THE BBC is accused of disrespecting D-Day after a crew member audibly swore live on television.
Kirsty Young was presenting coverage from the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Bayeaux, France, during the major gaffe.
She told viewers at home if they were blind or partially sighted, commentary was provided by Petroc Trelawny.
A man could be heard saying “prick… a***holes” behind the camera.
One watching at home said: “This sounds pretty clear to me. Whoever swore should be ashamed of themselves.
“The BBC should know better than this. It has spoiled a respectful and reflective event.”
However, some viewers believe the live mistake could have been “our souls”.
One said: “A***holes or our souls? I thought someone nearly dropped the camera and then heard someone speaking.”
The BBC did not comment and Kirsty Young did not apologise after the segment was over.
Over the past year presenters and crew behind-the-scenes have been left embarrassed over a number of gaffes.
From middle fingers being flashed on air, swear words making it into the bulletin, to typos in on screen graphics, the Beeb hasn’t been short of variety.
A special show on the epic blunders and complaints from viewers was aired on Newswatch and the head of the BBC News channel Paul Royall weighed in.
Host Samira Ahmed asked him if the mishaps were directly linked in staff cuts at the channel.
He hit back: “No I’d actually say they’re decreasing and clearly the examples you’ve shown aren’t good enough.
“We’ve put in place a new structure and staffing around text production on screen and so whilst there have been mistakes since we’ve done that they have been reducing.
“So not good enough, we need to improve at that but we have taken steps and measures to get on top of it.”
In 2022 Beeb viewers were left in hysterics after an intern wrote “Manchester United are rubbish” on the ticker of their live news channel.
BBC News' Biggest Blunders
The Beeb has suffered a number of gaffes recently, here we take a look at the biggest, and funniest, mishaps to date:
- Maryam Moshiri flashing her middle finger during a live bulletin
- Tongued-tied sports presenter Chetan Pathak dropped an X-rated word during a report
- BBC Look North’s Peter Levy asked viewers “how big their holes are” during an innuendo-filled segment
- Newsreader Roger Johnson was left scrambling after saying “cuckoo c*ck” instead of clock
- BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst mixing up the names of her co-hosts live on air
- The news correspondent is mistaken for shop staff and interrupted during the report
- Lukwesa Burak was left speechless after being caught stretching during a break
- Newsreader forced to run across the studio during epic camera mishap
An apology later followed which read: “There was a technical glitch during training with our test ticker, which rolled over to live programming for a few seconds.
“We apologised for any offence caused on air.”
Meanwhile, last December Maryam Moshiri was left gobsmacked when she was caught appearing to give viewers her middle finger.
The journalist later explained she had been jokingly counting down with her colleagues off camera before the bulletin came on air.
A sound problem left viewers “jumping out of their skin” in March as they tuned into the News at 10.
