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Match of the Day interrupted by 'porn noises' live on air

The live broadcast of Match of the Day's coverage of an FA Cup match between Wolverhampton and Liverpool was disrupted by a prankster who taped a mobile phone to wall of the studio, and played loud 'pornographic' sounds on its speaker.

Video transcript

GARY LINEKER: We've an FA Cup winners only policy in the studio tonight. And I don't know who's making that noise. So Alan Shearer is on the commentary gang alongside Steve Bauer.

- Brazil before the game. But if you'd have told me this morning that tonight I'd be on Newsnight talking about a porn scandal, I'd have been terrified. I mean, as pranks go, it was a good one. And it's a credit to them. It was funny I thought.