BBC Breakfast: Forty years of morning gaffes

The BBC launched a new era of early morning news programming when Breakfast Time hit television screens on January 17, 1983.

But live TV is still in the hands of the gods, and even on this first show, not everything went as planned.

As BBC Breakfast celebrates 40 years on the air, we look back at some of the unexpected fun moments of its time.

BBC Breakfast: Forty years of morning gaffes

The BBC launched a new era of early morning news programming when Breakfast Time hit television screens on January 17, 1983.

But live TV is still in the hands of the gods, and even on this first show, not everything went as planned.

As BBC Breakfast celebrates 40 years on the air, we look back at some of the unexpected fun moments of its time.

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