When things don’t quite go to plan on air, we’ll be there to capture the moment and ensure you don’t miss it.
Category: Bloopers
BBC regional lunchtime news fails to appear in London
Today’s lunchtime edition of BBC London & South East News failed to appear in the London area. Instead, viewers there received a simulcast of the BBC News Channel (this is what’s carried on the BBC One sustaining feed during the …
BBC One Scotland playout error during Politics Scotland
BBC One Scotland appeared to be having a bad day at lunchtime. Near the end of Politics Scotland, a trail for the new series of Have I Got News for You was played out in full, interrupting an interview. The …
Technical fault disrupts BBC NI’s Spotlight programme
BBC Northern Ireland’s current affairs programme Spotlight was disrupted last night by a technical fault. Shortly after 11pm, the picture froze. Just under a minute later, a breakdown graphic appeared, accompanied by a verbal apology from the announcer. The breakdown …
Storm Ciara takes The Big Questions off the air
This morning’s edition of The Big Questions fell victim to Storm Ciara for a time. The problems started shortly after 11am, when the picture and audio broke up. A few seconds later, the connection to Media City was lost completely. …
Technical problems take BBC News off air
In the early hours of this morning, the BBC News Channel was forced to resort to recorded material from the previous hour due to technical problems. At midnight, the domestic news channel was due to join forces with BBC World …
BBC One Christmas ident aired in error
BBC One Yorkshire and Lincolnshire aired one of this year’s Christmas BBC One idents in error this morning, in the junction leading into the regional Sunday Politics programme. Christmas presentation is not due to launch until this evening, across BBC …
Sound fault disrupts Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two
A sound fault took this evening’s edition of Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two off air for a few minutes. The sound dropped out during a live interview midway through the programme. Presenter Zoe Ball quickly apologised before the programme …
Two visits by Mr Cockup this morning on BBC Two
The first issue occurred shortly before 9.30am, during a weather bulletin. BBC Two was simulcasting the BBC News Channel at the time. As far as we know, the forecast was presented live by Simon King. 35 seconds into the weather …
Presenter videobombed twice during BBC Newsline sport segment
BBC Northern Ireland presenter Stephen Watson was videobombed not once but twice on tonight’s BBC Newsline, during the sport segment of the programme. Stephen was linking tonight’s sport packages live to camera, outside Windsor Park in Belfast, where Northern Ireland …
Random web page flashes up on screen during Newsnight report
A rather odd technical glitch affected 10 seconds of recorded footage during last night’s Newsnight. A short piece showing Philip Lee walking in to the Commons chamber and sitting with the Liberal Democrats was briefly affected by a series of …