Fiona Bruce explains why she hosted Question Time with sling and black eye

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Question Time viewers were left surprised as Fiona Bruce presented the latest episode of the BBC panel show with visible injuries, including a black eye. After introducing the panel, Bruce told her audience and those watching at home: “I thought I’d just mention it – it is the least interesting thing in the programme – but in case you’re wondering I broke my hand, and I have got the remnants of a black eye, because I fell off a horse.” She added: “And that’s all there is to say about that.” Appearing on the panel at the time were transport minister Richard Holden, shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth, writer Emma Dabiri, the executive chairman of Iceland supermarket, Richard Walker, and journalist and author Tony Parsons. Fiona Bruce in a sling on ‘Question Time’ Last month, it was revealed that BBC’s flagship presenters have been banned from criticising political parties. Hosts who must abide by the new ban include Bruce, Strictly Come Dancing’s Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, The Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar and Dragons’ Den’s Evan Davis.