[Stooky Bill]

Based on how long it took to get the fault caption up I'm questioning whether it's stafffed in London let alone a DR!

Thing is that it's sometimes not possible to instantly put up a breakdown caption. Sometimes when things go wrong it doesn't matter how many people are present if the technology's against you. 

Also in events like this there's a certain amount of reaction time and even longer time to assess what is going on

As for a lack of announcer, the audio during  breakdown slide was totally corrupt so I think even if there was one he/she would have had trouble talking on air

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Based on how long it took to get the fault caption up I'm questioning whether it's stafffed in London let alone a DR!

I might just be waffling here, but do Red Bee have some sort of automatic playout going on for C4?

Define 'automatic'. 

Every channel has automation, very few (only the really cheap ones) are run without anyone present