Actress Miriam Margolyes swears live on air while discussing new UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
Presenters on Radio 4's Today programme apologised to listeners after Miriam Margolyes swore live on air while discussing the new chancellor.
Margolyes said she had wished him luck, but had wanted to tell him to go away - using explicit language.Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, had been paying tribute to her fellow Potter star Robbie Coltrane, who died in hospital on Friday aged 72.At the end of the Today interview, the 81-year-old actress told presenters Justin Webb and Martha Kearney about how she had greeted Mr Hunt.
She went on to say that she had actually wanted to tell him something different, but added that "you can't say that."
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