This Morning's Halloween special hit by tech blunder as viewers ask 'what happened there?!'
Alison and Dermot's Alison in Wonderland-themed show didn't get off to the best start…This Morning endured a Halloween horror earlier today when a gremlin appeared to infiltrate the ITV show, pulling it temporarily off-air.
Earlier today, the ITV series aired its Halloween special, with brand-new spooky titles and theme music. But within seconds, just as the very fancily-dressed hosts were about to come on air, the show was hit with technical difficulties that pulled it temporarily off our screens.
Tech issues for This Morning’s Halloween special
The show opened with a dance number to mark today’s Alison in Wonderland-themed episode. And while it looked like a lot of prep had gone into it, things didn’t go too smoothly.
Instead of the usual This Morning titles, the ITV daytime show was taken over by ITV’s twist on Alice in Wonderland. In the opening video, Alison was seen falling through a hole in the ground – mirroring the traditional fairy-tale story.
Then, we finally got a glimpse of the studio that had been transformed into Wonderland. There was a full production of dancers and dressed up guests ready to entertain. But unfortunately, the Halloween dance went abruptly off air.
Instead of viewers being able to watch the rest of the performance, they were shown a countdown telling them it would be back soon. Then, the screen was just stuck on the This Morning opening title card.
When it eventually came back, we finally got to see hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary. Neither addressed the mishap. But, in keeping with the theme, Alison was dressed as Alice, and Dermot was the Mad Hatter.
Josie Gibson, Gyles Brandreth, Alice Beer and even chef Phil Vickery joined in the fun by dressing up for the spooktacular show.
An unhappy Halloween thanks to technical problems
While it was clear This Morning went all out for today’s Halloween show, their efforts weren’t enough for viewers, who weren’t too amused at the tech issues.
Taking to X, one viewer penned: “Haha. The intro for the Halloween special on This Morning broke down. Must have been a scary moment for them. The irony.” “Who pulled the plug?” a second fan asked.
A third commented: “What an absolute mess,” while another added: “Someone tripped over the cable and unplugged it!” “Oh what a balls up. Yes, the dancers we didn’t see perform lol,” another fan commented.
One penned: “All that effort and it went off – brilliant.” Another fan was just completely shocked, adding: “What happened there?”
Thankfully the tech issues were sorted and the This Morning producers managed to banish the gremlin from their systems! Talk about things that go bump at ITV Daytime!
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