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Last Updated: Monday, 25 April 2005, 10:32 GMT 11:32 UK
The Breakfast funnies file
Dermot Murnaghan and Natasha Kaplinsky
When it all goes pear-shaped
We're never slow on Breakfast to blow our own trumpet. But now, in the spirit of public information, we bring you a new service.

This page is dedicated to some of the more embarrassing moments on the programme.

Watch these moments from our funnies files - and let us know if there are any others you'd like to see again


Bill Turnbull and Natasha Kaplinsky

Crash
Never stretch your legs in a TV studio


Monster raving loonies
In any election, it pays to keep an eye on the fringe candidates (watch the background carefully)


Where did you get that hat?
How a perfectly normal interview about the Globe Theatre took a sartorially surreal turn. But will Dermot ever put on the hat he's been given?


Declan Curry in motorbike sidecar
Bike breakdown
Declan's mystery biker is supposed to chauffer him round Britain, for our election rally. We hope he's a member of the AA


toddler Holly Thompson
Toddler taming
Cute but determined toddler Holly Thompson steals the show, while the grown-ups try to discuss child safety in the home.
Declan Curry
How to show the computer who's boss
Breakfast's business presenter Declan Curry finds his new studio has a few teething troubles.


man wearing shorts on a street in London
Men in shorts
An item on whether grown men should wear shorts was never going to be easy...



Chickens
What is it about chickens that give Natasha the giggles? Or has Bill something to do with it?



Natasha rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing
Come Dancing
Natasha gets a nasty surprise when she finds we've got some pictures of her rehearsing a ballroom dancing display. She thinks she can't be heard when she tells Dermot "that's not fair."



The snow must go on
Weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood faces down a blizzard, armed only with her trusty Breakfast umbrella


Christmas: the naked truth
Find out what happened when an innocent discussion about Christmas decorations took an unexpected turn. Bill and Sian are talking to Christmas author Rita Koenig.



Nightmare on ice
Doing a winter weather forecast from the Somerset House Ice Rink must have seemed like a good idea at the time. It's just a shame the camera went back to Louise Lear after she'd finished her slot



It's a funny Oddie World

Wildlife expert Bill Oddie does a live interview from a milking parlour - and stands a bit too close to the wrong end of a cow.

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