Miriam Margoyles broke the first rule of radio this morning (Saturday 15 October) as she said “f*** you” live on the Today programme.
The actor was reacting to the arrival of the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, in the BBC Radio 4 studio when she swore.
“When I saw him there,” she told the hosts Justin Webb and Martha Kearney, as she was leaving, “I said, ‘You’ve got a hell of a job, best of luck.’ And what I really want to say was, ‘F*** you, bastard.’ But you cant say that.”
“Oh no no no you mustn’t say that,” replied Webb, through laughter. “We’ll have to have you out of the studio now.”
“We will,” added Kearney. “With many apologies.”
Margoyles had been giving an interview about her Harry Potter co-star, Robbie Coltrane, who died aged 72 on Friday (14 October).
Also on Friday, Prime Minister Liz Truss appointed the former Conservative leadership contender Hunt as her new chancellor after sacking her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng.
Kwarteng had been in the post for just 38 days. This makes him the second shortest-serving post-war chancellor after Iain Macleod, who died in office.
More to follow.
