James Naughtie Jeremy Hunt Today Programme BBC Radio 4 - long version

[MrLobbyludd]

As many others have commented, it is not a Spoonerism. I feel it is more an example of Cockney rhyming slang as in the expression" What a Jeremy"

[Drummerjed]

Why were people offended? he obviously didn't mean to say it!

[xblueblaze]

the funniest bit isn't even when he calls him a cunt, it's the way he tries to cover up for it thats hilarious XD

[drumgroovy]

The slip that is known as Freudian.

[mrinfernodude1]

I beg your pardon?

0:04

[Burnout900012]

Who ever got offended by this are pathetic, he said cunt, GET OVER IT. Can't believe people complained about this in the first place. It's funny! Whoever doesn't think it's funny are just sad basterds ffs.

[Professor6871]

@Burnout900012 Yes but remember they are the professional complainers the ones that phone up and moan. Ever heard of disgusted of Turnbridge Wells? 

[Knappa22]

"Pardon me, coughing fit".... lol yeah right!

[oldsaltshippers]

Without doubt the funniest moment is listening to him trying not to piss himself laughing, how did he ever hold on?

[TheMilominderbinder]

Watch it over and over still cannot stop laughing

[jags1972]

if i listened to this for a hundred years i would still crease myself. a classic piece of corpsing!

[RazPrince]

lmao thats hilarious, tries to style it out as a coughing fit

[P0cketfull0fsunshine]

He sounds like he's about to crease himself laughing, classic Naughty! I seem to remember he hit a fit of the giggles once before when he made some comment about the first audio recording sounding like a 'bee in a bottle'. Needs to lay off the chronic I think...

[itsmeJTke]

no mistake there!

[cisco9x]

You can't accuse the BBC of poor quality anymore

[MrBoBoTom]

What's funny about this isn';t that he says it, it's that he desperetly attempts not to laugh.

[shazi2k5]

cam't get better, if i heard that on a monday morning i would be laughing all day!!!! Legendary no doubt....!!!!

[jamesFTM1]

Ya got it right first time Jim

[fn55]

There’s no need to apologies Jim, I think you got it spot on the first time around!

[123paul]

Paxman said the C word on Newsnight not so long ago.

[maasters18]

How can you be offended by that? Soft C**TS

[parpify]

Alan Partridge springs to mind!!

[zionravescene]

@parpify Coogan is a Cunt, says Dad.

[orchardcottage]

Any more Naughtie stoories? Listen to the way Jamie always pronounces the word "story" so as to rhyme with "phuri" . Very foonie, silly cnut.

[yt090584]

The application of that word to politicians is precisely want I want to hear over my breakfast :)

[halfpint14]

trust some smart arse to send in an email, bet he was sitting all smug with a bowl of fucking weetabix and a copy of the independant feeling so proud of himself...."Cunt" sorry coughing fit!

[RegalBankie]

Since Jeremy Hunt was appointed, I always thought his name was rhyming slang.

[joshKoRnage]

im gonna be talking to jermy cunt..hunt....cough..... broadband coughcoughcough.if he choked anymore he might of died on air

[pastrychef1985]

Dick, sorry Nick Griffin is not as good as this.

[cjcjx1]

how can you get offended, people need a sense of humor

[DieByTheDrop]

When he tried to cover it up LMFAO!!

[anyhighanyhigh]

That is the most painful thing i've heard...

[effigysinger]

if u emailed in saying ure offended by this i hope u fuckin die

[stoweyz]

oh pardon me, coughing fit. LMFAO

[sussexpenguin]

Naughtie was right, not a Spoonerism, just the truth!

[jackiedelvalle]

It's the stifled laughter that follows the slip-up (coughing fit my arse!), which brings me literally to tears of laughter! Oh excellent, excellent, excellent!

[clbno2]

Uh, Jeremy Hunt the Culture Secretary. There would be a C in Culture.

[r51collins]

Interestingly Naughtie claimed it was "courtesy of Dr Spooner" which it patently isn't. A spoonerism is the mixing up of the first letters of different words i.e. floisting the hag. There is no C in Jeremy Hunt although there are plenty of them in the coalition!

[clbno2]

@r51collins Hunt is the Culture Secretary. There is a C in Culture Secretary

[r51collins]

@clbno2 true enough kind sir, missed that part.

[Professor6871]

At least he said only three of those letters of the C word.

[Professor6871]

This is so funny! But stupid psycho babble at the end was even more funny.

[AnElephantsChild]

This is pathetically smutty, childish humour - the best thing I've heard on the radio all year! Slippy hips is so right.

Covering up his laughter with a 'coughing fit' was comedy gold.

Thank you for uploading this x x

[FannoFlow]

It's funny because it's true.

[5355vbxjbj76rvn]

It is so funny to hear Naughtie's confusion - it must have been *truly awful* for him :)

[dovestones]

He got it right firrst time.

[Professor6871]

@dovestones He certainly did.

[Professor6871]

@dovestones I agree.

[Professor6871]

@dovestones I think so myself.

[rachyriottt]

classic bridget jones 'titspervert / fitzherbert' error.

[ww2footage]

he would say hunt a cunt .. it would make a sense after all

[peaco1000]

Anyone who complained about that should get a life. Those things are what makes life great.

I love the bit where where he made the mistake...then there was a gap....then he had to present the news!!!! What a bad time to do it!

[GreatBlackPhoenix]

To be honest, those who complained should probably grow a sense of humour already.

[DickAskew]

The thing is, I was listening to the radio when it happened but didn't even notice the slip up as it happened... I just heard the 'coughing fit' that followed and thought Oh my God James Naughtie is dying live on the Today programme... He certainly did that!!

[followthebunnydown]

This is so beautiful. Love his covering up, hilarious and sweet.

Imagine, though, the life of Jeremy's brother, Mike.

[IDappYx]

............ broadband ............

[Ulfhedhner]

HAHAA! Well, he is a Tory... You also here him laugh at 0:08

[leegee23]

But the Culture Secretary is a cunt, isn't he?

[carlthemightyduke]

....BROADBAND

[01dan61]

HAHAHA i can't watch this without pissing myslef laughing. He is trying so hard not to laugh. He almost looses it when he is talking about the shark killings.

[Jesusizjdoe]

Ah bless

To imporant matters errrr does anyone yet know who foundation X are?

As the goverment seem to think LORD JAMES has never met them Which would mean they must know who, "they" are!

[redtempest911]

lol

[herbal1971]

I'm not sure if he's laughing or not. He sounds totally embarrassed. It is Radio 4, after all. :)

Just as funny is that Andrew Marr said exactly the same thing later on, referring to this incident and just carried on. :)

[coogee433b]

Excellent :0)

[outsidelight1]

Cretin

[outsidelight1]

@MRDEEPGREEK

Cretin

[tobyfrywhufc]

Very Naughtie

[ceeforina]

Poor poor James N. - hilarious ! - I do feel for him!

[elh21]

hahahahahahahah!!! how hilarious is this!? especially that he is clearly laughing his head off afterwards and desperately trying to continue

[elh21]

hahahahahahahah!!! how hilarious is this!? especially that he is clearly laughing his head off afterwards and desperately trying to continue

[simpletimes222]

Well done - I'm sure the Tories are use to it.

[ThisEnglishBoy]

Oh fuck off, he only said the word CUNT lol Big deal

[tramtrackharry]

very professional, a total 'accident'.

[JDnator]

some people make me so angry, have they nothing better to do in their miserable lives that they feel the need to pick up a phone and complain about human error.

[cjm2005]

......BROADBAND.

[ronaldinhollew]

Oh, poor thing.

He was clearly terrified after making the mistake. His reaction is priceless, trying to cover it up with a faked coughing fit!

[politicsworldwide]

@ronaldinhollew It's annoying that Jeremy Hunt reacted so well. Apparently he was giggling in the studio - make James Naughtie even worse - then made light of it on Twitter. If he'd been a pompous arse it would have been better still!

