STORM Huntley's Channel 5 show as been pulled off air as the studio plunged into darkness on Friday's episode. The stand in host Alex Conran was heard saying “well, that’s never happened before..
." It then suddenly went to reruns of adverts. It was then replaced with a message on the TV, which read: “We apologise for the breakdown in programming.
!Transmission will resume as soon as possible." Many fans were quick to poke fun at the broadcasters. One wrote: "Think you need to pay the electricity bill," followed by a laughing emoji.
A second joked: "Channel 5 haven't paid the leccy bill" Another quipped: "Someone paid the key meter, then." The channel finally fixed the issue after filling the space by repeating adverts. It returned at 12.
04pm as Alex issued an apology for the blackout and explained that they were having "technical issues". It comes after Storm confessed she no longer speaks to her former co-star after getting her big break because of him. The 37-year-old first became a household name thanks to her role as Matthew Wright 's co-star on his former Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff.
Matthew hosted his former talk show for 18 years between 2000 and 2018 and hand-picked Storm for the 'Babe in the Booth' segment on the show to deal with incoming callers. The star originally stunned fans when he quit the show in 2018 with Storm going on to remain as co-host on replacement show Jeremy Vine before landing her own self-titled spin-off series last year. Storm has now .
