| English term or phrase: miss a beat | | Sir Peter hosted scores of international television specials and benefit concerts for UNICEF, always artfully blending entertainment and education to bring worldwide attention to the issues facing the world’s children. He did it with humour and aplomb. Hosting his first gala, at Paris’ Odeon Theatre in 1969, he didn’t miss a beat when a Polish National Ballet dancer portraying a mountaineer accidentally chopped his microphone cord. Sir Peter simply continued as planned, shouting at the audience for the rest of the evening |
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