Great British Fake Off | MailOnline mistakes a mimic for the real Mel & Sue

Great British Fake Off

MailOnline mistakes a mimic for the real Mel & Sue

The Daily Mail has been fooled by impressionist Morgana Robinson.

MailOnline today used a picture of the mimic pretending to be Mel and Sue – in the belief it was the real Bake Off presenters.

The website, which gets almost 14million daily viewers, used a photograph from Robinson's new BBC Two show The Agency in a story about Mary Berry possibly starring in a new rival show after Channel 4 snapped up the rights to the original.

But the mistake was quickly spotted by readers.

One commentator said: 'Why is there a picture of 2 women copying Mel and Sue rather than them themselves?' – not realising that Robinson was in fact posing as both of the presenters.

Another called Cynical Scarlett said: 'Your photo of Mel and Sue isn't Mel and Sue… it's a photo of a comedy sketch pretending to be them?'

And comedy writer Oriane Messina captured the mistake on Twitter.

The article was originally published at 11pm last night, but updated just after 10am today, and now features a correct picture of Mses Giedroyc and Perkins.

It is not the first time MailOnline has mistakenly used a photograph of a comedian in disguise.

In 2014, it illustrated a story about King Charles II with a picture of Bridget Christie dressed as the Monarch in fake moustache and robe made out of an old curtain.

At the time Christie said: 'This is the best thing that's ever happened to me, both personally or professionally.'

Morgana Robinson's The Agency starts on BBC Two at 10pm tonight. She talks about it here – and our verdict is here .

Published: 26 Sep 2016

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