TWO presenters were forced to walk off their show’s set live on TV after a sudden ’emergency’.
Down under in Australia, Natalie Barr and Matt ‘Shirvo’ Shirvington were hosting Sunrise on Channel 7.
Sunrise presenters were forced to evacuate their studio on Tuesday[/caption]
As an alarm sounded Nat was insistent on remaining on set and hosting the show[/caption]
After leaving their posts, both hosts were stunned to discover it was all an April Fool’s prank by producers[/caption]
But as the duo were bringing viewers the latest news of the day, an alarm activated in the studio.
Stopping them in their tracks, Nat then turned to her co-host and asked: “Are we being told to evacuate?”
Shirvo replied to her as he stood up: “That’s a fire alarm, we should go.”
Nat waited on direction from the show’s producers, as she was insistent on carrying on the programme.
She said: “I don’t want to evacuate my post Shirvo, I think we should stay. I can’t see a fire.”
Eventually they were ushered by crew to leave their posts and evacuated the studio while remaining on air.
Nat told viewers at home: “We’re still on, this has been going on outside the offices.
“Now, they’re telling us in the studio to go.”
However, it turned out to be an epic April Fool’s Day prank by Sunrise’s bosses and there was no emegency.
As Nat and Shirvo left the studio a door carried the message ‘April Fools’ as a crew member sprinkled gold confetti into the air.
BBC News’ Biggest Blunders
The Beeb has suffered a number of gaffes recently, here we take a look at the biggest, and funniest, mishaps to date:
- Maryam Moshiri flashing her middle finger during a live bulletin
- Tongued-tied sports presenter Chetan Pathak dropped an X-rated word during a report
- BBC Look North’s Peter Levy asked viewers “how big their holes are” during an innuendo-filled segment
- Newsreader Roger Johnson was left scrambling after saying “cuckoo c*ck” instead of clock
- BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst mixing up the names of her co-hosts live on air
- The news correspondent is mistaken for shop staff and interrupted during the report
- Lukwesa Burak was left speechless after being caught stretching during a break
- Newsreader forced to run across the studio during epic camera mishap
- Azadeh Moshiri caught downing a drink of water and pulling faces at the camera in major blunder.
