BBC viewers have praised a TV reporter's professionalism after his bag was stolen by a passer by live on air.
Journalist Harry Low had been doing a report on Monday night, 30 October, providing the details of Storm Ciaran.
While many didn't notice the incident as it happened, Harry took to Twitter to share why he had frozen halfway through his report.
Posting the clip, he wrote: "A career first last night, my bag was stolen halfway through our live."
In the video, Harry can be heard saying: "The Thames burst its banks here about three hours ago, and people are still bailing water out of their cars. We are seeing vehicle recovery trucks going back and forth, and there is a lot of mud on the ground.
"The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert along the Thames, which stretches from Putney Bridge down towards Hampton and Thames Ditton, to warn of flooding and to avoid low-lying footpaths."
As the camera panned back to him, he appeared confused and remained silent as he seemingly reacted to the bag being stolen.
But like a true professional, he had to continue with his report as if nothing had happened, concluding: "Storm Ciaran on the way. From 6pm on Wednesday, there is a yellow weather warning in place."
Viewers were quick to praise Harry for how he handled the situation, with one person saying: "You're such a professional. If that were me, I would have chased after them and stopped the whole thing, hahaha."
Another echoed this saying: "What is wrong with people!!!! Hope you get it back," while someone else said, "Can't believe this happened live on air."
It comes as Loose Women star Ruth Langsford recently had to apologise live on air, after producers made a blunder.
Ruth introduced the show and, as usual, teased viewers with the topics they had coming up on the programme.
However, she was left red-faced as she had to quickly cover up a mistake made behind the scenes.
As she announced that they would be having Paris Fury on the show as their special guest, a clip of Big Brother 's launch episode was played out instead, with Paris's name along the bottom.
The professional was able to quickly laugh off the mistake as she apologised to viewers, saying: "Sorry, I've realised that's completely the wrong clip; we're going to be talking about Big Brother last night."
She added, "Now we're going to talk about Big Brother if we can find the right clip."
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