BBC apologises for playing pornographic audio during Wolves v Liverpool coverage

Adebayo Adenrele


The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC has apologised to the general public after a pornographic prank hit its build-up coverage of Wolves vs Liverpool in their FA Cup third round replay on Tuesday night.

NEWSTODAYNG gathered that Gary Lineker was presenting when he was interrupted by loud moaning noises in the studio.

Lineker was previewing the match, alongside pundits Paul Ince and Danny Murphy, when the noises broke out in the background.

He looked momentarily startled and struggled to keep a straight face as he quickly switched the coverage to Alan Shearer outside the studio.

He later revealed on Twitter that the sound had come from a hidden mobile phone that had been “taped to the back of the set.”

The Match Of The Day host attempted to laugh off the incident as the noise continued to blare out and said to Shearer: “Somebody’s sending something on someone’s phone, I think. I don’t know whether you heard it at home.”

In his words on Twitter “I have to say, I thought it was funny. If you told me this morning that tonight I’d be on Newsnight talking about a porn scandal – I would have been terrified.”

According to BBC, “We apologise to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening. We are investigating how this happened.”

However, Harvey Elliott’s lone goal in the first half secured Liverpool the winning ticket.