[FengLong]

@ronaldinhollew he was actually dying to burst out with laughter, thats what the quiver in his voice was.

the 'coughing fit' bit was to cover up the fact he thought his mistake was hilarious

[jedigolfskills]

@ronaldinhollew He's not terrified, he's trying not to laugh his ass off!!!!!

[DrTorture28]

@jedigolfskills Yeah, I agree! This happened to me when I worked in a call centre. That's what you sound like when you know you CANNOT laugh. Trying to supress it causes sudden tense-ups in your speech.

[Guitar47c]

There's no doubt that you got it right first time. It wouldn't be difficult to confuse the whole cabinet with that word.

[zionravescene]

Tomasz Schafernaker would have been proud.

[littleandlarge06]

Oh that's brilliant. Made my day!

[spazzymoo]

man alive!! that was hilarious

[TheAnn2shoes]

Naughty James Naughtie!

[TheBighairyfart]

Now you all know why Sir Anthony Blunt defected to the Russians.

[hugobear1]

a Freudian slip - wonderful...man is a hero

[KyrisTV]

whoever was offended by this can go lick a dirty hunt. hunt off you bunch of whining hunts.

[lamlyn]

haha i'm not offended by this at all :) it's hilarious because he sounds like he's having a blowjob! brilliant. Jeremy hunt probably is a c**t anyway, he's a Tory! :p

[OzTerri]

excruciating but hilarious. he manages to keep his dignity, well done!

[comface]

Ahhhhh coughing fit....! Yeah right!

[drealgrin]

"Pardon me, Coughing fit." Suuuuuure buddy XD.

[drealgrin]

I DONT APPRECIATE THE CUNT WORD! LOL

[AgentMcQueen]

*long pause* "....broadband!" I fucking love that bit!

[RossNemo1]

I absolutely love how hard he is trying not to laugh!!! It's hysterical!!

[faustbanana]

I feel sorry for those who email in saying it offended them. Get a life. Merely a mistake on the reader's part.

[futurehead1503]

makes such a big deal of it. clearly a mistake... anyone whos offended by this is clearly more of a cunt

[Giff2222]

Ah, the barely concealed sniggers, the utterly feeble coughing cover-up, the highbrow attempt at justification and the tongue-in-cheek blaming of David Cameron from an 'ernest' listener. Makes me proud to be British.

[slippyhips]

worth the licence fee alone

[waffleapocalypse]

this is so so funny- classic :)

[cominup85]

think you're a cunny funt? lol, i think this hilarious. i just found out about it, lol. i love how how the second guy is reading out the e-mail and he has to say very carefully "...jeremy hunt the culture secretary..."

[TheRoobi123]

I love this, its entertained me all day, his Beavis and Buuthead sniggering is priceless!

[muzz1810]

it sounded like he was getting a hand job under the desk, and he was trying not to blow

[kitkatdobson]

Made my day this!! James you are a star - providing a classic moment on Radio 4 for the nation to enjoy!

[MatthewBassMan]

Mark the week with Andrew Star..clever boy Evan (2:11)

[g1tfinger]

Made a monday morning much Brighter!

[alymharris]

that is the funniest thing I have heard for years- I have been giggling all day!!!

[Peedlebum]

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for posting this - as mentioned earlier, it's a shame the Beeb have already edited it out of iPlayer - nearly crashed the car when it was broadcast - just so funny!

[kerrmorton]

his own giggling is utterly priceless!!!!

[38awarner]

Auntie has already displyed its "cunning" by editing the iplayer version of the show. "He who controls the past............."

[B3553nc3]

Just as well he didn't refer to him as a berk otherwise the east end of London would have been outraged as well as the Home Counties.

[kotch5]

Excellent editing. An hour of quality distilled down to two minutes!

