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Watch BBC announcer crash and burn after mobile phone f**k-up live on air (Video)

Published 09:39 21 Aug 2015 BST

Updated 10:55 21 Aug 2015 BST

Ben Kenyon
Watch BBC announcer crash and burn after mobile phone f**k-up live on air (Video)

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The BBC is a well-oiled, slick operation...well, 99% of the time.

But when this veneer of unimpeachable respectability slips for a second, it's highly entertaining. Who could forget the time weatherman Tomasz Shafernaker was filmed giving the middle finger to one of the presenters, or when dependable Bill Turnbull dropped the C-bomb on breakfast news? Classic television. But it was one of the BBC programme announcers' turn to make a balls-up...right before the hugely popular Great British Bake Off. His phone goes off mid-flow and everyone can hear it except him; when he does finally clock on, it stops his intro in its tracks. Still, at least he didn't say f**k or bugger. https://youtu.be/kW4R39P4Flk H/T i100

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Watch BBC announcer crash and burn after mobile phone f**k-up live on air (Video)