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Today Network duo in 4.15am ambush prank on female presenter

Anderson, after the 4.15am prank

Anderson, after the 4.15am prank

Three months after the death of British nurse Jacintha Saldanha, the Today Network has started to pull pranks again.

The Today Network’s Newcastle breakfast duo of Heath Piper & Lucas “Normy” Dorrell uploaded footage of themseleves ambushing new colleague Heidi Anderson as she arrived at the deserted office car park at 4.15am.

The duo hid in bushes, with Dorrell in a gorilla costume.

In the video, Piper says: “We are going to scare our co-host Heidi when she gets to work… to know her in tough situations. She’s going to get the scare of her life.”

Dorrell then leapt out as Anderson tried to open a door to the NXFM studios.

The prank comes just weeks after Southern Cross Austereo was forced to provide security for its staff over the backlash to the disastrous prank call by Michael “MC” Christian and Mel Greig.

After the prank, Anderson screamed, but quickly recovered her composure and was soon laughing with her colleagues.

After the death of the British nurse, the company said it was suspending prank calls, but did not make a ruling on stunts pulled on staff.

Heath & Normy previously did an evening show on Southern Cross Austereo’s Triple M and moved to NXFM late last year. Anderson joined NXFM last month.

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