This is the excruciating moment a BBC presenter accidentally insulted Damian Lewis’s new song in front of him in the studio.

The Homeland star, 55, appeared on Romesh Ranganathan’s show on Saturday morning to promote his second rock album.

However, things took an embarrassing turn when traffic presenter Sally Boazman asked ‘What is this dirge?’ as his song Sweet Chaos played. 

The situation was made even more awkward by Mr Ranganathan asked Ms Boazman to repeat what she said, prompting laughter to erupt in the studio.

Mr Lewis tried to brush of the accidental insult with humour, responding: ‘I put a lot of time and hard work into this, Sally. Into this dirge, into my rock ballads.’

Ms Boazman immediately began apologising to Mr Lewis for her humiliating blunder and walked back on her criticism.

Damian Lewis (pictured), 55, appeared on Romesh Ranganathan’s show on Saturday morning to promote his second rock album

Things took an embarrassing turn when traffic presenter Sally Boazman (pictured) asked ‘What is this dirge?’ as his song Sweet Chaos played

She said: ‘I listened to it more closely and I think it was very, very good. You’ve got so much talent, you can do so many things. You are a real polymath.’

Mr Lewis found fame portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

He wont a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his role as US Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in Homeland and received nominations for his performance as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall.

The British actor told Mr Ranganathan he only started taking his music career ‘a bit more seriously’ in recent years.

He released his first album Mission Creep in 2023 and performed the national anthem at the Grand Prix in Silverstone.

Sweet Chaos comes out in June, with Lewis set to tour the UK in October and November.