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BBC boss hits back after mortifying string of live TV blunders – as fans blame broadcaster for ‘axing experienced staff’
Last December Maryam Moshiri was left gobsmacked when she was caught appearing to give viewers her middle finger
A BBC BOSS has hit back after a string of mortifying blunders on the channel as viewers blamed staff cuts.
Over the past year presenters and crew behind-the-scenes have been left embarrassed over a number of gaffes.
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From middle fingers being flashed on air, swear words making it into the bulletin, to typos in on screen graphics, the Beeb hasn't been short of variety.
A special show on the epic blunders and complaints from viewers was aired on Newswatch and now the head of the BBC News channel Paul Royall has weighed in.
Host Samira Ahmed asked him if the mishaps were directly linked in staff cuts at the channel.
He hit back: "No I'd actually say they're decreasing and clearly the examples you've shown aren't good enough.
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"We've put in place a new structure and staffing around text production on screen and so whilst there have been mistakes since we've done that they have been reducing.
"So not good enough, we need to improve at that but we have taken steps and measures to get on top of it."
In 2022 Beeb viewers were left in hysterics after an intern wrote "Manchester United are rubbish" on the ticker of their live news channel.
An apology later followed which read: "There was a technical glitch during training with our test ticker, which rolled over to live programming for a few seconds.
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"We apologised for any offence caused on air."
Meanwhile, last December Maryam Moshiri was left gobsmacked when she was caught appearing to give viewers her middle finger.
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The journalist later explained she had been jokingly counting down with her colleagues off camera before the bulletin came on air.
Just last week a sound problem left viewers 'jumping out of their skin' as they tuned into the News at 10.
BBC News' biggest blunders
The Beeb has suffered a number of gaffes recently, here we take a look at the biggest - and funniest - blunders to date
- Maryam Moshiri flashing her middle finger during a live bulletin
- Tongued-tied sports presenter Chetan Pathak dropping an X-rated word during report
- BBC Look North's Peter Levy asking viewers "how big their holes are" during innuendo-filled segment
- Newsreader Roger Johnson 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
- News correspondent mistaken for shop staff and interrupted during report
- Lukwesa Burak left speechless after being caught stretching during a break
- Newsreader forced to run across the studio during epic camera mishap
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