Radio 4's Charlotte Green cracks up on air

[Syniqal]

Oh, Charlotte. I was listening to this when it was broadcast, and I nearly crashed my car almost literally dying with laughter. Fortunately, I was driving down Stone Street near Canterbury, and it was dead at that time in the morning. I pulled over in a lay-by and laughed until I cried and my voice was hoarse. Definitely a bumblebee in a jar. ;)

[MOGGS1942]

Charlotte is just sublime,and has the sexiest voice.

[rjy8960]

Chsrotte is lovely - 0:46 a snigger throws her off and makes her corpse. Lots of people wrote and emailed the BBC to say that this made their day :)

[leopies]

This is so lovely

[zionravescene]

Good to see Jim "Hulture Secretary" Naughtie coming to the rescue at the end...

[TheGmcFilms]

I wish someone would upload the clip were she losses it completely concerning Commander Jock Stirrup, she either calls him Jock Strap or Jock Cock. I heard it live that day about five years ago and it was hilarious...G...

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

It's because of this that I will always remember him as "the award-winning screenwriter Abby Mann"! He'll never be just "Abby Mann", he'll always be "the award-winning screenwriter Abby Mann". Who won an award for a film which featured a pl..... puh... a pleece detective called fificeltch.

[zionravescene]

Ah, Charlotte Green: when she isn't putting a broad grin on my face with her infectious giggle, her sultry tones help me establish base camp in my Netherlands.

[spiralisedcat]

Damn that was funny! I love radio 4 its keeps me sane

[Mafiawl]

Hilarious

[rewwwwwwwwwww]

i think the guy off air said it sounded like a bee in a bottle which cracked her upyou hear him as well on 0:46 :)

[MarshmallowG]

LOL. She sounds like she is crying at one point! I crack up every time I hear this!

[BetziBop]

I was listening when this happened, my Mum and me cried laughing =D especially at the 'It's ten minutes past eight.' bit!!!!!!

[Knappa22]

*Poor* Charlotte!

Such bad luck that the item she had to read after the sound recording was an item about someone's death!

This creases me up every time I listen to it!

[TheGreatestRockSongs]

fail

[tintoid]

Ah, the lovely Charlotte.

Funny.

[gossieuk]

you must lead an incredibly boring existence

[rebelbiscuit]

its ten minutes past eight

[tavvenbizzy07]

This lady has a sexy voice and i love it ...

[mehmus]

I read about this in this week's Ariel, the bbc's internal newspaper.. haha someone losing it on Radio 4.. this is classic..

[kisbie]

Click 'Funny Cricket Commentating' in the links bar opposite for the most famous on-air corpsing in BBC history.

[naughtytree]

hahaha I love this!

[mikecracknell]

Absolutely fantastic! It is so funny to hear things like this, especially when it is Charlotte Green!

[louis241183]

I've listened to this about fifty times and it still makes me cry with laughter! "excuse me, sorry.. " haha!

[solrock220]

lmao sh

thats so fun

[bedwetter3000]

All her job is is to read the news and she can't even do that properly and professionally. Her voice in general is unbearable to listen to, why hire someone who can't even speak properly as a broadcaster? The BBC only employ her because dumb hicks think she has a velvety voice, which isn't so just because she changes the tone of her voice to make it sound softer. If you want velvety, listen to Harriet Cass or Susan Rae, real newsreaders who are professional and pleasant to listen to.

[fx0385]

hey man, wind ya neck in u mong!!!

[bedwetter3000]

You sound intelligent.

[fx0385]

id luv to smash ur face in, u sound like 1 ov these P.C ppl who rekon they know everything, well u dont alrite#

[doritoskickass]

Being able to spell isn't knowing everything. It's knowing something... political correctness is nothing to do with it.

Thanks for an entertaining comment nonetheless. I'm sure bedwetter will find it as amusing as I did.

[bedwetter3000]

wot sort ov a name iz doritoskickass n e waii? chu no nuffin, conformist nazi fascist

[bedwetter3000]

haha I like how I have 4 thumbs down for this, I was quite obviously joking.

[bedwetter3000]

Well I certainly know how to spell a great deal better than you.

Don't pretend you listen to Radio 4, you're barely literate. And f.y.i, I'm fairly well informed about Radio 4 what with both my parents working as a broadcaster and a writer for it. Do you know anything? Can you spell your name?

[solrock220]

lmfao

[LeoBerlocks]

lol o.o

[SscottC]

actually halarious!

[ohforfuckssake69]

So inappropriate yet so incredibly funny! I love it!!

[sandytheslayer]

I love Charlotte Green, she rules!! Love Radio 4!

[xjosie94x]

Lmaooo sooo funi :)

[MancBluesman]

really forced laughter just like her voice. Its all so contrived it makes me puke.

[bedwetter3000]

100% spot on.

