Only 200 years out, and it's not like either of them is famous...

[steepholm]

Oh dear, BBC! There are bloopers, and then there are bloopers, and then there is having a reporter on a programme specifically devoted to religious topics declare that Martin Luther was a personal acquaintance of J. S. Bach and often listened to his music in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig (24 minutes in).

Anyone can make a slip of the tongue, but this was a pre-recorded report! It must have been signed off by the editor of the Sunday programme, and although I was drifting in and out of sleep I don't remember an apology at the end of the show either. Surely their Twitter account must have been chirping like the dawn chorus?

Comments

[gillo]

WHAT???

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Martin's godson, Martin Luther King Jnr, sometimes sat in on the sessions too.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Luther Vandross was no doubt also of the party.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

And Lex Luthor... I am sure they all had fun.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

Wow!!

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

And together they wandered up to the forests of Switzerland and ate spaghetti strands off the trees.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I did think to check the date!

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

But that´s fascinating; so they were planning the whole velvet revolution, right then&there? Good guys!

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

You learn a lot from the BBC!