BBC Breakfast viewers left fuming as favourites 'missing' during US election coverage

BBC Breakfast viewers were not blessed with the amusement today, arsenic they took to societal media successful their droves to kick astir the 'painful' coverage

BBC Breakfast fans were successful an uproar this greeting aft noticing immoderate instrumentality favourites 'missing.

Usual faces, presenter Sally Nugent and upwind presenter Carol Kirkwood, were obscurity to beryllium seen arsenic the amusement kicked disconnected today. Viewers had to settee for Jon Kay and Sumi Somaskanda, who led the show's sum of the US election.

Twitter lit up with queries and flimsy vexation from the show's loyal audience, with 1 spectator tweeting: "Where's Sally #bbcbreakfast?" Another chimed successful with concern: "#bbcbreakfast. Where's Carol with the weather?" A further tweet expressed confusion: "Where are each the BBC reporters? How travel Jon is with Americans #bbcbreakfast?"

The programme's power betwixt EST and GMT times besides stirred a spot of agitation among the viewers with 1 pointing out, "Problems for radical getting acceptable to spell to work...The clip astatine the bottommost of the surface changes each mates of minutes."

Complaints astir the deficiency of UK-focused contented connected the broadcast were besides aired connected Twitter. One idiosyncratic said: "#bbcbreakfast One hr of BBC Breakfast and truthful acold nary section quality oregon weather.. What americium I paying my licence interest for?" arsenic different added: "#bbcbreakfast lone bully for clip contiguous brings backmost the speaking clock."

"I recognize the value of the US election, but endless sum of a divided surface representation of crowd/building/flags isn't, perhaps, what galore of america admit close now! Some UK quality included successful this would beryllium casual capable to bash and amended arsenic a nationalist service! #BBCBreakfast," different wrote, with 1 sharing: "#bbcbreakfast What's happened to BBC Breakfast?"

While Carol whitethorn not person been seen connected TV yet, she's been keeping her followers informed astir the upwind concern done societal updates. Taking to her channels, she posted: "The upwind truly is stuck successful a rut atm. High unit is dominating - bringing america the aforesaid benignant of upwind for the remainder of this week and into the mediate of adjacent week. There's immoderate rainfall contiguous successful the W Isles, and connected Sunday Scot and N Ire could spot immoderate rain... It's a acold commencement successful NE Scotland, but mild (for the clip of year! ) for the remainder of the UK."

At the commencement of the week, Sally voiced her worries for Jon, who was already Stateside.

Worried, she remarked: "Jon, you inactive haven't said erstwhile you're going to sleep. I americium going to interest astir you each time now," with Jon confessing: "I person nary idea."

Colleague Ben Thompson weighed successful with advice: "Pace yourself, it is going to beryllium a agelong week, we mightiness not spot you for a fewer weeks if it keeps going connected and on. Take it easy, Jon, we volition spot soon."

Amidst the media frenzy, Nigel Farage was spotted astatine Trump HQ, portion they besides reported from Kamala Harris's basal successful Washington DC, though she isn't expected to present immoderate remark yet.

*BBC Breakfast airs weekdays from 6am connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.