemed to settle into the role more naturally.

Caught up on episodes 2 and 3 last night and I feel Claudia is still very much an NPC in her own show at the moment. The guests have all been brilliant (really loved Niall and Joanne), but they're driving a lot of the conversations and having their own little shindig that could happen regardless of whether she's there or not.

I found episode 3 really boring, almost to the point I was looking forward to it ending. I might persevere with future episodes, or I might not bother.

It's not returning for another series, Claudia has stepped down, and has more or less hinted she wasn't comfortable doing it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq8j188n90o

I can't say I'm surprised but equally disappointed. It feels like she was set up for failure with this, and she's more than capable of leading a much better chat show than what we ultimately got.

Maybe one on ITV if her BBC Traitors contract allows it.

The problem is chat shows are particularly hard now and if you're going to have a swing at a new one, you've got to do something that podcasts aren't doing.

I can see why they had a go with Claudia but it did feel like what could end up being a final swing at the genre.

On 18/07/2026 at 17:56, CRAZY CHRIS said:

Maybe one on ITV if her BBC Traitors contract allows it.

She does The Piano on C4 so isn’t chained to one broadcaster, but there’s no chance she gives it another go anytime soon.

9 hours ago, Hassaan said:

The problem is chat shows are particularly hard now and if you're going to have a swing at a new one, you've got to do something that podcasts aren't doing.

I can see why they had a go with Claudia but it did feel like what could end up being a final swing at the genre.

True, there seems to be an appetite for long form interviews/conversations rather than TV chat shows that aim for sound bites and pre-determined questions.