Chimp apology.FORMER BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. North East newsman Chris Eakin has apologised after comparing a colleague to a 'chimp' live on air. The presenter, who used to work on North East Tonight, made the a gaffe during a handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. to Sri Lankan-born George Alagiah, on BBC news 24. After reviewing a story about a chimpanzee chimpanzee, an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River. Full-grown animals of this species are up to 5 ft (1. in a zoo, which had been throwing stones at visitors, Eakin said: "Can you see any likenesses?" Mr Alagiah, a graduate of Durham university, laughed off the remark, but a viewer still complained. A BBC spokesman said: "It was an inappropriate remark that shouldn't have been made. BBC news apologises for any offence that may have been caused." Eakin said: "It was a light-hearted comment with absolutely no other intended overtones and I know George did not interpret it as anything other than that." |
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