Fire alarm takes 'One Show' off air

Last night's episode of The One Show was disrupted when a fire alarm sounded twice.



PA reports that the alarm first went off while hosts Alex Jones and Matt Baker were interviewing Friday Night Dinner actress Tamsin Greig.

Jones warned viewers that they were preparing to link to a VT in case of an evacuation, but the alarm then stopped.

The alarm sounded for a second time shortly afterwards and Jones said: "We're going to pop out, you're watching a VT."

The show then ended early and BBC One filled the remaining time with a recording of Nigel Slater's cookery show Simple Suppers.

A BBC spokesperson said: "The One Show went off air tonight due to a fire alarm. We apologise to viewers for the interruption and normal service was resumed on BBC One as soon as possible."

She confirmed that there was no fire at White City and that only a small number of staff had to be evacuated.

Jones later revealed on Twitter that the alarm was activated when somebody tried to warm up a cup of tea in a microwave.