--- title: Watch This Protester Masterfully Bother a TV News Segment description: While filming a BBC News interview, a Brexit protester got into a hilarious cat-and-mouse game with the film crew. canonical: https://time.com/5454639/protester-camera-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-14T20:11:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:01.317Z og:title: Protester Stops at Nothing to Crash a TV News Segment og:description: He knew exactly how to get into every one of their interview shots og:url: https://time.com/5454639/protester-camera-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Protester Stops at Nothing to Crash a TV News Segment twitter:description: He knew exactly how to get into every one of their interview shots twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Determined Protester Will Stop At Nothing to Crash This TV News Segment in Hilarious Clip > Sponsored content. 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And part of that experience of filming is dealing with potential interruptions: rough weather, stray passersby or, often, disruptive protesters. This head-to-head pairing of a camera operator and [professional Welsh protester](https://www.vice.com/en%5Fuk/article/neqjwb/this-man-shouts-stop-brexit-at-parliament-every-single-day) Steve Bray became something of a sensation after viewers noted the calm expertise with which the behind-the-scenes BBC News staff, the on-camera talent and the protester himself maneuvered the situation to each of their advantages. In the clip, [European policy researcher](https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/georgina-wright-0) Georgina Wright is discussing the latest developments on the [Brexit draft agreement](http://time.com/5451878/second-brexit-referendum/). Behind her, Bray wields two double-sided signs (“Save the NHS,” “Stop the Brexit Mess” and “Things have changed it’s time to reassess” are some of the visible slogans). When the camera has a wide shot, he appears between Wright and the BBC interviewer, in plain view. When the camera switches to a zoom shot of just Wright, he moves directly behind her, framing her head with his signs. As [journalist](https://twitter.com/SimonNRicketts) Simon Ricketts noted on his tweet about the clip, “the scene becomes a beautifully British cat and mouse game that speeds up perfectly.” Another reporter called it a “lesson in dogged persistence.” Over the course of a minute, the cuts from wide to zoom become quicker and quicker, while Bray matches the pace and crashes each shot with determination. It’s a masterful work of protest — but let’s not forget that Wright and the BBC reporter (and the film crew) all managed to keep straight faces throughout the encounter. For his part Bray, who is reportedly a rare coin dealer, has been [regularly protesting Brexit](https://www.vice.com/en%5Fuk/article/neqjwb/this-man-shouts-stop-brexit-at-parliament-every-single-day) for over a year now. > [](https://twitter.com/SimonNRicketts/status/1062684649749708800) > [](https://twitter.com/tpgcolson/status/1062675783351746560) > [](https://twitter.com/GeorginaEWright/status/1062719677019770880) > [](https://twitter.com/Seanaid1/status/1062691434812399618) Wright, meanwhile, would prefer we listen to her analysis of the ongoing Brexit negotiations. > [](https://twitter.com/GeorginaEWright/status/1062716836007931905) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5454639/protester-camera-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5454639/protester-camera-video/"},"headline":"Determined Protester Will Stop At Nothing to Crash This TV News Segment in Hilarious Clip","datePublished":"2018-11-14T20:11:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:01.317Z","description":"\"The scene becomes a beautifully British cat and mouse game.\"","url":"https://time.com/5454639/protester-camera-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5454639/protester-camera-video/","name":"Determined Protester Will Stop At Nothing to Crash This TV News Segment in Hilarious Clip"}}]}] ```