The BBC …Breaks Up Laughing !!
If you need a giggle this is it. Working in broadcasting can be trying at times. There are the moments that a naughty word slips out or you get the giggles at just the wrong time. Anyone that’s been in Voice Overs or Broadcasting can say..”been there done that.”
Something happened on the BBC this morning that made the nation giggle!! I have to thank Geoffrey James, one of my favorite writers, for the heads up on this.
Hundreds of listeners have contacted BBC Radio 4 after newsreader Charlotte Green dissolved into giggles while reading a bulletin on Today.
She lost control after playing a clip of the oldest known recording of the human voice.
Presenter James Naughtie intervened as she struggled to tell listeners about the death of screenwriter Abby Mann.
“I’m afraid I just lost it, I was completely ambushed by the giggles,” said Green.
She admitted a similar giggling fit besieged her about 10 years ago, also on the Today programme.
“I did feel slightly embarrassed, knowing I have this reputation that I am prone to getting the giggles,” she said.
“People have been very sweet and everyone has been coming up to me said how much it has cheered up their Friday morning.”
Today’s editor, Ceri Thomas, said most listeners who contacted the show had commented on “how much they had enjoyed the moment”.
He added: “When Charlotte loses it, she really loses it.”
For the whole story and the audio clip… Check out The BBC Break Up
Thanks for the read and hope you get a giggle
Bryan Cox
March 28, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Now THAT I found funny. Who can’t relate to that? And my goodness…that recording sounded like a stuck baby whale from the nether world. Thanks for linking it in…gave me a nice giggle.
March 29, 2008 at 1:35 am
Poor girl! I really feel for her. I’ve had the same thing happen to me as a newsreader. The harder you try to stop, the worse it gets. The worse it gets, the harder you try to stop.
Eventually, you are half laughing because of what you read/heard, and half crying out of sheer frustration with a little panic thrown in!
……it’s very funny to listen to, though!
Thanks Bry!