TV Live Forum

Full Version: Has a newsreader ever not made it through a programme
You're currently viewing a stripped down version of our content. View the full version with proper formatting.
Pages: 1 2 3
Steve in Pudsey post_id=50902 time= user_id=942 Wrote:I forget the detail but a BBC Local Radio presenter had to abandon his show and go home to self isolate having been pinged by the NHS Covid app

I'd forgotten about that. It was BBC Radio Cornwall presenter James Churchfield. He got pinged during the 1st hour of his show, so he was replaced during a TOTH news update.

https://twitter.com/ChurchfieldJE/status...88768?s=20
Peter Woods almost didn't make it through a bulletin in 1976. Viewers complained that he was drunk, but it was blamed on being due to some medication.

https://youtu.be/1SLocpFVqD8


There are a few examples of radio presenters throwing up during the news, including when Thomaz Shafanacker had to leave half way through his Radio 4 early morning bulletin to throw up
https://metro.co.uk/video/tomasz-schafer...t-1378513/
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.thegu...ing.uknews

North East Tonight’s Kenny Toal became ill back in 2007 and Pam Royle has to take over
Apparently during Breakfast this morning, the Wales Today presenter fell ill and weather presenter Sabrina Lee had to present some of the latter bulletins. A back-up pre-recorded weather bulletin was played at the end of the bulletin rather than Sabrina doing a live bulletin.

(This per Sabrina ahead of the 11:56 weather bulletin on BBC Radio Wales)
Ballyboy post_id=51013 time=1635450045 user_id=982 Wrote:https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.thegu...ing.uknews

North East Tonight’s Kenny Toal became ill back in 2007 and Pam Royle has to take over

That story was very much embellished for the papers.
Pages: 1 2 3