BBC Breakfast chaos as presenter mistaken for market worker while live on air

20 December 2023 , 09:15

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BBC Breakfast chaos as presenter mistaken for market worker while live on air

A hilarious moment on BBC Breakfast saw a reporter get mistaken for a market worker while live on air.

Ben Boulos was presenting a live segment in Birmingham on UK inflation rates while rocking a high-vis jacket, causing one of passer-by to mistake him for a worker.

"The rate at which those prices are rising has slowed down again," he said. "A typical basket of goods and services..." He stopped mid-sentence to speak to the man walking past him that he wasn't employed there. "I don't work here. I'm just doing the news," he said before laughing and apologising to viewers for the small mishap.

Viewers loved the moment and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to comment on it. "This is definitely why different shades of hi-viz got invented," one user said while another added: "The hi-viz vest is a cunning disguise though."" Magnificent," another user commented as they added a few laughing face emojis.

The news presenter was mistaken for a market worker (BBC)

Back in the BBC' Breakfast studio in Salford, presenter Jon Kay thanked Ben for fitting his reporting into his "shift at the market".

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Ben, who regularly anchors the show from the sofa as well, saw the funny side himself by sharing the clip on Twitter.

BBC Breakfast airs BBC One from 6am to 9am, Monday to Friday.

Zara Woodcock