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This is the moment the BBC's gaffe-prone presenter Maryam Moshiri makes another on-air blunder whilst reading off an autocue before signing off with a reference to the Anchorman film.

The Tehran-born newsreader has become an online sensation over the last year thanks to her on-air botches, deadpan humour and ability to laugh at herself.

Moshiri's latest mistake took place whilst she was delivering a report on the declining number of hazel dormice in the UK, which led the 46-year-old to get confused over the words 'habit' and 'habitat'.

Following the autocue, the presenter said: 'Hazel Door Mice have declined by as much as 70 per cent across the UK. It's hoped that the new project which sees them re-released into their natural habit could help them restore the population.'

She notices her blunder instantly and says to camera: 'Is it habit or habitat? I'm probably going to get emails about this.'

Whilst communicating with the production gallery in her ear, the journalist then remarks: 'Well it says habit on the autocue, so what can I say. Nicola Hassler has more, I'm Ron Burgundy!'


 

 

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