BBC Only Connect's Victoria Coren Mitchell speaks out after fans spot 'error'
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Presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell addressed confusion among Only Connect viewers this week after an apparent continuity error was spotted in a recent episode. Victoria, 52, welcomed back two teams on Monday night's episode of the BBC quiz show. The teams competed against each other in a series of general knowledge rounds in the hope of progressing to the next stage of the contest.
The host was seen wearing a pink floral outfit and sporting red painted nails during her introduction, in which she jokingly mentioned using AI to create a more exciting message. However, fans noted that her appearance changed just moments later, as reported by the Express.
She said in the introduction: "Good evening. This week I invited the BBC's in-house AI remarks generator to look beyond ordinary light entertainment, panel shows and quizzes, and trawl other genres to come up with an introduction suitable for a big popular ratings hit.".
Her painted nails were visible as she picked up a phone to read the generated introduction. Victoria continued, "It came up with this, 'Good evening and welcome to Connect-Enders, a world of bitter rivalries and long-running feuds. Where devious characters are forever coming and going, amid a bewildering maelstrom of Byzantine promiscuity'.".
However, just moments later, the host's nails were bare, despite wearing the same outfit. It wasn't long before viewers spotted the discrepancy and took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to voice their confusion. As reported by the outlet, one viewer wrote: "Watching #onlyconnect on delay and in [Victoria's] intro she has red nails holding the phone, yet later with the question cards, no nail varnsh. The viewers of this show are far too observant and analytical to miss something like that continuity!" Another queried: "Did anyone else notice Victoria's nails?".
