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A Celebrity Traitors star had to 'convince' Claudia Winkleman to do the series, as the presenter ‘wasn’t keen’ on the programme, according to the BBC ’s Chief Content Officer.

The season finale of the star-studded reality show, which took place in the Scottish Highlands, had the biggest overnight audience for the BBC since the final episode of Gavin And Stacey. Airing on Christmas Day, the James Corden and Ruth Jones sitcom’s finale was watched live by an average of 12.3 million viewers.

Hours before Alan Carr was seen winning the series, the finale was accidentally leaked online following a mistake by Canadian streaming site Crave. In spite of this, the BBC reported earlier in the month that the final was watched by an average of 11.1 million people, with a peak of

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