BBC News presenter battles laughter after pothole report takes a rude turn
A BBC presenter was left almost choking with laughter as he made an inadvertently suggestive statement live on air.
BBC Look North presenter Peter Levy was helming the news desk on Thursday and asked viewers to get in contact regarding potholes in the street. The BBC host said he would select some of the worst examples and send someone around to fix the damage in the road.
But to judge which potholes were the worst in the area, the 68-year-old presenter needed viewers to send in their photos. Addressing his audience live on air, Peter made the simple request and invited viewers to send their entries in via social media.
However, when it came to explaining the concept of the pothole segment, he was left somewhat in a flap as a slip of the tongue made his broadcast unexpectedly raunchy. He said on air: "We're already being contacted by viewers watching the programme, but we want to know how bad it is where you are. How big is your hole?"
BBC Look North presenter Peter Levy invited viewers to send them photos of potholes (BBC)The alarmed newsreader then desperately tried to clarify his point, hurriedly saying: "If you can send a picture, Norton's always in a hole. If you can tweet me a picture, that would be good as well. The biggest potholes, we’ll be having some on the programme." Viewers were stunned by the slip-up and flooded social media to make jokes about the blunder - and also to commend Peter for not losing composure entirely. One fan commented online: “Tell you what, he did very well not to lose it there.”
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Another viewer wrote: “The person monitoring that inbox is about to get some unexpected mail, I imagine.” A further TV fan stated: “Every week Look North gives us all a better reason to keep local programming alive.”
Earlier in the week, another Look North presenter sparked alarm and amusement when they announced a volcano had ripped through Manchester. The slip-up occurred following the arrival of Storm Gerrit in the city - which brought high winds that caused devastating damage to houses.
North of England Correspondent, Fiona Trott, was sent to Manchester to report from a street where roofs had been ripped off by the extreme weather. The report announced: “What's striking is how sudden this was but also how random this was - how one roof could be completely ripped off and another stay intact. That was the path of the volcano.”
Her slip-up sparked more amusement for TV fans - with many flooding social media to comment. One wrote: “Crying laughing!! Volcanoes in Manchester. Whatever next.” Another user on X, formerly Twitter, added: “BBC 6pm News tonight. Poor old Manchester - a tornado and a volcano!” And another TV fan commented: “Volcano in Manchester?!!! This fake news is getting out of hand.”
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