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Nicky Campbell's 5 Live show has been hit with a huge technical glitch, forcing the BBC to air a four year old interview to baffled listeners for nearly twenty minutes.
After Campbell completed the intro to his popular morning chat show, the opening jingles were followed not by lively conversation but a barrage of trance music and the repeating message: 'We are sorry but BBC Radio 5 Live is currently experiencing temporary technical difficulties. We hope to return to normal programming as soon as possible.'
After five minutes of this, the broadcaster then bizarrely cut to an in-depth interview between DJ Nihal Arthanayake and Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, dating from March 2020.
When he finally returned at 9.20am, an audibly embarrassed Campbell said: ‘Well, how you doing? We’ve re-routed the studios now, after some – I don’t know if you noticed – some technical glitches, but we are back on the air. We’re up and running, we’re going to do this.
Campbell attends The British Podcast Awards 2023
Campbell appearing as Dippy Egg on The Masked Singer earlier this year
BBC Broadcasting House in central London
'Thank you very much for the texts, especially the one that said this is your best ever programme!', he laughed as he got into his flow once more.
In reference to the random Radiohead interview just aired, he joked: 'Radiohead...yeah, I've been a "Radiohead" since I was 12 and here I am, talking to you, so talk to me.'
He then asked listeners for their opinion one one of the topics of the day, whether we still 'love our pubs'.
'I will be certainly heading to one straight after the programme', he added.
The BBC was contacted for comment.
