'That sinking feeling' - Reporter 'sinks' live on air - BBC News

BBC camera seems to have a mind of its own as it suddenly gave the impression a TV reporter was sinking into the studio floor. BBC's Caroline Bilton tweeted: "Well I'm globally famous it would seem and for all the wrong reasons! The power of the web! Glad it's making people smile. #sinkingfeeling".

[icwiz]

This transition should be standard practice.

[Cloudshide]

Caroline returns to her 1, 000 year slumber beneath the Earth.

[jaredbasic]

Would have made it EVEN MORE HILARIOUS if the second reporter looked down as she said "Thank you, Caroline" 😂😂

[Voicist]

The calm, single blink of the eyes as she exits vertically is priceless

[jetaddicted]

Her job done, the presenter quickly returns to her hole in the ground.

[ajigumilang]

It's like powerpoint transition 😂

[Loyaltrends]

" Some of the financial costs could have been avoided "
Last words of the sinking BBC Presenter.
you will be always in our memories 🙏

[SwampBrat]

Caroline, queen of the underworld, forges through the earth back to the depths from which she came

[antm]

Imagine an entire career of journalism. And your face is remembered as the sinking lady

[crazypianolady]

Cameraman: what kinda transition do you want
Producer: Give me Windows 98 PowerPoint style

[sebbehallin]

Huge amount of respect to the second reporter for keeping a straight face. I Would have literally died

[ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Narrator: Caroline wasn't heard from again for another 389 years when she suddenly appeared out of another wormhole on live tv, similar to the one she disappeared in. It so happened to be during the key Battle of the Azores in the twenty year "Ultra Wars". The fighting immediately ceased upon her arrival, as everyone was dumbfounded as to what exactly they were witnessing. She regaled the combatants & the world with stories of the adventures she'd been on while away. The enemies she'd made and the loves that she'd lost. All spanning a mere ten years for her.

This humanity only knew of whispers of her through it's archives, yet everything she went through served as inspiration for an Earth torn apart, and a mere husk of what it was. What was left of humanity put down all of their weapons and set down a course together that would ultimately reshape the planet into a paradise the likes of which human civilization had never known.

Caroline lived well into old age before just kind of... falling off of the grid if you can believe it. Something seemingly impossible in the advanced era she reappeared in. No one knows what happened to her exactly. Some speculate that she slipped into another wormhole to continue her adventures & to save other worlds. Others claim that she retreated into the enchanted cave kingdoms of what used to be known as Siberia to live a peaceful life of solitude after completing her life's mission. The one thing that is known... Is that humanity owes Caroline a debt that it can never repay. Thank you Caroline.

[camrenwick]

Should have saluted as she was sinking

[yashsiriah]

I love how BBC uploaded it on their own instead of trying to bury it. I'm glad tha the folks at BBC can take a joke and also laugh at it.

[tjofi]

If the other woman didn’t mention the camera problem, it would have looked intentional, an artistic way to finish the reporter’s speech

[joseribeiro]

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

[johnluuee]

Caroline: "finishes her line"
Camera: Peace out <3

[mattytv]

It would've been funnier if it had happened half way through the report so it was just her eyes telling us the story.

[MrGilRoland]

If I was the second reporter in the studio, I would’ve stand up, and thanked Caroline looking down: “Thank you Caroline”.

[dmitrygreen]

Yoga practice is paying off, finally Caroline was able to do the splits