Guy Goma's Accidental BBC Interview Lives on After 20 Years www.nytimes.com 27 points by nxobject 2 days ago
ebbi 1 hour ago His facial expression when the presenter was introducing 'him' is absolute gold! When I first watched it, I actually thought it was a skit - it being BBC, the animated facial reactions, the presenter trying to navigate his (non)-answers.
heldrida 14 minutes ago Related HN posted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074260A book was released…
zdw 58 minutes ago This seems to have happened about a year before "The IT Crowd" episode "Smoke and Mirrors" aired.In that episode Moss, one of the IT denizens, goes to a TV studio where he is mistakenly put on a news program and interviewed about a war.I wonder if they're related... bgc 32 minutes ago That episode is indeed based on this event: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111175/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
bgc 32 minutes ago That episode is indeed based on this event: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111175/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
rmason 2 days ago For those without a NYT subscription:https://archive.is/xZgBI#selection-505.0-505.55 binaryturtle 34 minutes ago But this needs a Cloudflare subscription, or something? I can't open it either. :) cocoacat 13 minutes ago gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/business/media/bbc-guy-go...
binaryturtle 34 minutes ago But this needs a Cloudflare subscription, or something? I can't open it either. :)
The interview itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Y2uQn_wvc
His facial expression when the presenter was introducing 'him' is absolute gold! When I first watched it, I actually thought it was a skit - it being BBC, the animated facial reactions, the presenter trying to navigate his (non)-answers.
Related HN posted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074260
A book was released…
This seems to have happened about a year before "The IT Crowd" episode "Smoke and Mirrors" aired.
In that episode Moss, one of the IT denizens, goes to a TV studio where he is mistakenly put on a news program and interviewed about a war.
I wonder if they're related...
That episode is indeed based on this event: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111175/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
For those without a NYT subscription:
https://archive.is/xZgBI#selection-505.0-505.55
But this needs a Cloudflare subscription, or something? I can't open it either. :)
gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/business/media/bbc-guy-go...