article_snippet: Those trying to log on to the site at about 1.30pm today were met with an error screen and an image of the old test card clown after BBC BBC encountered an internal system failure.
article_snippet: The error message that visitors to its website were met with for about an hour this afternoon after it experienced an 'internal system failure' BBC BBC posted this message at 1.25pm on Twitter after its website went down.
article_snippet: A spokesman told MailOnline: 'its website was down for about an hour but its website is all back up and running now. '
article_snippet: It was due to an internal system failure, which can happen when we are experiencing too much traffic or if there is an issue with we servers. '
article_snippet: Some sites were working and some weren't so not everyone trying to access the site was affected.'
article_snippet: Some sites added that the error screen, featuring the picture of the test card clown in front of a fire, was protocol when an error of this nature occurs.
highlights_snippet: People trying to access the BBC site today were met with an error screen .
  
highlights_snippet: an error screen featured a 'creepy' image of the old test card clown in front of a fire .
  
highlights_snippet: Failure came after hacking group Anonymous threatened to bring it down .
  