Image shows Steve Rotheram, in a white long-sleeved polo shirt, sitting alongside Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is wearing a black cardigan. They are sitting on the sofa in Downing StreetImage source, Simon Dawson/10 Downing Street
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Burnham will appear on the show with his friend Steve Rotheram, the Labour mayor of the Liverpool City Region

ByGeorgie DockerNorth West
  • Published23 October 2026, 13:01 BST
Updated 30 minutes ago

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has defended his decision to appear on a celebrity episode of Channel 4 hit show Gogglebox after opposition leader Kemi Badenoch said she was "amazed" he had time to do it.

Badenoch told BBC Breakfast that "even as a junior minister or as a secretary of state, I never had time to go on Gogglebox" and it "takes hours to do".