Newsnight apologises over Imran Khan mix-up
Newsnight has apologised for showing footage of Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram instead of his former teammate-turned-politician Imran Khan.
The flagship BBC2 news programme opened with a piece documenting Khan's journey from a cricketing hero to a potential prime minister.
But instead of showing the right-handed all-rounder in action, footage of left-arm pace bowler Akram demolishing a batsman's stumps was shown instead.
Apologies on our intro just then!! A bit of an error - that was Wasim Akram bowling and not Imran Khan #newsnight
-- BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) July 25, 2018
Eagle-eyed viewers picked up on the error and the programme apologised on Twitter.
Doctor Foster actor Prasanna Puwanarajah said: "Wow. Did Newsnight just use a clip of Wasim Akram to illustrate a story about Imran Khan? (Yes. They did.)"
Wow. Did #newsnight just use a clip of Wasim Akram to illustrate a story about Imran Khan?(Yes. They did.)
-- Prasanna Puwanarajah (@PrasannaBanana) July 25, 2018
At the end of the programme, presenter Evan Davis said: "We made a mistake in our opening tonight. The footage we showed was of the cricketer Wasim Akram not Imran Khan.
"Don't know how that happened, sincere apologies for that."
