Newsnight’s Rude T-Shirt Surprise
Martin Davies’ T-shirt was spotted by eagle-eyed Newsnight viewers
A T-shirt with a rude slogan in Welsh about Englishmen made an unexpected appearance on BBC Two’s Newsnight.
It was worn by an interviewee in a film revealing that a version of the Welsh national anthem had not been played by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.
Messages left on Newsnight’s website said the programme had been "had".
But while host Jeremy Paxman did not offer a translation - or an apology - he suggested that non-Welsh speakers could look up the meaning.
The T-shirt made its appearance in the Newsnight report, which went out on the eve of St David’s Day, 1 March.
The flagship news programme has been following the tale of the guitar version of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Speculation had been growing that it was an undiscovered piece of work by Hendrix, who died in 1970 and is regarded by many as one of the greatest rock guitarists.
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