It has now become part of television history, a classic for all blooper reels, but Tony Blair’s memorable performance on children’s TV show, Blue Peter, is to be the highlight of a retrospective of his career shown on BBC this week.

Recently voted the funniest TV moment, it was the performance by a clearly bored Deputy Prime Minister that made the episode so very special. Few will forget the look on the Prime Minister’s face as his deputy defecated on the floor before dragging his unfortunate handler across the studio. ‘He was too powerful for me,’ said zookeeper and elephant warden on the day, Gordon Brown from London Zoo. ‘I can laugh now but I never saw it coming, even though little Prezza had been eating nothing but beans and bamboo all morning.’

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