“There have been a handful of occasions where we have had severe technical issues which have taken us off air: storms, we had a problem with the generator on one occasion, but they have been very isolated. “There is always self-generated pressure
“I didn’t want the audience feeling sorry for me. I told who I needed to at the BBC and my co-presenters found out later. “The whole team knew, all 100 of them, but I didn’t mind that. People were very discreet, supportive
Viewers were shown footage of a rat which Michaela thought was Ray due to the rodent having a wonky tail similar to the rat caught on camera last week. She said: “Well there’s a rat there, look at that tail. Yes it