article_snippet: John Inverdale latest on-air gaffe - inadvertently blurting out the c-word - has come at the worst possible time for John Inverdale career.
article_snippet: The host of Radio 5 Live’s Cheltenham coverage was in conversation with jockey Lizzie Kelly and former champion John Francome.
article_snippet: jockey Lizzie Kelly and former champion John Francome were chatting about Francome’s early days in racing when Inverdale said:
article_snippet: ***** glasses' live on air during Radio 5 Live's Cheltenham coverage .
article_snippet: That incident caused Secretary of State Maria Miller to complain to BBC director-general Tony Hall, who wrote back saying Inverdale had been told ‘an incident of this nature must never happen again’.
article_snippet: If any move galvanises journalists to do the opposite to what journalists’re told, it’s a crass move like that.
highlights_snippet: Gaffe came during an interview for Radio 5 Live’s Cheltenham coverage .
  