Major technical difficulties with Today this morning. At the start of the show, after the headlines/opener played, it went straight to Sylvia live in Fiji; with no sign of Karl and Georgie. Sylvia then threw to a break at 5.34am.
The show returned with a wideshot of Karl and Georgie at 5.37am.
Looks normal on Twitter, they probably threw to Sylvia first for the royal tour gossip to get it over and done with then back to the studio to carry on with the rest of the days news.
I think Sylvia was great, opening a show live with no autocue and doing a solid five minutes of ad-libbing is not something most people can do, like Amber Sherlock and some other presenters.
I wouldnât call it normal to have an A-block not feature the main talent and last only four minutes. Also, they probably wouldâve had a couple more solid minutes of Fiji in that half-hour with banter - the remote crew isnât there to lose money and not get beamed to air.
Yeah, she handled it well but it clearly wasnât as smooth as youâd expect from an auto cue.
Even if she was using an auto cue thatâs not neccesssrily unusual for an OB.
Clearly something happened⌠you just donât begin the show that way if you can avoid it. The pre-recoded opener featured the usual hosts and best practice in TV production says you donât exclude the stars of the show from the opening.
Whatever happened was dealt with effectively⌠but it would be interesting to know what it was.