Theresa May resigns: PM's speech forced BBC One to delay Homes Under the Hammer | indy100 | indy100

On the day the prime minister resigned the last thing that you'd expect to see making headlines is the BBC property show Homes Under the Hammer.

The show hosted by Martel Maxwell, Martin Roberts and former footballer Dion Dublin, is usually broadcast at 10am every weekday morning on BBC One.

However, the show had to be cancelled this morning as Theresa May's resignation speech started at that exact time, meaning that viewers had to do without the daily intake of property auctions.

Despite possibly the biggest story of the year transpiring on live TV, Twitter users began to voice their displeasure at May hogging the airtime with her breaking news speech.

Is @theresa_may unable to do anything without being selfish?? *She can't even resign without spoiling the TV sche… https://t.co/0l05gqKdMc
— Huw Janger. UK #FBPE #IAmEuropean #RejoinEU (@Huw Janger. UK #FBPE #IAmEuropean #RejoinEU) 1558688812

Wind it up Theresa I’ve developed a Homes under the Hammer addiction this week https://t.co/kyAVYM9uXJ
— Loulabelle (@Loulabelle) 1558688874

@10DowningStreet @theresa_may Couldn't you have done this at 11 I'm missing Homes Under The Hammer. #theresamayresigns. Worst PM ever.
— Joe Shipman (@Joe Shipman) 1558691892

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A friend writes https://t.co/0G8lrX4Z2b
— Jennifer Williams (@Jennifer Williams) 1558692757

Really @10DowningStreet you could not even time announcing your resignation right could you. You caused major pro… https://t.co/kjF0zLxu2u
— ANDREW STOKES (@ANDREW STOKES) 1558696616

Quote of the day from mum "Theresa May better hurry up and come out cos Homes Under the Hammer is on at 10"! 😂😂… https://t.co/GQZjdh46Sr
— Sarah 💙 (@Sarah 💙) 1558687898

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The first thing a new Prime Minister will have to do is repair relations with Dublin. https://t.co/MRz4ld1n4t
— Tom Peck (@Tom Peck) 1558696846

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Homes under the Hammer alerted to new real estate at Downing Street #Trexit https://t.co/4KUxcycwTs
— Mark Heffernan (@Mark Heffernan) 1558688577

Some people soon figured out that show had been moved to BBC Two so you could say it was crisis averted, at least away from Westminster...

I thought they’d cancelled Homes Under The Hammer for the news then, luckily they’ve just moved it to BBC2. Panic over.
— Rhys (@Rhys) 1558690528

ahhh, order restored. Homes under the hammer on BBC 2
— Rachel Clarke (@Rachel Clarke) 1558688667

HT Daily Mail

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