According to the Guardian, News 24 put a cab driver on air by mistake on 8 May. A producer had gone down to reception to collect Guy Kewney, computer pundit, who was going to talk about the Apple vs Apple verdict. A cab driver who was waiting to collect Mr Kewney heard the name and stood up. The producer rushed him upstairs into makeup and before he knew it he was on the air. You can hear the results here.
You can also watch selected highlights of the interview at the end of this week’s Newswatch.
Guy Kewney, in his blog, says that it was a Studio Manager who picked him up from reception. That’s very unlikely, Studio Managers don’t make mistakes like that. He also says elsewhere in his blog that he’s doing an interview about the cock-up on another TV programme but they don’t want him to tell anyone about it because they’re worried that a load of ringers will turn up in reception at the same time as him. “I am Guy Kewney! No, I am Guy Kewney!”
One other interesting thing about this is that before it happened Guy said that he thought Apple corp would probably win the case. That’s what lawyer Robert Lands thought as well when he appeared on World Service radio at half past ten that morning. Unfortunately he was just saying so when the news that Apple Computer had won the case appeared on a screen in front of the presenter Dan Damon. Cue an embarrassing contradiction. So all in all a bad day for pundits at the BBC.
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