10 Live TV Tragedies

It's unbelievable what was caught live on air. For this video, WatchMojoUK looks at 10 Live TV Tragedies. We're looking at shocking moments from the UK where we witnessed catastrophe play out on our television screens. Which tragedy shown live affected you the most?

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[WatchMojoUK]

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[John-tlgn]

The news reporter who struggled to read about the three boys, she just showed her human side. Great respect to her.

[just_passing_through]

That female news presenter struggling to read the story about the three boys brought me to tears.

[lilyfromengland]

“ Just to say, don’t worry about Anthea. She may have just burnt to a crisp in front of you, but at-least she has warm tea. “ so British 🤣🤣

[kopwolfGaming]

never apologise for showing emotion. its human

[strontiumdogma]

Nowhere else will you ever see Anthea Turner's hair getting singed and hundreds of people dead in tragedies in the same list

[chuckabutty]

I am 76 and in the autum of my years and have seen death and destruction in many forms. Believe me this posting shows what a fragile tight rope we all walk in life. Enjoy what you have, tell your family and friends of your love for them, bring them love and laughter and always do what is best and be a good person so they can follow your example.

[ailsamaclaren]

I’ll never forget one of my teachers walking into class close to tears after grenfell. She told us she used to live very close to grenfell tower and had friends who lived there by the end of telling us that she was near sobbing then she told us she’d be taking a few days off as her and her partner were going to go see if they could do anything to help. There was only one other student in my class and we were 17 and in year 12 so fully understood what was happening. We were close to crying with her that day and it was an emotional lesson

[Rosie-ijon]

The way the presenter plays it down in the most British way possible: "She's ok, she's just gone to first aid and she's gonna have a nice hot cup of tea"

[Jelly-B]

I'd say the Bradford fire was a bigger tragedy than Anthea Turners hair getting messed up

[ellasmommy]

The news reporter talking about the three boys, was the most touching thing I've ever seen a newscaster do. She has my admiration and respect. ❤

[Twilight]

The news reader didn't need to apologise she is human like everyone and should be allowed to show emotions

[Deano]

It’s pushing it a bit to say the Anthea Turner clip was a tragedy .

[qbxreviews]

I remember getting ready for work the morning of the Grenfell disaster. I will never ever forget seeing, on live TV, a woman leaning out of the window begging to be rescued as the building burnt around her.

[lxdtlyx]

Bless that News reader who got emotional whilst informing us of the tragedy involving the three young boys.

[AJARyan-ynuv]

Gosling’s reporting on the boys dying was sad. Makes me think she was thinking of her own kids at the time.

[SiVlog]

Another one that springs to mind, the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, which was being broadcast live on Sunday Grandstand on 1st May 1994. Probably the bleakest weekend F1 has seen in the last 40 years, not only did it include the loss of Ayrton Senna, but the whole weekend was riddled with incidents, accidents and moments that left not only drivers injured or (in the case of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna) killed, but also left those who weren't even driving the cars exposed to injuries. You know it's bad when Murray Walker, normally the eternal optimist in commentary for Formula One, was extremely downbeat after the race ended:

"... Michael Schumacher comes into the Ravazza for the 58th time and he's nearly a minute now ahead of Larini as he comes round certainly to win, commandingly and with a great deal of credit in very difficult circumstances. He exits the Traguado, and the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix has been won by Michael Schumacher, but in circumstances that I'm sure he will not at all happy about, and that's no reflection of him, his ability or his car...

"Well, there's no point in trying to pretend that it has been anything other than a very, very unhappy San Marino Grand Prix. But, the one piece of good news I can give you is that Michael Schumacher has won, that Damon Hill has finished in 6th position, sandwiching between them [is] Nicola Larini in second, Mika Hakkinen third, [Karl] Wendlinger fourth and Ukyo Katayama in fifth place..."

[lyn]

Tommy Cooper and sid james died on stage and people thought it was part of the act so sad, but Hillsborough will never be forgotten that was the most heartbreaking and changed the way football stands changed now

[poplova]

All of these were sad. As a Londoner however, especially as a west Londoner, I will always be biased. The Grenfell Tower fire was one of the biggest tragedies in modern history. Especially since it should never have happened. The residents had complained about how unsafe the building was multiple times 💔💔💔

[RajaReign]

The Hillsborough disaster is the reason I stopped watching live newscasts for many years. Those horrible images were seared into my brain at 10 years old and it’s something I can never unsee no matter how hard I try. 😞