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BBC newsreader does bizarre peacock impression live on air

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BBC newsreader does bizarre peacock impression live on air – two years after viral rude gesture

A BBC newsreader did a bizarre impression of a peacock live on air on Monday (7 July).

Maryam Moshiri was presenting a segment on a loose peacock terrorising a small town in Wiltshire when she shocked viewers by imitating the sounds of the colourful bird.

“I’ve been told by my producer not to do an impression of a peacock so I'm going to do it anyway,” she said.

Ms Moshiri went viral two years ago when she accidentally displayed her middle finger at the camera during a news bulletin in 2023, later apologising for the incident by saying she was “joking around with the team in the gallery”.

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