BBC Radio 1 listeners choked on their cereal on Wednesday morning as sounds of sex filled the airwaves.
Greg James was joined for his breakfast show by comedian Joe Lycett when they received a call from a listener called Lewis.
After a brief period of silence, the dead air was then filled by the listener loudly playing the sounds of a sex tape, prompting an audibly irritated Greg to say, “Oh, okay,” as he ended the call.
Listeners were quick to respond on X, formerly Twitter, saying: ‘So this just happened on Radio 1…….’; ‘Oh my god, shout out to that guy who just got Radio 1 with the sex noise joke’; ‘Lmaoooo who played that moaning girl on Radio 1??’;
‘Oh no, someone just played the sex tape on Radio 1’; ‘Lmao, this just happened on Radio 1’; ‘what just happened on radio1’; ‘I need to see a picture of Greg James’ face when they finished the porn sound live on radio 1′;
BBC Radio 1 listeners choked on their cereal on Wednesday morning as sex noises were heard on Greg James’ breakfast show
‘#radio1 well done Lewis, you made my morning’; ‘Please tell me everyone else heard what just happened on Radio 1 hahaha’; ‘How did that happen on radio 1 HAHAHQHQHAHAH’; “Lewis did you dirty
‘No, Radio 1 was just bombarded with porn sounds during a live call in phffffft’; ‘My ears certainly weren’t playing tricks on me… the loud sex, the girly noise… was just played LIVE on Radio1’; ‘cum like this in cowboy time #Radio1’
‘Crying at Radio 1 then’; ‘Well done Lewis Radio 1 gave me a chuckle #Radio1’; ‘Radio 1 just had a mare.’
It’s not the first time the BBC has made the mistake, as the same clip was broadcast last month during an episode of BBC One’s Match of the Day.
Moments after coverage of Liverpool’s replay at Wolves began, the embarrassing moaning noises started, visibly confusing the pundits and leaving viewers in disbelief, especially those watching with children.
Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer appeared to be tickled by the chorus of sex noises, with Alan Shearer joking that it was all Danny Murphy’s fault.
The BBC quickly interrupted a pre-match interview with Jurgen Klopp, but after returning to the studio the noises continued to disrupt the show for about ten minutes.
Youtuber Daniel Jarvis, from Gravesend, Kent, later claimed responsibility for the pornographic noises.
It is not yet known how he managed to enter the Molineux stadium and tape the mobile to the set. The BBC is investigating this major security breach.
Greg got a call from a listener named Lewis. After a brief period of silence, the dead air was filled by the listener loudly playing the sounds of a sex tape
An audibly annoyed Greg said, “Oh, okay,” as he ended the call, but listeners quickly commented on X, formerly Twitter
A video on social media showed the prank phone having the porn sound effects as its ringtone, and Jarvis, known on social media as Jarvo69 and BMWJarvo, started calling him in a live stream as the FA Cup coverage started.
Gary Lineker later told Newsnight he found the joke funny and said he doesn’t know why the BBC has apologised.
As the noises continued to play out, Lineker remained calm and saw the funny side, joking, “Would you stop making those noises, Danny,” directing his joke at Danny Murphy.
Moments after the match started, Gary then tweeted to confirm that he had finally discovered where the noise was coming from.
“Well we found this taped to the back of the set,” Lineker wrote alongside a photo of a cell phone. As far as sabotage goes, it was quite entertaining.”
The BBC apologizedto all the viewers who were offended and revealed that they were investigate the incident.
Last month, Gary Lineker couldn’t hide his embarrassment when the prank was played during an episode of Match Of The Day, with porn sounds blaring in the studio