Claudia Winkleman

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Claudia Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English TV presenter of Jewish descent.

1 Education
2 TV career
3 Shows
4 Personal life
5 External links

[edit] Education

Winkleman was born in England to a Jewish background. Winkleman began her education at the City of London School for Girls at the Barbican, and she then graduated from New Hall, Cambridge with an MA Hons in History of Art.

Winkleman is the daughter of former editor of the Sunday Express, Eve Pollard. She is also the half-sister of English actress Sophie Winkleman.

[edit] TV career

Winkleman first appeared on local television, presenting the discussion programme Central Weekend. From there she has gone on to appear in a variety of formats demonstrating great flexibility.

Winkleman has also made guest appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You and The Wright Stuff. A long stint on BBC's Holiday (1992 onwards), she also culminated in a spin-off prime time special in which she travelled to world 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai.

These experiences have led Winkleman to become a regular travel writer, working for The Sunday Times, The Independent and Metro. She is also a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan.

From 2003 to 2004, she hosted the BBC3 digital television entertainment show Liquid News. In October 2004, she started presenting the BBC2 fanzine show, Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two and hosted End of Story on BBC3.