BBC Breakfast turned tense this week as Jon Kay appeared to ‘forget’ Nina Warhurst ‘s name from the iconic red sofa.
Jon was presenting the show alongside Sarah Campbell, with his usual co-presenter Sally Nugent nowhere to be seen after a spate of mysterious absences from the programme. Cutting to Nina Warhurst, who was live in Irlam for a segment on politics, Jon made an epic blunder.
Responding to Nina, he said: “Indeed, Lina! Nina. Lina, Nina. Thank you very much indeed. We’ll see you later.”
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Rolling with his name blunder, Sarah joked: “Shall we get to Bob in Dortmund?” referring to sports correspondent John Watson, who is eagerly anticipating England’s upcoming semi-final Euros match in Germany. Jon quipped: “Yeah let’s do that! How you doing, Bob?”
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Thankfully it seemed John was ready to roll with the punches as he fired back quickly: “Yes, beautiful sunshine here, thanks Steve. Lovely to see you both!”
It wasn’t the only bizarre blunder to occur on Monday’s show (July 8), as correspondent Jane McGovern was presenting a segment on the new theatre production of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em when the set began to fall apart around her.
As she was given a behind-the-scenes tour by one crew member, banister spindles were knocked loose, cupboard doors flew off their hinges and chairs sporting three legs tumbled to the floor. The crew member in charge apologised: “Sorry, sorry about that!” as Jane burst into giggles.
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She was cheekily warned: “You might want to sit down here, but not on that chair either!” when the three-legged stool was pulled out for her all, thankfully, a cheeky joke referencing iconic character Frank Spencer’s uselessness with DIY.
One theatre production staffer explained: “When you’ve got a house built by Frank, with his DIY skills, there’s lots that can go wrong. And it does!”
Back in the studio, Sarah couldn’t resist a jibe: “You just know Michael Crawford did all his own stunts, and in the 70s perhaps health and safety wasn’t quite what it is now!” Despite only running for 22 episodes, the show quickly cemented itself as an iconic piece of British telly.
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