The One Show hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas are accused of ‘snubbing’ Danielle Harold to speak to Gabby Logan

Viewers of BBC’s The One Show have rushed to defend EastEnders actress Danielle Harold, following her appearace on Wednesday night’s episode.

Danielle, 30, who plays Lola Pierce in the long-running BBC soap, came on the programme to discuss her current hard-hitting storyline, alongside sports presenter, Gabby Logan, who is promoting her new book “My First Half.”

The actress’ character in EastEnders, has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. During her One Show appearance, Danielle expressed that it was a “massive responsibility” to portray such a sensitive storyline with scenes showing the diagnosis and the subsequent cancer treatment.

Danielle said: "With a diagnosis like this, it doesn’t just affect the person. It massively affects the whole family around the person as well."

“I didn’t realise just how many that it does (affect) and just how little awareness there is and just how little funding there actually is for brain tumour research as well. So to touch on this story, it really means a lot to me and the show,” she added.

Hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas seemed to shift their focus to Gabby within just a few minutes of talking to Danielle, and began to discuss the stories surrounding the sports presenter’s autobiography.

The EastEnders star was left to sit and listen to the ongoing discussion as a large portion of the show’s airtime continued to focus on Gabby Logan.

Following the show, viewers took to social media to show their frustration at how little time Danielle was given to talk about her powerful storyline.

Posting on Twitter, one person wrote: "I bet Danielle Harold is wondering why she bothered showing up. They gave her about 2 minutes and even then kept going back to Gabby Logan."

Another said: "Watched Danielle’s interview on #TheOneShow. They barely gave her any time and then used her time to talk to Gabby who had already been interviewed. That was a shame.”

A third added: "I’m sorry I thought you brought Danielle on the show to talk about the coverage of Lola’s brain cancer storyline? Such an important subject yet you turned today’s episode into the Gabby show #disappointed #TheOneShow."

Danielle was given a very brief moment to talk about her progression into showbiz, which started after a stint on Jamie Oliver’s documentary Jamie’s Dream School.

The hosts repeatedly shifted the main focus back to Gabby, discussing her book, appearance on Blue Peter as a young gymnast and participation on BBC reality show Freeze The Fear.

Viewers have called for The One Show to invite Danielle back again due to her lack of airtime, while others have branded the episode of the popular BBC One programme “unprofessional”, “rude” and “disappointing”.

One tweeted: "Please invite Danielle back again, she wasn’t asked many questions and only got to say a couple words!!! #TheOneShow."