[fx0385]

what sorta name is bedwetter anyway!! horrible little prick!!

[bedwetter3000]

What an original argument, ad hominem using the bedwetter username (I'll give you some time to google the definition of ad hominem). Do you genuinely think that if I was incompetent I'd brag about it through a youtube username?

[ScubasteveScaryEire]

Perhaps YOU should Google the definition of incompetent, i think you'll find incontinent is the word you were looking for.

[mehmus]

loool steve..

[dloverise]

I never get tired of hearing this.

[michaelmurphy07]

Love to see someone on stuffy Radio 4 has a sense of humour !

[bedwetter3000]

Radio 4 isn't stuffy, that's an incredibly juvenile and small-minded view and you're probably only saying it because you're too dumb to understand the issues discussed on the station. Charlotte Green was incredibly unprofessional and can't even read the news properly when she's not cracking up inappropriately. The only reason why she's laughing is because her producer told her the recording sounded like a bee. Hilarious, what a sense of humour. Totally worthy of the excessive laughter.

[fx0385]

just fuck off and die u prick, go and watch ya collection ov steam train videos!!!

[bedwetter3000]

Surely you're misspelling deliberately?? 'ov'? Are you serious?

I can't work out how you stumbled across this video as there's no way you typed 'Radio 4' into youtube. Can you not see how much better I am an arguing than you? "Fuck off and die u prick", that original and witty, congrats. Maybe youtube just isn't you type of social networking, you're more used you sitting on a beat up sofa outside your caravan throwing cans at people.

[fx0385]

u wanna\ learn to chill a bit dnt ya? stop kiddie fiddling!

[bedwetter3000]

It still puzzles me how you ended up on a Radio 4 video.

Surely videos about Lee Evans and strongbow is more your thing?

It's painful how dumb you are, 'stop kiddie fiddling'? What could you possibly mean by that? You're fucking worthless.

[Clembo]

I deliberately searched for this, and I enjoy Youtube Poop videos, go figure.

[Assmask]

I like steam train videos. Isle of Wight Steam Railway in particular.  Damn Beeching and his heavy handed blanket closures!

[VanDammePump]

Haha lol that old recording really looks like a bunch of bees inside a bottle ^^ There's no problem on laughting about that =/

[htershane]

If there was another 10/15 secs on this you'd hear that the guy that took over from her narrowly avoided cracking up himself.

I've been in situations like this i.e. laughing when you really shouldn't and its horrible, but hilarious at the same time.

[RayRichBand]

Sorry, didn't finish reading the rest of the header....

[RayRichBand]

Off-air a BBC employee likened the scratchy recording to a "bee trapped in a jar" to Ms Green ; this was what triggered her reaction. Her co-presenters were in hysterics.

[XxLakotaxX]

Sacked?!

No Way, Everyone Gets The Giggles Sometime, And It Hasn't Happened To Her Before On Radio, So She's Entitled To Giggle For Once,

The Last Thing She Should Be Is Sacked, Everyone Loves It, She's Gonna Be Well Known For This

[H0neyBabyD0ll]

awesome!!

[bennettbuzz]

They just has to put a story that someone had died next in the running order.

Fuck it, it was funny.

[Nibbbling]

I love it.

"...... *deep breath* It's ten minutes past eight."

[xxlili222xx]

So Funny! The recording sounds hilarious!!!!!

[166beads]

lol well i laughed and who wouldnt she was laughin at the death but that crappy piece they call a sound recording, it sounds like jelly dying in pain

[AaronsBeautifulHair]

And what's so funny?

[johnboy221066]

Sacked? She should be awarded!

Don't be a fool!!!

[rodge020679]

she should be sacked. disgrace

[bahookie9]

but not really?

[mygoofystuff]

The guy with "Busty Merilyn" vids all over his page (rodge) thinks THIS is a disgrace?

[rodge020679]

leave merilyn out of this!

[BigBlueLion]

Oh no! It was an honest mistake and she's usually so professional.

[Glitch712]

she wasn't laughing at the dead guy, just so you know. someone made a funny coment about the sound recording.

[IACBY]

Very funny!

[angrymuffinsb]

Lol Its Hillarious! Bless Her!

[Squamster]

Being an avid 'Today' Programme listener, I heared this happen live and listened with a mixture of horror, sympathy and amusement. When they replayed it about 30 mins later because the BBC had been slammed with requests for a repeat, I had tears running down my face. Good old Charlotte Green - she has such a great delivery but I wonder if they'll ever let her get over this. Brilliant radio!

[morgandrim]

Sorry BobHaulk. To get your name right. But, anyway, did you laugh ?

[BobHaulk]

nope,

stumbling over the propaganda aint funny, still i guess i'm just a stick in the mud

[petercourt]

Please tell me you're joking. It's important to have a laugh every so often, don't take everything too seriously!

