Question Time’s Fiona Bruce issues apology minutes | UK News

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce was compelled to ask the viewers to “forgive me” minutes before the politics show got here to an end. On Thursday evening (November 20), the 61-year-old presenter returned to the politics programme. This week, the show broadcast live from Loughborough with a brand-new panel who confronted the viewers’s live questions about the nation’s greatest issues.

The veteran broadcaster welcomed Labour’s Stephen Kinnock, Conservative Joe Robertson, Liberal Democrat Josh Barbarinde, and comic Zoe Lyons onto the show. It didn’t take long before the talk kicked off between the panel as they mentioned the continuing migrant disaster and the affect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Throughout the show, Fiona tried to method as many members of the viewers who wished to take part within the hour-long show, but time ran away from her, leaving many company disillusioned that their questions weren’t heard.

Before she closed out the show, the presenter issued a honest apology to those whom she missed on the show. She said: “I’m afraid to say that we are pretty much out of time, and I know a lot of you have got your hands up, so I’m so sorry I’m not getting round to more of you.

“But listen, thank you very much to the panel for coming along this evening, thank you to all of you for putting your questions to us. As I said, apologies to those of you whom I didn’t get to.”

It comes after the show descended into chaos last week as viewers blasted the broadcaster for brushing apart a row over its own alleged political bias. Fiona fronted the show live from London, but it was a single query that set tempers flaring.

She requested: “Can we trust the BBC?” which sparked a tense exchange over the issue, but within minutes the show moved on, with host Fiona claiming there “wasn’t enough time” to focus on the subject.

The remark left those watching at home livid that the talk had barely been touched, and viewers didn’t maintain back. One raged: “CORRUPT #bbcqt spent less than 10 minutes on BBC bias/LIES, as predicted, all swept under the carpet again. #DefundTheBBC.”

Another blasted: “Astonishing to me that BBCQT spent a mere few minutes discussing their OWN bias on their OWN show that’s about debate and opinion. What a sham they are. #defundthebbc #bbcqt.”

The anger was fuelled by renewed scrutiny over the BBC’s handling of a Donald Trump speech after Panorama was accused of selectively enhancing footage to make it seem he inspired the January 6, US Capitol assault. The version, aired just a week before the 2024 US election, spliced together clips of a speech Trump delivered that day.