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The Andrew Marr Show was beset by technical glitches that forced the flagship BBC political programme to start 10 minutes late.

With Mishal Husain standing in for Marr, the team were forced to move studios at the last minute on Sunday. Problems continued after the programme started, with the BBC journalist Chris Mason having to abandon the news headlines due to “gremlins”.

Mason began reading the headlines two minutes into the show but paused after the lead story. He said: “I’m afraid, Mishal, I’m not seeing any more of this news bulletin. These gremlins, I’m afraid, are continuing and I’ll have to hand you back.”

Husain told viewers: “We do have a few technical problems this morning, so apologies for that. We have come on air on BBC One a little bit later than we had hoped.”

A planned scheduled interview with the actor Lesley Manville did not feature due to the delays.

Rob Burley, the editor of BBC live political programmes, tweeted: “There’s no mysterious story: the team have had to move studios due to a technical failure. That’s why the show was on later and why the background is different. The presenter was always Mishal as Andrew is away. Apologies for the glitches and late start.”

The show broadcast interviews with the Conservative party chairman, Brandon Lewis, the Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson, the Labour shadow minister Andrew Gwynne, and Father Martin Magill, the priest who led the funeral service for the murdered Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee.