Jacob Rees-Mogg and family to star in fly-on-the-wall documentary | Jacob Rees-Mogg

It was Angela Rayner who tweeted, when Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg spent a Commons debate slouching on his again, that she was “half anticipating his nanny to march into the chamber with a blanket, pillow and a sizzling cup of Horlicks for the poor man”.

Now Rees-Mogg’s nanny will star alongside the remainder of the household, together with the previous MP’s six youngsters who the nanny now takes care of, in a fly-on-the-wall documentary on Discovery+, Meet the Rees-Moggs.

The documentary will likely be launched this 12 months and guarantees to “raise the lid on the person behind the general public picture” over the course of 5 hour-long episodes. It makes Rees-Mogg the most recent politician to make a foray into actuality TV, with earlier examples together with Matt Hancock’s stint on I’m a Celeb… Get Me Out of Right here!

Rees-Mogg, who misplaced his seat of North East Somerset within the common election, has a present on GB Information, which the media regulator Ofcom discovered had breached impartiality guidelines by permitting Conservative MPs to function information presenters.

Discovery+ has promised the present will provide a “never-before-seen look” into the lifetime of the ex-MP. It should observe him by the run-up to the overall election and its aftermath, as his 14-year tenure within the Commons got here to an finish.

Rees-Mogg has mentioned the sequence “could also be a bit extra Fawlty Towers than Downton Abbey”.

“Animals, youngsters, an election and a movie crew. What may probably go mistaken?” he mentioned. “This on a regular basis story of Somerset people is enjoyable to movie however could also be a bit extra Fawlty Towers than Downton Abbey.”

The previous MP is understood for his old school costume sense and sensibility. He as soon as mentioned that regardless of having six youngsters – the youngest of whom is called Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher Rees-Mogg – he had by no means modified a nappy. “The nanny does it brilliantly,” he mentioned on the time. “I’ve made no pretence to be a contemporary man in any respect, ever.”

As a substitute, his youngsters have been taken care of by the household nanny, Veronica Criminal, who sorted Rees-Mogg when he was a toddler within the Sixties.