--- title: BBC Anchor Simon McCoy Hates Reading Surfing Dog Story description: A news package about surfing dogs on the BBC went viral after it was delivered by a newsreader who could not hide his disdain for the story. canonical: https://time.com/4891101/bbc-newsreader-surfing-dog-story/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-08T12:43:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:13.869Z og:title: This BBC Newsreader Can't Hide His Disdain for a Surfing Dog Story og:description: "Just bear in mind, it is August,” said news anchor Simon McCoy og:url: https://time.com/4891101/bbc-newsreader-surfing-dog-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c25e391508f73da/6988d8cf86f68e0a976e5e84/gettyimages-612133100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4751 og:image:height: 2672 og:image:alt: Dogs compete at the 11th annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This BBC Newsreader Can't Hide His Disdain for a Surfing Dog Story twitter:description: "Just bear in mind, it is August,” said news anchor Simon McCoy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c25e391508f73da/6988d8cf86f68e0a976e5e84/gettyimages-612133100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This BBC Newsreader Can't Hide His Disdain for a Surfing Dog Story > Sponsored content. 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NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Aug 8, 2017 12:43 PM UTC A news package about [surfing dogs](http://time.com/3304615/go-pro-dogs-surfing/) on the BBC has gone viral after it was delivered by a [newsreader](http://time.com/4734146/australia-news-blooper-natasha-exelby/) who could not hide his disdain for the whimsical story. “Just bear in mind, it is August,” explained BBC anchor Simon McCoy in a monotone as he introduced the segment about California’s World Dog Surfing Championship. “This does not look like a walk in the park. Dog owners and their pets in California have hit the waves in the second annual World Dog Surfing Championships. Here are the pictures,” McCoy said, between sighs, long pauses and grimaces at the camera. At the end of the package the anchor sarcastically said: “It’s a shame, we’re run out of pictures.” > [](https://twitter.com/bbcthree/status/894618653911535617) When McCoy passed over to Ben Rich in the newsroom to introduce the day’s weather, Rich laughed at McCoy’s unsubtle lack of enthusiasm. “They give you all the biggest stories, don’t they Simon?” he joked. The lacklustre news package quickly went viral on social media, with some going as far as comparing it to a hostage video. > [](https://twitter.com/StigAbell/status/894597453713989632) > [](https://twitter.com/LelJoyce/status/894886907863289857) > [](https://twitter.com/SakariyeDhegnas/status/894884745171025920) > [](https://twitter.com/Stephen%5FMurphy5/status/894877236502908928) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4891101/bbc-newsreader-surfing-dog-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4891101/bbc-newsreader-surfing-dog-story/"},"headline":"This BBC Newsreader Can't Hide His Disdain for a Surfing Dog Story","datePublished":"2017-08-08T12:43:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:13.869Z","description":"\"Just bear in mind, it is August,” said news anchor Simon McCoy","url":"https://time.com/4891101/bbc-newsreader-surfing-dog-story/","keywords":["Newsfeed","United Kingdom","BBC","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c25e391508f73da/6988d8cf86f68e0a976e5e84/gettyimages-612133100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c25e391508f73da/6988d8cf86f68e0a976e5e84/gettyimages-612133100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dogs compete at the 11th annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon","caption":"Dogs compete at the 11th annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon","creditText":"NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4891101/bbc-newsreader-surfing-dog-story/","name":"This BBC Newsreader Can't Hide His Disdain for a Surfing Dog Story"}}]}] ```