There was a surprise on BBC's The One Show as Robson Green revealed he had a famous relative. The Soldier Soldier, Grantchester and Wire in the Blood star took to the couch on the chat show to discuss his new TV series Robson Green's Weekend Escapes.
He was joined on the couch by Britain's Got Talent judge Amanada Holden, who was there to talk about her team-up with comedian Alan Carr on DIY show The Italian Job. In the BBC One programme the pals purchase two rundown apartments for one euro each in rural Sicily and spend a summer renovating them into a dream home.
The One Show host Alex Jones joked that Robson, 58, was "half hoping" he would be interviewed alongside Alan after he had just found out a family connection. Jaws dropped as he revealed that the Northumberland-born star is related to the Chatty Man host, 46.
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"I recently found out," he said. "My mum rang and said 'you're related to Alan' when I told her I was coming on the show. 'I said 'what?' she said 'yeah he's your cousin, and Paul Gascoigne as well.'"
He added: "I think it's true." And Amanda confirmed: "It is true. I rang and spoke to Alan just before I came on and said 'you know you're related to Robson Green right?' he was like 'yes I do.'" And Amanda added: "It's such a small world, isn't it weird?"
Later Alex sparked laughs as she slipped up with the name of Robson's show, which is set in the north east and features his family and famous friends including I'm a Celebrity winner Jill Scott.
Alex accidentally said: "Robson's Green ..." before realising her mistake and starting again. "Robson Green's Weekend Escapes starts on Monday 23 January," she corrected.
Amanda soothed That would be a good," jokingly approving the new name of the show as Alex burst out laughing. Alongside her co-host Ronan Keating chuckled as the camera zoomed in on Robson pretending to look perplexed.
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