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Hugh Edwards has left BBC viewers in stitches after he wiped his mouth and admitted eating a croissant live on air during the channel's local election coverage.
Reeta Chakrabarti was presenting the latest local elections figures at a screen in the BBC News studio when the camera panned back to an unsuspecting Edwards, who initially licked his lips before having to wipe away crumbs with his fingers.
He had anchored the BBC's coverage overnight, which ran from 11.40pm on Thursday night to 6am this morning.
He thanked Reeta, before telling viewers: 'I'm going to admit to you that I just had a little bit of croissant.
'So I'm just finishing it and I'm ashamed to say that, but there you go. It's 20 to six in the morning.'
And viewers have taken to social media to share their enjoyment of the incident.
One said: 'Huw Edwards eating a croissant is the only #LocalElections22 news you need today.'
Another added: 'Choosing a croissant when you have to appear on live TV is BOLD. I’m impressed there’s no flakes of it in sight.'
A third said: 'I love watching that man on TV. He could eat a three course meal during the news and I would forgive him and watch.'
Huw Edwards initially licked his lips, before having to use his fingers to wipe away crumbs from the croissant
He had been presenting the BBC's overnight coverage of the local elections, which ran from which ran from 11.40pm on Thursday night to 6am this morning
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