A BBC presenter demonstrated his professionalism by continuing to broadcast live while his luggage was being taken.
People in the south-west of England were cautioned on Sunday to expect’significant coastal flooding’ due to high spring tides (tides that come shortly after a full moon) and heavy rain.
Meanwhile, the Met Office issued rain and wind warnings for London this week ahead of Storm Ciaran’s arrival.
During a broadcast on’some unfortunate motorists’ in Mortlake who were caught off guard by floods and had their cars partially submerged, reporter Harry Low experienced a stroke of ill luck himself.
when describing how the Thames had earlier breached its banks near where he was presenting, Harry was spotted stopping when a film played.
While it looked that he was prepared for the camera to return to him, it turned out that he was observing someone take his possessions.
He continued the cross, describing how Storm Ciaran was on its way and how a yellow weather warning would be in place from tomorrow.
However, he later shared the clip to X, formerly Twitter, and revealed what had unfolded.
‘A career first last night – my bag was stolen halfway through our live,’ he posted.
Several other BBC journalists chimed in to give their support and to congratulate Harry on his perseverance.
‘How awful. So sorry that happened,’ one colleague wrote.
‘Sorry to hear this Harry. So so frustrating, but you aced this live, you’d never know!’
Another added: ‘Oh Harry!!! You absolute professional. That’s awful though, so sorry that happened to you.’
While Harry kept a poker face throughout the ordeal, there have been a few other instances in the previous year in which other presenters failed to keep a straight face.
Back in August, a BBC reporter was taken off guard when a pre-recorded film she’d fronted accidentally went on broadcast.
As the video played, the reporter stuttered over her phrase before proclaiming that she ‘can’t get my words out,’ followed by a four-word profanity.
Soon after, the news caster apologised to the viewers for the’bad language’.
