EAGLE-eyed BBC News viewers called out yet another blunder as one host attempted to style-out a huge mishap.
Viewers in Northern Ireland tuned into the politics programme, ‘The View‘ to get perspective ahead of the July 4 snapGeneral Election.
Longtime BBC presenter Mark Carruthers, 58, fronted the programme as he conducts a series of interviews with the leaders of the respective parties.
Suzanne Breen from the Belfast Telegraph and David McCann from Slugger O’Toole were also waiting in a different part of the studio.
The host would first conduct his hard-hitting interview by the huge desk, but he would then move to a different ‘bar’ area of the studio to get analysis from his pundits.
The first time the host wandered over to them, there were no problems as he made his way to the seemingly continuous set.
However, the second time he wanted reaction from his panel was a different story.
After interviewing Jim Allister from the Traditional unionist Voice party, he again wanted to gauge reaction from the other studio guests.
But when the studio camera moved to the round table, it seems the control room was not ready technically.
Instead of the slick matching set background, a huge green screen appeared in its place.
Unfortunately it was not quite a blink it and you’ll miss it moment, as the correct studio graphics did not show up straight away.
Viewers were practically blinded by the blunder as the green screen was accidently exposed on air for a number of seconds before the error was fixed.
When Suzanne Breen then spoke and the camera cut back to her for her closeup, a distinct green light was prominent in the background, indicating further keying technical errors.
Host Mark didn’t seem to either notice or care about the error as he simply carried on making his way to the area and he didn’t address it in any way.
TV critic Scott Bryan noticed the error as he wrote on Twitter: “I am walking into the green void no wait no I’m not.”
And other viewers slammed the corporation on X – formerly known as Twitter – for the unrealistic graphics.
One viewer said: “At last make the background look like it might actually be a real place. That looks like Coruscant during the days of the old Republic.”
A second commented: “That might be the worst news room green screen I’ve seen. I think ppl would rather just a bland studio.”
“‘What did you make of that?’ The green screen?! She held it together well!”, joked a third user.
As a fourth added: “Looks like the corridors from the galactic senate.”
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
