BBC Breakfast studio evacuated as live broadcast is pulled off air

BBC Breakfast[1]'s live show was suddenly interrupted this morning, leaving viewers puzzled. The programme, hosted by Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty[2], was abruptly switched from the live broadcast to a BBC News report on the war in Israel. Before the unexpected change, an old clip of people looking emotional as they watched a plane land for the last time was shown.

Then, it quickly switched to a reporter in Beirut discussing an update on the Israel-Hamas war at around 8.44am cutting off the news reporter mid-sentence. A Twitter user, whose father was due to appear on the show, later revealed that the studio had been evacuated. They tweeted: "Oh god they had to evacuate BBC Breakfast[3] and cut away from the show ten seconds before my Dad was due to appear on air."

They later added: "Rather hilarious.

What are the odds. The show is back on air now." Viewers took to Twitter to express their confusion.

One wrote: "@BBCBreakfast why am I now watching your world news programme? No explanation, just cut to World News for no reason." Another added: "@BBCBreakfast was enjoying concord! If I wanted Gaza war update can switch channels, just cut breakfast team no reason".

Another viewer noticed that the graphics below the reporter in Beirut hadn't changed to match the news report. They wrote: "When the feed from BBC Breakfast inadvertently cuts to the World News Feed during a report on Concorde, but the original graphics keep going..." A fourth viewer asked: "Does @BBCBreakfast realise its cut to @BBCBreaking and still showing Concorde credits?"

BBC Breakfast was hosted by Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty this morning but the show abruptly cut to BBC News as the studio was evacuated (Image: No credit)

The BBC News broadcast then continued instead of the usual Breakfast show, with reports on Oscar Pistorius' new parole bid and the Dublin riots being shown before the programme returned to Charlie and Naga in the studio.

Naga returned to viewers' screens at 8.56am and explained what had happened. She told viewers: "You're returning to BBC Breakfast. Apologies, we had an evacuation in the building but we are back now with you to keep you up to date with the latest in news."

Charlie then moved on to discuss the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. * This article was crafted with the help of an AI engine, which speeds up OK!'s editorial research and applies it to article templates created by journalists in our newsrooms. An OK! editor reviewed this content before it was published.

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References

1. ^ BBC Breakfast (www.ok.co.uk)
2. ^ Naga Munchetty (www.ok.co.uk)
3. ^ BBC Breakfast (www.ok.co.uk)
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