The series gets under way on November 21 and an eight-week period of rehabilitation would increase Woakes’ chance of featuring.

Scottish police are thought to be on notice for a visit by the US vice president, who is on holiday in the UK with his family.

The Welsh presenter has interviewed a number of Hollywood stars including Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Jackie Chan and Sydney Sweeney.

“In Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat,” the vice president said at the time. In the White House earlier this year, Mr Vance said he knew of “infringements on free speech ...