A protestor blared 'Yakety Sax' over news of UK government collapsing after Hugh Grant tweeted the song request

• Actor Hugh Grant at least partly caused "Yakety Sax" playing in the background of a UK news broadcast.
• He tweeted the song request at an anti-Brexit activist known for playing loud music in protest.

Actor Hugh Grant was at least partially responsible when "Yakety Sax," the opening theme to "The Benny Hill Show," interrupted a news broadcast about ongoing turmoil in the UK government.

Grant appeared to tweet a request that the song, which was used as the opening to the long running British comedy that aired from 1955 to 1989, be played in the park outside the House of Parliament.

"Morning @snb19692," Grant tweeted Thursday morning. " Glad you have your speakers back. Do you by any chance have the Benny Hill music to hand?"

The tweet was sent to the anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray, who shared a video of himself blasting "Yakety Sax" near Westminster's College Green shortly after Grant's tweet. The music could be heard playing through at least one television broadcast, blaring in the background of a live shot during a Sky News interview with conservative British politician Chris Philp, who had resigned from government earlier Thursday.

Scenes of "Yakety Sax" echoing around Parliament added to a chaotic day in British politics and media coverage, which included Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreeing to step down after dozens of his ministers resigned from government following a string of scandals.

"I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world," Johnson told reporters in a Thursday address outside Downing Street. "But them's the breaks."

Bray, who was responsible for blasting the "Benny Hill" theme, has been a frequent figure at protests over the last several years as he demonstrated against the UK leaving the European Union, becoming known as "Stop Brexit Man." He could often be heard shouting in the background of TV broadcasts or appearing behind news presenters holding signs that criticized the government, according to multiple news reports.

Bray last month was surrounded by around 20 police officers who confiscated his speakers under a new law that police said prevented him from having a "noisy protest" outside Parliament, according to a Reuters report.

"We did everything we could to hang on to them, but more and more police came and there is only so long you can hold on to something," Bray said, according to Reuters.

Bray one day later returned to protest in Westminster to protest outside Parliament despite the previous legal trouble. He told reporters that he had ordered new and louder speakers.

"I've got more amps on order and I'm going to link four amps together, not this week, maybe next week, and it'll be twice as loud as it was here to compensate for the move to the corner," he said, according to PA Media.

"In fact, I'm going to wire eight together," he added.

Bray has been known to play other songs, including ABBA's "Money, Money, Money," and "Bye Bye Boris" set to the tune of the Bay City Rollers song "Bye Bye Baby," Reuters reported.