If you’re a newsreader then it may not be the best idea in the world to score a date live on air. Because your object of your affections may not be interested. At all.

This newsreader listens to the weather forecast and, after hearing about what a nice weekend it’s going to be, suggests the weathergirl comes over for a barbecue.

She’s having none of it, with a prompt, “No thanks,” putting paid to any plans he may have been putting in place.

It’s his look of astonishment to camera that makes this clip truly watchable. And while it may have all been in jest anyway, I’d love to see what happened when the cameras stopped rolling.