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Harry Enfield's Mandelson Quip Prompts On-Air Pivot on BBC's The One Show

The offhand line drew notice because Peter Mandelson resigned from the Lords this month after Epstein disclosures.

Overview

  • During a live segment, Enfield likened his character Nicey to “the Peter Mandelson of pop,” saying he “keeps on coming back at you.”
  • Hosts Roman Kemp and Alex Jones reacted with awkward laughter and swiftly shifted the conversation, with Jones saying, “We’ll leave that there.”
  • Viewers on X commented that the show appeared to hurry the interview along, with some praising Enfield and others joking about producers intervening.
  • The appearance promoted Enfield’s new tour, Harry Enfield And No Chums, and revisited his long-running Smashie and Nicey sketches.
  • In a separate anecdote from the same interview, a graphic piglet story led Kemp to apologise to viewers for the detail during teatime TV.