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Two short pilot episodes of the semi-scripted show "Tonight with Vladimir Putin" are set to be aired on the BBC Two channel next month, each featuring two guests.
But the star of the show will be a 3D digital cartoon of Putin, created using performance capture technology, enabling him to walk around and sit behind the desk, "interviewing real human guests in front of a studio audience, all in real-time".
"Everybody's favourite bear-wrestling global strongman Vladimir Putin has finally achieved his ultimate goal -– a chat-show on the BBC," the British broadcaster said in its announcement.
"Forget global politics, landing two pilot episodes on BBC Two of his soon to be world-famous chat show marks the ultimate victory for Vlad, leader of the free world."
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In one of the shows, the fictional Vlad is shown trying to get his head around feminism -- in another he thanks Campbell "for his part in making such a mess of things," the BBC said.
Britain and Russia are at loggerheads following the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the town of Salisbury last year.