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Radio 4 presenter apologises after sweary interruption
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 17 October 2019
The BBC has apologised after an announcer was accidentally heard swearing over the top of yesterday’s edition of consumer affairs programme ‘You And Yours’ on good old Radio 4.
With a mic apparently put live by accident in a studio other than that being used by ‘You And Yours’ itself, a voice is heard speaking over the programme saying, “Testing, testing, testing, testing, it’s so fucking cold in here”. Then, in a ropey accent that manages to wind its way through Spanish, Polish and Welsh in just a few words, the voice adds: “Jesus Christ, it’s so cold”.
For another minute and a half the voice is then heard practicing a script, before finally being cut off.
Later in the programme, ‘You And Yours’ presenter Winifred Robinson acknowledged the earlier technical issue, saying: “I’m told that there were some crossed lines at the start of the programme today and that you could hear someone swearing. I’m really, really sorry about that”.
Quite how the interruption happened and how it was possible for it to go on for so long without anyone stopping it isn’t clear. The BBC is yet to give an official comment.
Listen to the whole glorious thing here:
