BBC issues apology after Sally Phillips swears live on The One Show-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro

During an episode of The One Show, Sally Phillips accidentally let a swear word slip live on air.

The star, 54, is best known for comedic appearances in TV and films such as Bridget Jones, Smack the Pony, and Veep is set to appear on the new BBC series Austin.

Appearing alongside her Austin co-star,  Ben Miller, 59, the star appeared on The One Show to discuss their upcoming series.

The pair discussed their co-star Michael Theo and Sally revealed: ‘We did have a word with each other early on, we were like “Oh s**t. S**t he’s really good. We’re going to have to raise our game.’

As the story continued, Lauren Laverne realised the mistake and then apologised for the ‘fruity language’.

‘We should just apologise guys, for any fruity language, sorry about that.’

Sally accidentally swore on the show (Picture: BBC)

Ben and Sally immediately looked at one another and burst out laughing as they realised that Sally had sworn live on air.

Lauren then told co-host Alex Jones, ‘It wasn’t you Alex,’ who looked rather confused as she appeared to have missed the bad language.

‘I think it might have been me, yes I’ll take it,’ joked Claudia Winkleman who was also on the couch alongside the singer Mika.

Claudia gave a nod to Sally as she jokingly took the blame for the on-air swear.

The hosts quickly apologised (Picture: BBC)

During their appearance on the BBC series, Sally and Ben spoke about the importance of their new TV show, which focuses on neurodiversity.

The series follows Julian (Ben), a newly-cancelled author on a book tour in Canberra, who discovers that he has a 28-year-old son named Austin.

Julian and his wife, Ingrid (Sally), then get to know Austin, who is neurodiverse and has tracked down his father in hopes of forming a connection.

In conversation about the series with Metro, Sally revealed: ‘I think disabled representation, it’s definitely been the poor cousin of race and gender. Also, disability hate crime is the one hate crime that is rising,’ she said.

‘And I really firmly believe in the power of especially television, weirdly, more than cinema, because with TV, you’re turning up in people’s homes.’

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