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Charlotte Green broke into a fit of giggles during a bulletin about the death of a screenwriter today.
The BBC Radio 4 newsreader, normally famously composed, succumbed to a fit of laughter during the Today programme, prompting hundreds of listeners to phone in. She was reading an obituary piece about Oscar-winner Abby Mann.
Green put her outburst down to a studio member's comment about the previous news item, who remarked that the first recording of a human voice, a woman singing French song Clair de Lune, sounded like a "bee buzzing in a bottle".
Today presenter Ed Stourton later accepted listeners' requests to replay the moment.
"Apparently the BBC press office is in meltdown with calls about it," he said. "We hope that the family of Abby Mann will understand that it obviously wasn't intended as any slight towards him."
Green said she had suffered a similar outburst, also during Today, about a decade ago.
"I did feel slightly embarrassed knowing I have this reputation that I am prone to getting the giggles," she said. "People have been very sweet and everyone has been coming up to me said how much it has cheered up their Friday morning."
The BBC Radio 4 newsreader, normally famously composed, succumbed to a fit of laughter during the Today programme, prompting hundreds of listeners to phone in. She was reading an obituary piece about Oscar-winner Abby Mann.
Green put her outburst down to a studio member's comment about the previous news item, who remarked that the first recording of a human voice, a woman singing French song Clair de Lune, sounded like a "bee buzzing in a bottle".
Today presenter Ed Stourton later accepted listeners' requests to replay the moment.
"Apparently the BBC press office is in meltdown with calls about it," he said. "We hope that the family of Abby Mann will understand that it obviously wasn't intended as any slight towards him."
Green said she had suffered a similar outburst, also during Today, about a decade ago.
"I did feel slightly embarrassed knowing I have this reputation that I am prone to getting the giggles," she said. "People have been very sweet and everyone has been coming up to me said how much it has cheered up their Friday morning."
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