Steph McGovern, BBC Breakfast Presenter, Throws A 'Strop' On Camera Over Sound Problems

Exasperated BBC Presenter Threw A 'Proper Strop' On BBC Breakfast
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An frustrated BBC Breakfast presenter was caught on camera as she stormed off exasperated with technical problems.

Steph McGovern, 33, was reporting live from a candle factory when her sound stopped working, leading the programme to cut back to the studio presenters who said: "Apologies, apologies for that, we've just lost Steph's sound."

But the cameras stayed rolling and McGovern could still be seen on a screen in the studio, throwing her arms down and walking away from the camera looking understandably irritated.

Her BBC colleague Kevin J Parker tweeted that she had thrown a "proper strop", but pointed out that she had woken up at 3am for filming.

"All been there Steph" tweeted Sky journalist Kay Burley in sympathy.

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Steph McGovern is BBC Breakfast's lead business presenter

McGovern herself took the incident in good humour, tweeting a YouTube video of it and adding the hashtag #AlwaysCheckCameraNotOnYouWhenThrowingAStrop.

After burning the candle at both ends I'm now home. Tech problems got on my wick. But overall @waxlyricaluk lit up the morning #candlebanter

— Steph McGovern (@stephbreakfast) April 16, 2015