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The BBC launched a new era of early morning news programming when Breakfast Time hit TV screens on 17 January 1983.
But live television is always in the hands of the gods and, even in that first show, not everything went according to plan.
As BBC Breakfast celebrates 40 years on air, we take a look back at some of the unexpected funny moments from its time.