The BBC brought in a street performer to dance to its theme song

He was first spotted in London's Leicester Square.
(Image credit: Screenshot/Twitter/Scott Bryan)

If you're looking for dramatic music, you don't often have to go much further than your TV. From CNN to Fox News to Qatar's Al Jazeera and Japan's NHK, news stations across the world amp up the drama of their reporting with soaring, epic themes.

And in the United Kingdom, at least one person — identified on-screen only as the "BBC News Dancer" — was inspired to get funky to the coverage.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.