Overview
- The segment, in which he helped contestants sell gingerbread biscuits for Children in Need, was removed in the final edit.
- Show representatives attributed the decision to limited airtime after numerous celebrity contributions were filmed.
- Lineker recorded the appearance in March, two months before stepping back from BBC duties in May following an apologised-for social media post.
- The two festive specials, led by Lord Alan Sugar with Baroness Karren Brady, are scheduled to air on BBC One on 29 December.
- The episodes, filmed in Lapland, feature high-profile guests including Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robbie Williams, Piers Morgan and Rylan Clark.