Flying too high? Boris Johnson’s biggest on-screen gaffes

As the former prime minister lands a job as a GB News host, we look back at his previous TV appearances, from that doomed zip wire stunt to hiding in a fridge to

Boris Johnson is set to join GB News, in his first formal job as a TV presenter. But the former prime minister has long been a star of the small screen, famed for his cringe-worthy on-camera gaffes.

As a politician, Johnson was often loose with the facts and vague on matters of policy. But even when appearing to act (if he was indeed acting) the idiot, he had a genius for lodging himself in the public consciousness. Despite the litany of missteps that marked his time in politics, he had a knack for getting the public to laugh with, rather than at, him. Here are some of his more memorable moments on screen.