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Hello, welcome to the first episode of the coronavirus newscast.

Now, because it's episode one, I thought we should have a maybe, sort of, I don't know,

ceremony to mark the occasion, with the ribbon and some scissors.

But Laura Coonsburg's at Dianning Street, Chris Mason's at home in isolation with his kids, they're all okay.

Fergus Walsh is in soul for doing a big budget BBC One special.

Everyone else is working from home, it's deserted.

And the only person that's turned up is Lord Hall, the director general.

I know, I'm not taking that as that's the only person you could find.

But that's what you're really saying is.

No, you're a list.

I think you're saying was scraping the back when you got me.

That's what you're really saying.

Oh, no, I mean, it'd be nice if you brought some nibbles or something for the, for the event.

I arrived with nothing.

How pathetic and awful is that?

But I've made it up two floors.

I want you to know that.

Good.

That's climbing the heights for me.

This is going to sound like sucking up to the boss's boss's boss.

But when I got your email this morning about all the stuff we're going to do at the BBC

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