11-04-2021, 03:02 PM
Given the nature of the news and the Twitter era we live in, was this the first time we were able to watch BBC One and ITV live fully anticipating an interruption? I got a text off a friend that the Duke had died and went to check Twitter to see if he was being genuine. I ran to switch on BBC One and found they hadn't broken the news, nor had ITV, but saw that BBC Two were running the story. It's a minor point, but as a pres geek, it was certainly something I don't think I've seen before and might not see again, fully expecting a network to break a major news story as it happens.