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BBC subtitle blunder tells viewers to 'prepare for rape' at Glastonbury

Oh. Oh no.

IN THE FACE-PALMING incident to beat all face-palming incidents, the BBC made a mighty blunder during a weather report yesterday.

As Glastonbury opened its gates on Monday, festival-goers tuned into the BBC News at Ten to find out what storms they should be packing for.

The weatherman told viewers to prepare for rain, but the subtitle mistook it for rape.

Weather warning! People going to Glastonbury should be prepared for rape. Apparently. #whoops pic.twitter.com/EW9tGsdkCA
— Hannah Selby (@hannsellers) June 24, 2014

Hannah Selby / Twitter

Needless to say, the BBC swiftly issued an apology, but they can’t do much about the rain unfortunately.

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BBC subtitle blunder tells viewers to 'prepare for rape' at Glastonbury

BBC News app goes bananas, sends out nonsense Game of Thrones update>

This Channel 4 subtitle gaffe is amusingly apt>