Okay, it was only a local programme but one of the staff is from the North West, and he always views North West Today after the BBC’s lunchtime news. And he reports that he sat there gobsmacked when he heard presenter Annabel Tiffin announce this lunchtime that: “Two hundred years ago today, Lord Nelson (died at Trafalgar, 21st October 1805) led his troops into battle at Waterloo.”
And the thing is, there was no correction from Annabel after a bit of film which went with the item, so no one in the studio had noticed that the Duke of Wellington had been evicted from his most famous victory.
Such is the modern BBC!
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