“let’s bring inour politicalcorrespondent”presenterawkwardlyhands overto theweatherBBCNewssting playstoo loudmaryamdoingsomethingrandom in thenewsroomreport beginswith “itstarted as anormalday…”cutaway tofootage ofparliamentwhile reporterspeaksreporterstands in frontof completelyemptybuilding“we’re justgetting thisbreakingnews” (butit's not)weatherforecastmentions“sunshineand showers”presentersays "we'llhave moreon that storylater"newsreaderrepeats aname fourtimes in arowsoundrandomlycuts out forhalf asecondpresenterstares intothe wrongcamerasomeonewalksthrough thebackgroundlive shotsplit-screeninterview whereone guestclearly forgetsthey're livesegmentopens with“well, it’sbeen a busyday…”news anchordoes aserious nodbeforespeaking“this is theBBC Newsat…” followedby a jarringsilenceguest clearlyon Zoomwith dodgyconnectionzoom-in ona map ofthe UK withred blobsinterviewends with"we’ll have toleave itthere"cameracuts topresentermid-breathgraphicfreezes onscreen for afew secondsunexpectedshot of thenewsroombackgroundchaosdramaticheadlinefollowed byunderwhelmingfootage“let’s bring inour politicalcorrespondent”presenterawkwardlyhands overto theweatherBBCNewssting playstoo loudmaryamdoingsomethingrandom in thenewsroomreport beginswith “itstarted as anormalday…”cutaway tofootage ofparliamentwhile reporterspeaksreporterstands in frontof completelyemptybuilding“we’re justgetting thisbreakingnews” (butit's not)weatherforecastmentions“sunshineand showers”presentersays "we'llhave moreon that storylater"newsreaderrepeats aname fourtimes in arowsoundrandomlycuts out forhalf asecondpresenterstares intothe wrongcamerasomeonewalksthrough thebackgroundlive shotsplit-screeninterview whereone guestclearly forgetsthey're livesegmentopens with“well, it’sbeen a busyday…”news anchordoes aserious nodbeforespeaking“this is theBBC Newsat…” followedby a jarringsilenceguest clearlyon Zoomwith dodgyconnectionzoom-in ona map ofthe UK withred blobsinterviewends with"we’ll have toleave itthere"cameracuts topresentermid-breathgraphicfreezes onscreen for afew secondsunexpectedshot of thenewsroombackgroundchaosdramaticheadlinefollowed byunderwhelmingfootage

BBC News Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. “let’s bring in our political correspondent”
  2. presenter awkwardly hands over to the weather
  3. BBC News sting plays too loud
  4. maryam doing something random in the newsroom
  5. report begins with “it started as a normal day…”
  6. cutaway to footage of parliament while reporter speaks
  7. reporter stands in front of completely empty building
  8. “we’re just getting this breaking news” (but it's not)
  9. weather forecast mentions “sunshine and showers”
  10. presenter says "we'll have more on that story later"
  11. newsreader repeats a name four times in a row
  12. sound randomly cuts out for half a second
  13. presenter stares into the wrong camera
  14. someone walks through the background live shot
  15. split-screen interview where one guest clearly forgets they're live
  16. segment opens with “well, it’s been a busy day…”
  17. news anchor does a serious nod before speaking
  18. “this is the BBC News at…” followed by a jarring silence
  19. guest clearly on Zoom with dodgy connection
  20. zoom-in on a map of the UK with red blobs
  21. interview ends with "we’ll have to leave it there"
  22. camera cuts to presenter mid-breath
  23. graphic freezes on screen for a few seconds
  24. unexpected shot of the newsroom background chaos
  25. dramatic headline followed by underwhelming footage