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Mark Chapman has fallen for a Twitter prank on the air. Mark Chapman, the 38-year-old host of the 606 football phone in program uttered the filty phony joke name before he realised it was a prank and apologized.
The auditory oops drew cheers and laughter lasting nearly one minute from the live audience attending the show at the BBC’s Philharmonic Studio in Salford, Manchester.
Mark Chapman was announcing listeners’ messages sent in via Twitter, Chapman confidently started: “I McHunt says Alex Ferguson … oh no.”
After an explosion of laughter, cheering and applause, the host, known affectionately as Chappers, admitted his mistake, saying: “Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh no.
“I apologise to everybody listening. You’ve got me – it’s the oldest one in the book. Seriously though, I’m not even facing you lot at the moment because I’ve gone so red.
“Seriously, that is wrong and I shouldn’t have said it. I apologise.”
After even more claps, he added: “Don’t make it worse. I’m not even reading that tweet out now.”
The mistake - which happened one hour and 11 minutes into the show – hasn't produced any complaints, the BBC said. Go to (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018835v/606_Live_from_Salford/) listen. Go here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8968083/BBC-Radio-5-Lives-Mark-Chapman-falls-for-I-McHunt-Twitter-prank.html) to read more about the story.
Mark Chapman has fallen for a Twitter prank on the air. Mark Chapman, the 38-year-old host of the 606 football phone in program uttered the filty phony joke name before he realised it was a prank and apologized.
The auditory oops drew cheers and laughter lasting nearly one minute from the live audience attending the show at the BBC’s Philharmonic Studio in Salford, Manchester.
Mark Chapman was announcing listeners’ messages sent in via Twitter, Chapman confidently started: “I McHunt says Alex Ferguson … oh no.”
After an explosion of laughter, cheering and applause, the host, known affectionately as Chappers, admitted his mistake, saying: “Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh no.
“I apologise to everybody listening. You’ve got me – it’s the oldest one in the book. Seriously though, I’m not even facing you lot at the moment because I’ve gone so red.
“Seriously, that is wrong and I shouldn’t have said it. I apologise.”
After even more claps, he added: “Don’t make it worse. I’m not even reading that tweet out now.”
The mistake - which happened one hour and 11 minutes into the show – hasn't produced any complaints, the BBC said. Go to (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018835v/606_Live_from_Salford/) listen. Go here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8968083/BBC-Radio-5-Lives-Mark-Chapman-falls-for-I-McHunt-Twitter-prank.html) to read more about the story.
