Something going on in the background kept BBC News viewers preoccupied during a live story on Tuesday.
Several gaffes have occurred at the broadcaster in recent weeks, including newsreaders who are unaware they are still on live and technological glitches that have left the studio in darkness.
People’s attention was drawn to someone trying to take a picture on their phone in the backdrop of Ben Brown’s News at One.
He was talking about the deaths of three individuals in a “big event” in Nottingham, including 19-year-old student Grace Kumar and 19-year-old cricket player Barnaby Webber.
However, before the tape went to a recorded narrative, studio spectators observed a female come behind Ben and attempt to catch the BBC newsroom on her phone camera.
The person in the background, clearly unaware she was on live TV, raised her phone above the newsroom and snapped a photo.
‘Go ahead and take that picture. No one will notice,’ one viewer joked.
Another commented: ‘The things that go on behind you @BenBrownBBC.’
Ben is no stranger to odd blunders during live coverage, having had us all in stitches when his yawn was captured on video.
The journalist was reporting news in December 2020 when he let out a massive yawn while a news piece played on bagpipes, but his timing was slightly wrong.
As a result, Ben, who had sank back in his chair, still had his mouth open when the show returned to him in the studio – and he was a little agitated when he recognised his error.
‘Caught out there,’ he chuckled.
Ben apologised Twitter shortly after the mishap, writing: ‘Apologies for this dear viewers – I was at the end of a long shift after a 5am start when the director cut to me by mistake. The perils of live TV!’
