The BBC has apologised after its stay FA Cup broadcast was interrupted by a pornographic prank.
Gary Lineker was presenting when he was interrupted by loud moaning noises within the studio.
He later revealed on Twitter that the sound had come from a hidden cell phone that had been “taped to the back of the set”.
“As sabotage goes it was quite amusing,” he tweeted.
The BBC has since apologised for the incident and promised to research.
“We apologise to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening. We are investigating how this happened,” a spokesman stated.
The incident passed off throughout the BBC’s stay protection on the Molineux stadium earlier than a match between Wolves and Liverpool.
Lineker was previewing the match, alongside pundits Paul Ince and Danny Murphy, when the noises broke out within the background.
He regarded momentarily startled and struggled to maintain a straight face as he shortly switched the protection to Alan Shearer exterior the studio.
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The Match Of The Day host tried to snicker off the incident because the noise continued to blare out and stated to Shearer: “Somebody’s sending something on someone’s phone, I think. I don’t know whether you heard it at home.”
Liverpool scored the one aim of the primary half, and throughout the half-time evaluation, Lineker stated to Ince and Murphy: “Harvey Elliott’s goal was a screamer… which was not the only one we’ve had tonight.”
Self-styled YouTube prankster Daniel Jarvis has since claimed to be behind the incident, which was broadly shared throughout social media.
Jarvis, who makes use of the nickname Jarvo, was convicted of aggravated trespass final October after he collided with England cricketer Jonny Bairstow throughout a pitch invasion on the Oval in south London.
He was given an eight-week jail sentence suspended for 2 years, and was additionally banned from attending any venue the place a sporting fixture is being held in England and Wales for 2 years and from travelling overseas for 12 months.
Earlier on Tuesday, Jarvis, who has greater than 170,000 followers on YouTube, posted a video on Twitter that appeared to indicate him at Molineux.
Source: information.sky.com”