John Inverdale's C-word slip gives BBC listeners an earful

Inverdale joins an exclusive club of presenters who have inadvertently befouled the airwaves

John Inverdale
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Listeners to BBC Radio Five Live's coverage of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday got more than they bargained for during an interview featuring presenter John Inverdale, former jockey John Francome and current rider Lizzie Kelly.

Having listened to Francome ruminate on life as a jockey in his era – "You get wet, you're mucking out and it's hard work" – Inverdale declared: "This is looking at it through rose-c***ed … rose-tinted glasses from the past."

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