BBC sorry for four-letter Radio 5 Live gaffe
The BBC has been forced to apologise after a member of staff delivered a four-letter tirade without realising he was being broadcast live on Radio 5 Live.
Thousands of listeners heard the unnamed producer swearing at a jazz music recording.
The incident happened on the early morning programme Morning Reports on Radio 5 Live on Saturday. At 5.42am, during a sports round up, listeners heard the unidentified voice say “f****** trumpet”.
The speaker continued: “It drives you mad that f****** Stanley Clarke.”
It appears the producer was listening to a recording by Stanley Clarke, an American jazz musician and composer, and was unaware that his own voice was being broadcast.
So it wasn’t Cornelius Lysaght, then. Still pretty funny.
Update. I have audio!
(The YouTube script should read October 3, not October 4.)
(Thanks Radiofail).
I may be wrong, but it sounds like Cornelius Lysaght to me. What do others think? Has the BBC lied about this, blaming it on an unnamed producer?
Maybe if the BBC was more like the Onion we’d have less to complain about :-E
That’s some funny f***ing s**t right there.
I like Stanley Clarke
Sack the ignorant C**
That person could have been saying what we think of the BBC.
Wasn’t this a BBC production?
Wasn’ the F word first spoken on the airwaves by somebody on That Was The Week That Was – a BBC production?
And f**k this new commenting system that doesn’t have preview, nor does it allow my spellchecker to do its thing!
Sorry David, a few pints of Guiness and a half bottle of Laphroig are doing their thing. (Laphroig’s all I have. I know it should be Jameson really 😉 )