BBC Breakfast stopped by Naga Munchetty mid-episode to issue stark warning

A BBC Breakfast star has halted the show to warn viewers ahead of Christmas. Naga Munchetty, who was hosting with Ben Thompson, brought the programme, which aired from 6am on Saturday December 21, to a halt to issue a stark alert.

Ahead of discussing Wham achieving the Christmas No 1, Naga cautioned viewers about the 'Whamageddon' phenomenon. She announced: "Hold on, we need to do the warning - Whamageddon warning. So only two other songs have held the honour, which are Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and Band Aid's Do They Know it's Christmas."

Ben replied: "You try to get as close to Christmas without hearing Wham's Last Christmas." Naga then laughed in response to Ben's interjection today: "You're gonna hear it now with our music correspondent Mark Savage."

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Wham's Last Christmas remains massively popular not just in the UK but worldwide, currently getting 7.7m plays a day globally on Spotify, and it is at No 4 in this week’s US singles chart. Last Christmas’s nearest rival in the contemporary Christmas canon is Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, which is at No 3 in this week’s chart.

It was beaten to No 2 by That’s So True by pop singer Gracie Abrams. Of the songs in this week’s Top 40, 29 are Christmas-themed, with Brenda Lee, Bobby Helms and the Pogues all reaching the Top 10 with their respective classics.

Sabrina Carpenter's song A Nonsense Christmas is at No 16 while her album Short n’ Sweet returned to No 1 for the first time since its release in August. Michael Bublé’s festive collection Christmas is at No 2, while South Yorkshire rockers the Reytons have the highest new entry with their live album Clifton Park at No 5.

Andrew Ridgley issued a statement in the wake of Wham! achieving the feat.