[scuzzer72]

Great stuff all round, the choked laughter tops it off, sure to be a long term classic

[a123cpcp]

he dosn't even say the C word he just say "Cun" its only all our imaginations that make us think that he has said "*unt"

[stu19855]

Amazing! People complaining that a bad word was inadvertently said need to wisen up! The boy made a mistake!

What I find funniest is him trying not to laugh and blaming it on a coughing fit!

:)

[tgm99999]

Tomorrow we'll be interviewing American politician Amy Fuck

[vstol]

Icy roads and this on the car radio, what a combination !

This is so funny.

[38awarner]

what a silly bunt..............

[jacubthemighty]

Fucking ace, hilarious.

[zobby2000]

Made my Monday morning - brilliant :)

[mjmcdon2]

No-one asks for the grammar police! Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and commas....

[StellarGaGaTV]

@jamesstafforduk I didn't ask for the grammar police.

[Moodisd]

Please don't be sorry Jim, it was a cool slip up. Nicely done!!!

[MrLazybones50]

Hilarious! How can anyone get offended by that? It was a brilliant slip-up.

[StellarGaGaTV]

he he u just got ppoooonnneeddd!

[jamesstafforduk]

@StellarGaGaTV

It's 'owned' or 'pwned'. If you are going to write in stupid text speak please at least get it right. Thanks.

[akfinneran]

I would have thought listerners of Today would have been a far more enlightened bunch and not so quick to jump on the misfortune of one of radios greatest broadcasters.

[perrin6]

I like a nice bit of hunt over my breakfast

[yidarmy2007]

too bad his first name isn't Mike...!

[DJLowedown]

oh Mike Hunt

[Conrade90]

Silly hunts

[zoetrope35]

What a silly Hunt

[gildea09]

Lol i guess people were offended that they thought they hated him and by Freudian slip did that but tbh thats funny, also Hunt is a tory so who cares?

[gildea09]

Lol i guess people were offended that they thought they hated him and by Freudian slip did that but tbh thats funny

[capricious71]

He should have just carried on instead of faking a cough.

[bigoldbean]

Jim - you deserve a knighthood for this particularly astute description of a Tory frontbencher. Mar-ver-lous!

[sab4251]

*cough*...broadband

[TheGamanic]

I love how he pretends to cough after he says that!!

[pastrychef1985]

This is Alan Partridge all over!

[Useless2112]

What sort of sad hunt is "offended" by hearing this word?

[fishintheflow]

LMAO

[ladydigger]

Poor Jim! Loved the manful way he attempted to continue whilst smothered sniggering dominated the silence of the studio. It was the fact he uttered the wrong name with such gusto that had me choking on my All Bran! Unintentional but hilarious.

[TwangsterDan]

It's a good job the LibDems didn't win the election. At least that has spared us having him introduce Prick Clegg, the Dime Minister

[TwangsterDan]

The best bit was the long pause followed by "...broadband"

[wycliffe35]

I laughed so much I nearly chocked on my breakfast... love the terrible attempt at a cover up...then Andrew Marr does the same!! Was it the radio 4 Christmas party last night?

[defty01]

Very funny

[AgentMcQueen]

...& I also love the way he 'coughs' to cover up his laughing!

[ttmontague]

@AgentMcQueen he's not laughing, he's choking with shock!

[carlitoo2001]

@ttmontague of course he's laughing

[AgentMcQueen]

Hilarious!

[sheltorx]

Love the way he tries to cover it up with the 'coughing fit' excuse... LOL

[LONDONGUY100]

I'm sure most listeners will conclude James (Naughtie) got it right first time, and no apology required..............AHA!

[JeL101086]

CLASSIC!!!!!

[TwangsterDan]

Why do people email their complaints when they can clearly hear it's a mistake.

[politicsworldwide]

@TwangsterDan Exactly. Even the Daily Mail is keeping a sense of humour.

[indyguy101]

@politicsworldwide That's a first

[bobbydylanio]

@TwangsterDan because fittingly people are total and utter cunts

[TwangsterDan]

Great. I wonder why this show hasn't appeared on iPlayer yet. Umm!