BBC presenter Shaun Ley spotted wearing shorts on air on hottest day of 2021 so far

The BBC anchor Shaun Ley was briefly caught on camera wearing shorts under his desk while reading the news on Wednesday, the hottest day of the year so far. While he was wearing a jacket and tie from the waist up, viewers spotted his lower casual attire as the camera panned to a wider view of the studio

[satyr]

Can't blame him, the suit jacket and tie at that temperature is ridiculous.

[redlightmax]

It's haiku time!
Shaun Ley, on air: caught
What Shaun Ley was wearing: shorts
Guardian: distraught

[mikem]

Could have been a skirt and high heels. Guardian having a slow day.

[irfanm]

here in qatar its 45 degree but we still dont wear shorts that much, whats the weather in england ?

[tomdomagalski]

Bring him to Thailand I say. Here any clothes are a nuisance now

[zbfb]

I know every business person do the same when we conduct online conference, don't we?

[sinthssb]

I don't understand this. Just install and use air con for these kind of situations...

[ABCDEF-yfyu]

Just imagine if he was allowed to wear shorts for a serious news report such as the death of the Duke of Edinburgh on April 9.
On November 15 2002, Michael Buerk was dressed in womens clothes for a Children in Need dance with other BBC newsreaders that was shown after the late evening news. He presented the news wearing a formal shirt, tie and jacket, but out of public view was in skirt, tights, and high heel shoes. And the news that day was the death of Myra Hindley.

[ppuhtfrz]

He's presenting the press preview now and he's got water on his jacket...

[ellieseddigh]

Can't see anything wrong with it, he was sitting down but I've seen him stood up at some points and was wearing full suit, long as he can deliver the Jon he's paid, no harm in wearing shorts .

[ashleyfairway.]

Bout time the dress code for men was equal to womens. Why can't men wear shorts and skirts if women can wear trousers.

[jackywhite]

Given the temperature, its everything but the shorts that's nonsense...

[SuzukiRie]

Looks like he was pulling up trousers rather than wearing shorts 🤔

[HopStepJunk]

no so bad
same as telework video conferencing

[rvlspor]

No report on the million people marching through London yet...

[JohnSmith-wb]

Bbc cutbacks due to no-one buying a licence.

[jehovahhohenzollern]

*U.S. ROYALTY: There were 4 Elf Families in Germany. Cyrillic went to Russia and live at the Kremlin and Winter was from the Disney Family and Handel and Gretzel stayed in Germany. Can you please fix the Big Ben Clock in London to run with the Sun from East to West?*

[fabriziocapolini]

So... they *do* wear trousers, after all 🤔

[zulvalor]

Only has to do his job for 30 minutes funking part timer

[pinkpanther]

BBC doesn't have air conditioning?🥺