The Radio 4 presenter bravely smashes the taboo around the use of the “c-word” on live radio.
By Samira Shackle [1] Published 06 December 2010 10:08The Radio 4 presenter bravely smashes the taboo around the use of the “c-word” on live radio.
The Today programme's thousands of listeners had an amusing start to the day when James Naughtie tried to introduce "Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary", and ended up calling him . . . something else. Certainly not the kind of language you expect to hear before the, er, 8am watershed.
Luckily, the minister saw the funny side, tweeting [2]: "They say prepare for anything before going on Today but that took the biscuit . . . I was laughing as much as u Jim or shld I say Dr Spooner."
You can listen to it below. Warning: strong language.
UPDATE: Here's Andrew Marr [3], repeating the mistake just a few hours later.