Who Wants To Be A Millionaire viewers were left distracted by a glaring blunder just minutes into a celebrity special. 

A repeated episode of the popular ITV quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, aired on Sunday evening and featured Alexander Armstrong, 55. 

The instalment saw the BBC’s Pointless presenter attempt to answer questions in a bid to win money for charity. 

At the start of the show, Jeremy, 64, explained the rules of the game and revealed there was no audience watching in the studio. 

The episode originally aired back in 2021 when Covid restrictions were still in place.

‘You’ve got four lifelines. You’ve got 50/50, two Phone a Friends, no Ask the Audience because there isn’t one and then Ask the Host which is when, if you’re in real trouble, ask me,’ he said. ‘Is that all clear?’

A repeated episode of the popular ITV quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson , aired on Sunday evening and featured Alexander Armstrong, pictured

At the start of the show, Jeremy, pictured, explained the rules of the game and revealed there was no audience watching in the studio

The episode originally aired on ITV back in 2021 when Covid restrictions were still in place

However, as the quiz began clapping sounds played over the scene and some viewers took to social media to share their confusion. 

One posted on X: ‘Is there a clapping machine off camera or is the clapping added when the show is edited later?’

Another said: ‘I guess the clapping must be put on afterwards which is pretty lousy. Not heard canned laughter since Scooby-Doo!’

While someone else chimed in: ‘Who’s doing all the clapping???’

A fourth commented: ‘Watching Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire right now. Jeremy Clarkson announced that there are 2 ‘phone a friend’ lives and no ‘ask the audience’ because there is no audience. So who on earth is applauding every time Alexander Armstrong gets a correct answer?’ 

Someone else added: ‘Another repeat from Covid times with no audience.’

One viewer posted: ‘So I don’t watch tv but here I am watching who wants to be a millionaire, no audience but plenty of clapping lol.’ 

Another said: ‘Sneaky lockdown repeat of #whowantstobeamillionaire.’

It comes after fans fumed over a glaring blunder in a history question during another episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? that aired earlier this month. 

One contestant, Neel Clements, was faced with a question about Henry VIII’s six wives.

However, as the quiz began clapping sounds played over the scene and some viewers took to social media to share their confusion

It read: ‘Which of King Henry VIII’s wives did he marry last, making her the one who ‘survived,’ according to the well-known rhyme?’

The GP was presented with four options to choose from which were written as, ‘Katherine Parr, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine of Aragon’.

However, some viewers were quick to spot that the show had gotten three names wrong, as all of the Catherines were spelt with a K instead of a C.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Celebrity Special airs on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.