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The Independent
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
BBC presenter makes peacock noises on air, two years on from middle finger incident
BBC newsreader Maryam Moshiri performed a peacock impression live on air on Monday, 7 July. The impression occurred during a segment about a loose peacock terrorising a small town in Wiltshire. Ms Moshiri stated she was told by her producer not to do the impression but proceeded to do it anyway. This incident follows a previous viral moment in 2023 when she accidentally displayed her middle finger during a news bulletin, for which she later apologised. Watch the video in full above.
Extra.ie
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
WATCH: BBC presenter defies producer's pleas with bizarre bird imitation
BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri defied her producer's pleas not to do a bizarre but funny imitation of a peacock on live television. Maryam, who's one of the chief presenters on BBC News, was covering a story about a peacock that's been running rampant in the English village of Marlborough in Wiltshire, eating its way through vegetable patches and waking up neighbours with his early morning calls. Covering the story on BBC News, the news package ended with the peacock, who's since been named Percy, cawing atop a chimney — before returning to the studio with Maryam, who said that her producers told her not to imitate the bird. 'I've been told specifically from my producer not to do an impression of a peacock,' Maryam said, before immediately saying 'I'm going to do it anyway.' She when stuck her hands up and made, what we think, is a bird call, before immediately returning to newsreader mode and saying 'there we go.' The clip was shared by TV critic Scott Bryan, with Maryam enjoying her latest clip to go viral – joking on Twitter (X) 'waiting for that call from BBC2, asking me to present my own birdwatching show…. Errrrr… still waiting…' BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri – Pic: BBC This isn't the first time that Maryam has gone viral for moments that were intentional or otherwise; with her having to make an apology after flipping the middle finger at the camera back in 2023 while she thought she was off air. The start of the BBC News program saw her raising her eyebrows and flashing the finger at who she thought were the producers behind the cameras, before going into newsreader mode and pulling the finger down. Taking to Twitter at the time, she said: 'Hey everyone, yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery.' Maryam previously made headlines for all the wrong reasons back in 2023, when she accidentally flashed the middle finger at the camera. Pic: Twitter 'I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0… including the fingers to show the number. So from 10 fingers held up to one.' She explained that when it got to 1 she turned her finger as a joke, not realising it would be caught on camera. 'It was a private joke with the team and I'm so sorry it went out on air! It was not my intention for this to happen and I'm sorry if I offended or upset anyone,' she wrote. Maryam explained that she wasn't 'flipping the bird' at viewers or 'even a person really.' 'It was a silly joke that was meant for a small number of my mates,' she concluded.
The Independent
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
BBC newsreader does bizarre peacock impression live on air – two years after viral rude gesture
A BBC newsreader did a bizarre impression of a peacock live on air on Monday (7 July). Maryam Moshiri was presenting a segment on a loose peacock terrorising a small town in Wiltshire when she shocked viewers by imitating the sounds of the colourful bird. 'I've been told by my producer not to do an impression of a peacock so I'm going to do it anyway,' she said. Ms Moshiri went viral two years ago when she accidentally displayed her middle finger at the camera during a news bulletin in 2023, later apologising for the incident by saying she was 'joking around with the team in the gallery'.
The Independent
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
BBC newsreader does bizarre peacock impression live on air – two years after finger gaffe
Watch as a BBC newsreader does a bizarre impression of a peacock live on air on Monday (7 July). Maryam Moshiri was presenting a segment on a loose peacock terrorising a small town in Wiltshire when she shocked viewers by imitating the sounds of the colourful bird. 'I've been told by my producer not to do an impression of a peacock so I'm going to do it anyway,' she said. Ms Moshiri went viral two years ago when she accidentally displayed her middle finger at the camera during a news bulletin in 2023, later apologising for the incident by saying she was 'joking around with the team in the gallery'.
Scottish Sun
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Moment BBC News star makes bizarre peacock noises live on air – two years after middle finger gaffe
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BBC News star Maryam Moshiri has left viewers stunned once again after her latest bizarre on-air stunt. The popular news presenter is best known for accidentally displaying her middle finger live during a news bulletin two years ago. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 4 Maryam Moshiri has impersonated a peacock live on air Credit: BBC 4 It comes two years on from her middle finger blunder Credit: BBC The unfortunate gaffe propelled her to viral stardom and she has now become well-known for her unusual antics whilst broadcasting. Now, she has struck again - this time displaying peacock noises live on her show, The World Today with Maryam Moshiri. The 47-year-old TV presenter made the noises shortly after a news package about a disruptive peacock causing chaos in one local village. As Maryam came back into vision in the studio, she revealed how her producer had banned her from impersonating the said peacock. Not one to be stopped, Maryam went ahead and made the sounds of a peacock anyway before moving swiftly onto the next item. The telly favourite said: "I've been told specifically from my producer to not do an impression of a peacock so I'm going to do it anyway." Maryam then proceeded to squawk to replicate the bird. Seconds later she said: "There we go, how amazing is that." Moshiri has become known for her on air gaffes, as in December 2023 her 'viral' moment came after camera began rolling and she didn't realise she was on air as she pulled faces and made a swearing hand gesture to her colleagues. Apologising on Twitter/X, Maryam told followers: "Hey everyone , yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery. Story behind BBC newsreader's middle finger gaffe revealed as extended clip is leaked online "I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0.. including the fingers to show the number. "So from 10 fingers held up to one. "When we got to 1 I turned finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera. "It was a private joke with the team and I'm so sorry it went out on air!" Despite the error, the BBC backed the star and even handed her her very own show on the BBC News channel. Some of her other infamous moments include being caught bending a spoon live on air, imitating a bird as part of a report on seagulls, forgetting she was live on air for a Eurovision special and being shouted at for attempting to expose a tattoo on her hip. 4 The star is no stranger to a TV blunder Credit: BBC
