BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt's karaoke moment shut down by co-star

BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt was left without the duet he had hoped for when his co-star Hugh Ferris put an immediate stop to his song request.

Charlie, aged 62, was at the helm alone on Thursday morning as he presented the Boxing Day edition of the programme solo.

In a bid to keep the festive cheer going, Charlie tried to inject some light-hearted fun into the show, suggesting his colleague perform a tune.

After Hugh finished delivering the sports news, mentioning Beyonce's recent performance at an NFL game halftime show, Charlie seized the moment to ask Hugh for his karaoke song of choice.

Hugh began: "I think the last song one I did and it was quite a while ago now..." But he quickly nipped Charlie's enthusiasm in the bud when he saw him pick up a microphone next to him on the red sofa, reports the Express.

Hugh firmly told him: "Put that microphone down, Charlie, before I even complete the sentence!" He went on to say, "I've managed to hack to pieces Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John- you're reaching, I'm not even going to entertain it."

Not deterred, Charlie tried to recruit weather presenter Carol Kirkwood to his cause, asking: "Carol, you want this to happen, don't you?" Carol, chuckling, energetically agreed with: "Oh yes!"

Despite the support, Hugh remained resolute and quipped, "What you don't realise, Charlie, is that I'm closest to the studio's exit." Yet Charlie still encouraged Hugh to join in the fun, reminding him that it was Boxing Day.

Charlie first embarked on his journalism career in 1995 with ITN. He later moved to Five News, where he covered significant events such as the 9/11 attacks, before transitioning to Sky News and eventually the BBC.

He joined the BBC Breakfast team in 2008 and