BBC Breakfast’s Sarah Campbell had to reassure viewers after her co-host Ben Thompson suffered a visual mishap.
The duo spoke to newly crowned PDC World Darts Champion Luke Littler on Saturday morning (January 4), but viewers were distracted by a large dart graphic on the screen behind them, which appeared to be hitting Ben straight in the back of the head.
Sarah, who saw the funny side after watching the comments rack up on various platforms decided to address the amusing incident, writing: “The new World Darts Champion @LukeTheNuke180 speaking on @BBCBreakfast. And worry not … @BenThompsonTV is fine..despite apparently being speared by a mammoth dart (thanks to all the concerned viewers who flagged).”
Fans responded with relief and humour, one joking that the presenters should wear hard hats, while others praised Luke’s impressive win.
Sarah reassured BBC Breakfast fans
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One viewer expressed concern: “We were worried about that! We thought Ben had a ‘Double 10’ on the back of his napper.” Another viewer humorously suggested: “Your presenters should wear hard hats.
“Doctor I feel a sharp pain at the back of my head,” prompting Sarah to respond with a laughing face emoji, reports the Express. A third relieved fan responded with a smiling face and thumbs up emoji, comforted by Sarah’s clarification.
Ben appeared to be ‘speared’ by a dart on the screen behind
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Fans also celebrated Luke’s victory, with one commenting: “What an amazing final, and what an incredibly talented man.” Echoing the sentiment, another fan added: “Now and again a person injects life into a sport, Lake Littler has done exactly that for darts! Sarah.”
During a conversation on BBC Breakfast, Ben queried young darts champion Luke about his extraordinary success at a tender age.
Ben and Sarah interviewed Luke Littler on the show
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Ben asked: “Luke, the title, youngest ever PDC World Darts Champion, you’re 18 in a couple of weeks, a lot of people talk about your age and being able to be win such an amazing achievement at your age, does that ever go through your mind? Or do you think this is perfectly normal and what you would be doing?”
Luke humbly responded: “It’s not a normal 17 year old’s life but it just goes back to my mum and dad did everything, got the right sponsors for me and the sponsors did a whole for me.”, reports the Express.
BBC Breakfast is broadcasted everyday from 6am on BBC1.