John Bishop and Damian Lewis attempt to 'fly' plane themselves after six hour delay

Comedian John Bishop and actor Damian Lewis entered the cockpit of their heavily delayed plane on Saturday night - pretending to try and fly it themselves amid their frustrations.

The pair were more than six hours late departing France after watching Liverpool lose to Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final.

"I managed to get a seat on a club charter flight from Paris. This felt like a win when I got on with Damian Lewis. More than 5 hours later and we have not moved. I wish I had got the train #crapweekend," Bishop said in a tweet.

It was a bad weekend for John Bishop who saw his beloved Liverpool lose the Champions League final, before his flight home form Paris was delayed for more than six hours (GETTY)

Lewis soon joked: "Make that 6 hours me and ⁦John Bishop.⁩ Day 2 in the Big Brother House," before posting the photo from inside the cockpit.

Bishop replied: "He made me do it your honour..."

Fans saw the funny side with one writing: "You can fly a Tardis….a plane is a walk in the park mate."

Another said: "Con Air is alive and well."

Prior the game, meanwhile, Bishop vented his frustrations at UEFA's ticketing fiasco that marred the night.

"At the gate in Paris - been here for 25 minutes and nobody has been allowed in - disgraceful treatment of fans who are displaying an unbelievable level of patience," he wrote on Twitter.

Like Bishop, BBC's Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker also appeared to be caught up in the problems, as he declared on Twitter : "Finding it impossible to get in the ground. This appears to be very dangerous. Absolute carnage.

He soon added: "I'm not sure it's possible to have a more poorly organised event if you tried. Absolutely shambolic and dangerous," before tagging UEFA's account.

Damian Lewis made light of the lengthy delay comparing it to being in the Big Brother house (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Damian Lewis described John Bishop as a 'top lad' ahead of their flight home from Paris (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Liverpool FC released a statement midway through the second half of the game, meanwhile, to condemn the situation.

It read: "We are hugely disappointed at the stadium entry issues and breakdown of the security perimeter that Liverpool fans faced this evening at Stade de France.

"This is the greatest match in European football and supporters should not have to experience the scenes we have witnessed tonight.

"We have officially requested a formal investigation into the causes of these unacceptable issues."

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