Jeremy Vine issues apology for 'terrible' song blunder following crumbling schools report

Jeremy Vine

Jeremy Vine issues apology for radio blunder

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Alex Davies

By Alex Davies


Published: 05/09/2023

- 11:31

Updated: 05/09/2023

- 12:54

The BBC Radio 2 presenter left one listener so stunned they "almost crashed the car" they were in

Jeremy Vine has taken to social media to apologise to listeners he may have offended following his Monday afternoon show.

The incident Vine was referring to was when he played a rather ill-advised song just moments after delivering the latest headlines for the day.


Vine had just informed BBC Radio 2 listeners about the latest developments in the ongoing schools fiasco.

A number of education establishments have been deemed as dangerous due to the concrete used during building and as a result, a number of students are having to learn from home following a series of closures.

Around 150 schools so far have been told they're at risk of collapsing although the government has been criticised for not releasing the full list of places that may be affected.

After Vine delivered the news to listeners, he decided to try and lift the mood by playing Halo by Beyonce.

BBC host Jeremy Vine on his Jeremy Vine on 5 show

BBC host Jeremy Vine also hosts his Jeremy Vine on 5 show

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However, after the song's opening few chords, the lyrics that followed stunned listeners.

The song's opening lyrics are: "Remember those walls I built? Well, baby, they're tumbling down.

"They didn't even put up a fight. They didn't even make a sound."

One listener found the moment on the BBC's streaming service Sounds and published it to Twitter with the caption: "Almost crashed the car when I heard this (wait for the song).

"Still deciding whether the music scheduler should be sacked or given a pay rise…" they concluded.

Less than 24 hours after the user's post, the clip has racked up 3.6million views, 1.7k reposts, and 14.7k likes on Twitter.

And it caught the attention of Vine who responded to the clip with an apology: "This is on me. Apologies everyone."

However, it didn't stop Twitter user from reacting to the clip, with many claiming it was too much of a coincidence to simply be a mistake.

One Twitter user said of the moment: "This is just trolling at this point. There is no way that was a mistake."

While a second hit out: "Talk about terrible! Jesus Christ - Jeremy vine here committing a perfect partridge."

Elsewhere, a third claimed: "Jeremy does this all the time. Pretty sure it is mostly deliberate."

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