--- title: Reporter Falls Into Pool on Live TV Interview With Swimmers description: A BBC reporter preparing to interview the swimmers representing England at the Commonwealth Games ended up falling into a pool on live TV. canonical: https://time.com/5236440/bbc-reporter-falls-into-pool-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-11T17:42:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:03.227Z og:title: Reporter Falls Into a Pool on Live TV While Interviewing British Swim Team og:description: Look before you leap og:url: https://time.com/5236440/bbc-reporter-falls-into-pool-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf924d09f105fa9cb/69892d6686f68e25236e8da8/screen-shot-2018-04-11-at-12-44-13-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-04-11 at 12.44.13 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Reporter Falls Into a Pool on Live TV While Interviewing British Swim Team twitter:description: Look before you leap twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf924d09f105fa9cb/69892d6686f68e25236e8da8/screen-shot-2018-04-11-at-12-44-13-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Reporter Falls Into a Pool on Live TV While Interviewing British Swim Team  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 11, 2018 5:42 PM UTC  BBC reporter falls into the pool during a live interview BBC reporter falls into the pool during a live interviewBBC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 11, 2018 5:42 PM UTC A [_BBC_ reporter](http://time.com/4996778/weather-blooper-bbc/) preparing to interview the [swimmers](http://time.com/5159851/why-people-are-swimming-in-freezing-water/) representing England at [Australia’s Commonwealth Games](http://www.thedrive.com/tech/19667/queensland-police-used-droneguns-at-australian-commonwealth-games) ended up falling into a pool on live TV. When _BBC Breakfast_‘s Mike Bushell stepped into a swimming pool on Wednesday’s episode of the morning show, he apparently didn’t realize the surface he was standing on was merely a ledge. “I’m going to be very careful because I’ve got this sound pack on,” the presenter said as he turned toward British swim team members Sarah Vasey, Adam Peaty, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Ben Proud and James Guy. However, as soon as he took another step, Bushell found himself neck-deep in the water, causing his microphone to fritz out and the swimmers to burst into laugher. “I didn’t see the step,” he exclaimed. “Sorry about that. Well, that’s given you all a good laugh… just look before you get in a swimming pool in the future.” Watch the hilarious clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/984022307277557762) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5236440/bbc-reporter-falls-into-pool-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5236440/bbc-reporter-falls-into-pool-video/"},"headline":"Reporter Falls Into a Pool on Live TV While Interviewing British Swim Team","datePublished":"2018-04-11T17:42:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:03.227Z","description":"Look before you leap","url":"https://time.com/5236440/bbc-reporter-falls-into-pool-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf924d09f105fa9cb/69892d6686f68e25236e8da8/screen-shot-2018-04-11-at-12-44-13-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf924d09f105fa9cb/69892d6686f68e25236e8da8/screen-shot-2018-04-11-at-12-44-13-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2018-04-11 at 12.44.13 PM","caption":"BBC reporter falls into pool during live interview","creditText":"BBC","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/5236440/bbc-reporter-falls-into-pool-video/","name":"Reporter Falls Into a Pool on Live TV While Interviewing British Swim Team"}}]}] ```