Live 24-hour news coverage is bound to produce the odd blooper every now and then, but you at least expect the newsreader to be in shot.
During yesterday's (July 28) broadcast on BBC News, viewers expected to see host Nicholas Owen looking back at them after the titles aired.
However, they were met with an empty chair, complete with awkward cough and zoom shot.
Owen handled the cock-up pretty damn well though, smoothly entering the shot and apologising for "the slight pause and change of plan".
Still, could be worse.
During yesterday's (July 28) broadcast on BBC News, viewers expected to see host Nicholas Owen looking back at them after the titles aired.
However, they were met with an empty chair, complete with awkward cough and zoom shot.
Owen handled the cock-up pretty damn well though, smoothly entering the shot and apologising for "the slight pause and change of plan".
Still, could be worse.
- 7/29/2014
- Digital Spy
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Nicole Cutler has criticised the BBC for its treatment of the show's professional dancers. Cutler joined the BBC One ballroom competition for series two in 2004, when she was partnered with TV personality Diarmuid Gavin. She went on to appear in two further seasons, working with newsreader Nicholas Owen in series four and ex-footballer John Barnes in series five, but has not been asked to return for this year's run. Speaking about her time on the show, Cutler told the News of the World: "It's nothing like it looks on TV. And it's all the BBC's fault." The dancer confirmed that the show's professionals were unhappy about their £17,000 pay packets last year. "It seems hard to believe but with the hours we put in for last year's show we were getting £6 an hour, which is only (more)...
- 8/24/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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