Friday, September 5, 2008

The BBC announcer ran out of news


London, Monday, January 5, 1959

The BBC announcer reading the 1 p.m. news yesterday came to a sudden pause.

The pause went on...and on...and on. Then the announcer said: "I am sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen, but I have run out of news, and no one has supplied me with any more."

There was another, shorter pause. Then the announcer said: "Here it is now" and the BBC 1 p.m. news continued.


Source: The Straits Times

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