31-07-2022, 08:03 AM
While (to my knowledge) I haven't caused any breakdowns personally, the faulty computer which took out the whole of the BBC's BNCS (circuit switching) system in October 2018 was in the gallery I was working in.
That incident caused many problems for all the news TV and radio networks getting up outside sources, as well as locked all national and global TV and radio channels into the studios they were in at the moment of the fault with no way to transfer output to a different studio or come off air. Also triggered the infamous "police escort" for Fiona Bruce to do the News at 6 from Millbank.
I don't know if the cause was ever made public so I won't reveal just in case, but it was a very, very minor issue inside one PC (which happened to be inside the gallery I was working in, but could have been anywhere) which bought down the entire network, and the only resolution was to power down that PC and replace something in it.
That incident caused many problems for all the news TV and radio networks getting up outside sources, as well as locked all national and global TV and radio channels into the studios they were in at the moment of the fault with no way to transfer output to a different studio or come off air. Also triggered the infamous "police escort" for Fiona Bruce to do the News at 6 from Millbank.
I don't know if the cause was ever made public so I won't reveal just in case, but it was a very, very minor issue inside one PC (which happened to be inside the gallery I was working in, but could have been anywhere) which bought down the entire network, and the only resolution was to power down that PC and replace something in it.