Calls for Daley Thompson to face racism charges over anti-Irish jibe

Olympic legend yet to apologise for television slur

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“Thompson comments about this were clearly meant as a joke but we apologise if any offence was caused; it certainly wasn’t our intention. Matt corrected Daley straight away and Alex offered an on-air apology at the end of the show.

“Please be assured we do note your strength of feeling on this, and therefore your complaint has been registered on our audience log.

This is a daily report of audience feedback that’s made available to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Executive Board, channel controllers and other senior managers.

“The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.

“Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.”

Thompson had yet to make any public statement on the controversy.

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