‘I’d rather eat BBQ than watch those two BBC cl0wns’ – Viewers furious after a live TV disaster, some calling to Shut Down the whole network!
Two BBC presenters were left blushing and ‘lost for words’ after reading out a very risque email from a fan live on air.
Peter Levy was heading up his regular morning segment Leave It To Levy on BBC Look North on Thursday morning when the amusing moment happened.
He was chatting to weatherman Paul Hudson after a forecast, who made a quip about Peter’s outfit choice of a pale suit.
Paul joked that a viewer had emailed in to the show saying: ‘Can you ask Peter if he’s umpiring a cricket match straight after Look North?’
He laughed and added, ‘There we are, I could go on Peter, have you got anything to say?’, which saw the other presenter reply, ‘Yeah, you can go on, that’s the problem! I have nothing to say, no, I could see it a mile off, just get it out of your system.’
Peter then fired back with an actual viewer email – but had to stop himself mid-sentence as the content went on to be saucier than he realised.
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BBC presenters Peter Levy (pictured) and Paul Hudson were left blushing and ‘lost for words’ after reading out a very risque email from a fan live on air
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Peter Levy was heading up his regular morning segment Leave It To Levy on BBC Look North on Thursday morning when the amusing moment happened (pictured: Paul Hudson)
Pulling out a cue card, Peter started: ‘Ann Yates says ”I would love to have Paul face upwards”,’ but was forced to abandon the email upon realising his mistake.
When he realised how sugg3stive the email was, he went bright red, exclaiming, ‘Hang on, hang on’ – and bursting into laughter.
Weatherman Paul, the subject of the bawdy viewer submission, said he was simply ‘lost for words’ – but cheekily told his colleague to keep reading.
Peter could not bring himself to, admitting: ‘No, I’ve just read the next line, I can’t do it.’
They promised viewer Ann a Leave It To Levy coaster for her hilarious efforts as they were left in stitches.
Fans took to X to comment how funny the moment was, especially on a normally buttoned-up news broadcast.
One user said: ‘So funny. Nothing too untoward in it. That’s what makes Peter and Paul great.’
Another commenter said: ‘Sometimes it’s worthwhile checking the emails before reading them out.’
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Paul red out a viewer email – but had to stop himself mid-sentence as the content went on to be saucier than he realised
Fans took to X (pictured) to say how funny the moment was, especially on a normally buttoned-up news broadcast
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It comes almost exactly a year after veteran presenter Peter admitted he was scammed out of half his life savings by a con artist who called him, posing as his bank’s fraud department
Someone else found Peter’s blushing hilarious, adding: ‘The change in pallor is killing me.’
One person thought the humour of the moment outstripped the work of even the best of British comedy: ‘Classic. Kenneth Williams couldn’t have done better!’
Last year, veteran BBC presenter Peter admitted he was scammed out of half his life savings by a con artist who called him, posing as his bank’s fraud department.
He admitted he fell for the scam despite conducting interviews on how to avoid being swindled in the past.
He told BBC Radio Humberside’s Richard Stead he felt ‘stupid’ and ‘thick’ after learning he had been duped by a criminal who phoned him one evening in February claiming there was unusual activity on his account.
Peter then gave his online banking login details to the fraudster – who proceeded to help themselves to cash before his real bank stepped in to cut them off.
The presenter, who has been a regular fixture on TV screens in the north of England for decades, said he had struggled to sleep after learning he had fallen for a scam.
‘Nobody knows about this here but I was scammed out of half of my life savings earlier this year and it was traumatic,’ he shared.
‘I literally hadn’t been to sleep overnight because it was so stressful and it is the most horrific, horrific feeling. It is absolutely awful. You feel stupid, you feel thick.’
