BBC Breakfast host Charlie Stayt was forced to apologise to his co-star after an awkward blunder on the show during Thursday’s episode
Charlie Stayt apologises to co-host after being caught of guard
During Thursday’s edition of BBC Breakfast, host Charlie Stayt was forced to apologise after an awkward live blunder.
Charlie, 62, was hosting the show alongside co-star Naga Munchetty when the confusion occurred during a sports update from presenter Mike Bushell.
Mike, 58, had just concluded sharing global sports updates when an uncomfortable silence ensued. Although he indicated he had finished his reporting by saying “there we are” and nodding towards his colleagues, the camera lingered on him for a notably long pause.
Caught off guard by the gaffe, Charlie hastened to say: “Sorry, Mike, I didn’t realise you’d finished there. My apologies! There was a moment there I thought you were building up the momentum.”
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To which an amused Mike retorted: “Well I could have done, I’m looking forward to what is coming next!” The camera-related chaos extended with another unexpected pan back to Mike, leaving him confused as to why he was still in the frame, while a crew member was also glimpsed in the shot behind him, reports the Express.
It comes as a fellow BBC Breakfast star was caught off guard by a blunder on the show earlier this week. Subbing in for Carol Kirkwood, weather presenter Matt Taylor was part of the morning line-up alongside hosts Sally Nugent and Jon Kay.
The broadcast included varied segments from frozen overseas pensions to the inspirational story of Kevin Sinfield’s 230-mile run in support of Motor Neurone Disease awareness and fundraising efforts.
In the studio, Matt swiftly got down to business, informing viewers about potential drops in temperature, indicating a nippy forecast ahead. However, he became the victim of an unfortunate technical mishap.
As Jon delved into the coming cold weather, Matt attempted to display his weather charts, only to be thwarted by a tech glitch. “We’re flip-flopping from one extreme to another at the moment but another cold one this morning, a temperature drop through the night,” he remarked, hitting the button once more in vain.
“Very good morning to you. Frost this morning, mainly across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the far north of England though,” he launched into detailing the day’s weather expectations.
“Some of the coldest spots are indeed in Scotland and Northern Ireland right now, we’ve got temperatures right down to minus five degrees,” he continued, only to halt as the technical snag persisted. Faced with the uncooperative equipment, he confessed: “Let’s see if we can get these charts to work, it doesn’t really want to work.”
Sally alluded to the technical glitch, remarking: “I think you would have gotten away with that if we hadn’t just mentioned it,” which prompted Jon to jest: “I think it’s so cold your computer graphics have frozen. Get the de-icer out!”
Wrapping up the segment, Matt provided a brief forecast for the following day, stating: “Tomorrow morning, it will be a cold start. I’ll have full details on all of that and hopefully get the graphics to work in about half an hour.”
BBC Breakfast continues at 6am on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