[morgandrim]

Hi BobHauk. Did you laugh ?

[maidenslayer]

haha, I read about this on msn news.

[darksideofthemoo]

It wouldn't be as bad if the next story wasn't about a dead guy!

[Cristin79]

Very funny. When I read about it on the RTE website, they said that all the callers to the BBC wanted it replayed... fantastic!

[jonolinc08]

lmaoo

[Thecityslicker]

Made my day anyway

[BobHaulk]

it's as funny as a chinese man with his balls in a vice because he complains about his house being demolished to make way for the olympics.

Posh people reading the propaganda is no different than getting your news from the daily star.

Still if you like your propaganda read by a woman with plums in her mouth,who am i to complain

[eastcliffrichard]

Not really the point, though, Bob. But thanks for dropping by!

[BobHaulk]

it is the point. They played this shit on the main news as if it was something we should all be aware of. The bbc is a fucking joke,their news is just propaganda and charlotte is just a mouth peice for people who like their lies spoon fed to them by a posh bird.

i do like the now show though, and the news quiz is quite funny

[xetalS]

oh don't be such a stick in the mud! :)

[1HOLYDIVER1]

so your telling me that americans didnt really find the earliest recording of a human voice and that a famous screenwriter didnt actually die? its all lies? yeah right

[leroysexy]

BobHaulk - you're a dick!

[LDOrchestra]

What a lovely moment although when I initially heard it I thought Charlotte was crying. I am delighted that she wasn't. And as for the subject that she was laughing at... I should coco. Voices from the smoke, hmmm. Maybe it was entirely the correct response. What next, Spaghetti trees anyone?

[spanglesanddangles]

HAH! That certainly woke me up! At first I though I was still dreaming! Good on you Charlotte!

[wuoshi]

apparently one of her co workers had just made a remark in her earpiece that the french song recording sounded like a bee trapped in a bottle...

[itsthanielsz]

Hahaha Rofl!!

[uclrichard]

bloody funny...this made a grim rainy english morning much more enjoyable...

[Orla42]

Thank you so much Charlotte. I was shocked (in a good way!); you would have to have a real sense of humour loss not to laugh along with her. really brilliant.

[laceeka]

really funny XD

tényleg vicces:D zsidó szar elpatkolt hál'Istennek

[vladdegs]

A postive paragon of refinement and excellence, Charlotte Green, brings the corporation to a halt in this arrestingly funny excerpt from this morning!! It is SO funny because as acippico states, you're just not expecting it from her!! Wonderful.

[mapletreewizard]

How to rescue someone from corpsing on the radio...do a time check!!

[acippico]

I heard this live and almost crashed the car I was laughing so much. Not because it's incredibly funny, but because it's normally the last thing you expect from Charlotte.

[morgandrim]

Guess what Jonathan Ross will be talking about tonight !

[morgandrim]

"It`s 10 minuits past eight. And at 8 :15 ms Green shall be putting her coat on !!!!!!!"

No : it`s great when things go tits up on live shows. We should have one a week. Well done Ms. Green. Oh I know we`re not supposed to say that, but heck - you are suddenly world famous.

[demonologus]

Hahaha!!! Ennyit érdemelt a mocsadékja!!!

[morgandrim]

In fact you can see/ hear this "Johnston" cricket commentary in YT. It is extremely funny.

[morgandrim]

Very funny. This kind of thing should happen more often ( though I suppose it can`t for reasons of professionalism ). I remember Brian Johnston getting a fit of the giggles whilst voicing a cricket commentary. Thanks for this.

[kapa88]

LOL:D

[PrawnsForLunch]

wonderful!

[coleman2k3]

Oh thank you so much, this is excellent!

[maniachris]

funniest thing on radio 4, give her a medal

[mrsclews]

Heard this live thanks for posting - I was hoping someone would. Genius.

[kleberky]

lol!!

[valicourt]

made my day :)

[CofCGuy]

In 1986 I was reporting on the death of basketball player Len Bias when my engineer decided to moon me. We took a few dozen angry calls that night, but, well, I still think the moment was simply brilliant.

[TietjenUK]

This is SOOO funny. I heard it this morning and cried with laughter then. Thanks for putting it here so I can enjoy it again (and again).

[Azundris]

Ouch, to corpse in the middle of an obit of all things! Poor Obi-Wan, he deserved better!

[TURNTOCHRIST]

thanks for posting this, I read about this today on timesonline, very funny, Charlotte Green has nothing to apologise for, we are only human at the end of the day, haha God bless

[eastcliffrichard]

I thinks she's great! She's almost cracked up on the News Quiz once or twice reading out funny snippets from the papers. More power to Charlotte - we love her!

[katescary]

thanks for posting this so i can listen again

[duprie37]

Hilarious!

[stopsleythinktank]

Fab!

[secretpig]

It made me cry with laughter! Brilliant!