Later that month, another female BBC presenter came under fire by the broadcaster she works for. This time, it was because Breakfast host Naga Munchetty called out Donald Trump’s racist comments about his political opponents, who he told to “go back” to the “places from which they came”.

“Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism,” Munchetty said in response to the news on live TV. “Now I’m not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean.”

The BBC said Munchetty had breached guidelines because, although she is entitled to her own views, she had gone “beyond what the guidelines allow for”. However, this decision was later reversed, with BBC director general Lord Hall saying Munchetty’s words “sufficient to merit a partial uphold” of the complaint against her.

Both of these cases caused much discussion on social media about whether or not they should have been penalised for calling out blatant racism and sexism.

Now, the BBC has made another apology about a presenter – this time on behalf of Andrew Marr.

BBC apologises for Andrew Marr’s comment on Priti Patel “laughing”