Watch agonising moment newsreader’s teleprompter shuts down – and he’s forced to improvise live on air
A NEWREADER had to improvise while reading the news live on air when his teleprompter shut down in a painful scene.
Nine News presenter Peter Overton was left in a nightmare situation when the device that displays his script stopped working.
The experienced British-Australian journalist, 57, had to switch over to physical notes to finish his segment during the technological breakdown.
It was clear there had been a mishap when the presenter went live on air at the studio and there were a few moments of silence, before he could be seen talking to producers through an earpiece.
But the presenter stayed composed as he enquired: “Let’s just find out where you would like me to go.
“You’d like me to go to Morocco? Okay.”
He then gracefully saved the situation by continuing to present the news despite not having a script being projected in front of him to read out.
Peter reached for a sheet of paper in front of him with handwritten notes and began to read out the information on it.
He continued: “The number of people killed in the powerful earthquake which hit Morocco has climbed past 2,000.”
This comes after a recent GB News presenter gaffe where Martin Daubney was left mortified after swearing on national television.
It seemed he was experiencing technical issues while airing a segment on terror suspect Daniel Khalife being caught by police.
Martin then lost his cool and made the X-rated comment: “F***, it’s all gone wrong.”
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