news anchordoes aserious nodbeforespeakingsplit-screeninterview whereone guestclearly forgetsthey're livesomeonewalksthrough thebackgroundlive shotpresenterawkwardlyhands overto theweathergraphicfreezes onscreen for afew secondssoundrandomlycuts out forhalf asecondBBCNewssting playstoo loudguest clearlyon Zoomwith dodgyconnectionnewsreaderrepeats aname fourtimes in arowpresentersays "we'llhave moreon that storylater"segmentopens with“well, it’sbeen a busyday…”cutaway tofootage ofparliamentwhile reporterspeaks“let’s bring inour politicalcorrespondent”unexpectedshot of thenewsroombackgroundchaoszoom-in ona map ofthe UK withred blobsinterviewends with"we’ll have toleave itthere"cameracuts topresentermid-breathreporterstands in frontof completelyemptybuildingdramaticheadlinefollowed byunderwhelmingfootageweatherforecastmentions“sunshineand showers”“this is theBBC Newsat…” followedby a jarringsilencereport beginswith “itstarted as anormalday…”maryamdoingsomethingrandom in thenewsroom“we’re justgetting thisbreakingnews” (butit's not)presenterstares intothe wrongcameranews anchordoes aserious nodbeforespeakingsplit-screeninterview whereone guestclearly forgetsthey're livesomeonewalksthrough thebackgroundlive shotpresenterawkwardlyhands overto theweathergraphicfreezes onscreen for afew secondssoundrandomlycuts out forhalf asecondBBCNewssting playstoo loudguest clearlyon Zoomwith dodgyconnectionnewsreaderrepeats aname fourtimes in arowpresentersays "we'llhave moreon that storylater"segmentopens with“well, it’sbeen a busyday…”cutaway tofootage ofparliamentwhile reporterspeaks“let’s bring inour politicalcorrespondent”unexpectedshot of thenewsroombackgroundchaoszoom-in ona map ofthe UK withred blobsinterviewends with"we’ll have toleave itthere"cameracuts topresentermid-breathreporterstands in frontof completelyemptybuildingdramaticheadlinefollowed byunderwhelmingfootageweatherforecastmentions“sunshineand showers”“this is theBBC Newsat…” followedby a jarringsilencereport beginswith “itstarted as anormalday…”maryamdoingsomethingrandom in thenewsroom“we’re justgetting thisbreakingnews” (butit's not)presenterstares intothe wrongcamera

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