Live and lost: BBC presenter goes AWOL in his own studio

We've all seen newsreaders mixing up which camera they're supposed to be talking into.

But a BBC presenter took things to another level during a 2am segment on BBC World News about Hurricane Irma.

Tom Donkin began the segment by standing in the shadows while clutching a handful of paper, before quickly sprinting across the set in a fluster.

Then, he calmly walks back into position, close to where he started, and begins the segment.

Only there's one problem: he's facing the wrong way.

Finally, he turns, looks into the right camera, and begins the segment.

Viewers found it hilarious.

😂 wonderful car crash opening to BBC World News just now. Pick a camera, any camera 😛 pic.twitter.com/5XxrdwQXcr

— Andrew Roberts 💬🇪🇺 (@AndyMRoberts) September 9, 2017

@TomDonkinBBC that panic stricken face when you have no idea where you should be looking or standing 😂 nice recovery though 👏 @BBCNews pic.twitter.com/fqbo4rtpEG

— Andreas McTavish (@Drzarekta) September 9, 2017

Me running from my responsiblities like #BBC news presenter #TomDonkin https://t.co/gFy8WwIG6j

— IKnowBro (@IKnowBroNews) September 11, 2017

Donkin himself has made light of the situation, responding to questions on Twitter by explaining the mistake was caused by a "camera fail".

He also said: "Live TV mate, anything can happen".

Bit of a perfect storm mate of camera fail - this stuff happens with live TV. Never had so much attention albeit odd attention.

— Tom Donkin (@TomDonkinBBC) September 10, 2017

No need to apologise, thanks for taking the time. These things happen with live TV from time to time. Only thing - 9 years not 6 with Beeb

— Tom Donkin (@TomDonkinBBC) September 9, 2017

Oh yep, for sure, absolutely did see that.

— Tom Donkin (@TomDonkinBBC) September 11, 2017

Live TV mate, anything can happen

— Tom Donkin (@TomDonkinBBC) September 9, 2017