A prankster and serial pitch invader has admitted to being behind the loud porn noises that embarrassed Gary Lineker and his co-hosts during the BBC 's coverage of the FA Cup watched by millions at home.
Shortly after the Match of the Day's coverage for Liverpool's replay at Wolves began, the embarrassing moaning noises began, leaving the pundits visibly confused and viewers incredulous.
Lineker and Alan Shearer appeared to be tickled by the chorus of sex sounds, with Shearer joking that it was all Danny Murphy's fault. The BBC quickly cut away for a pre-match interview with Jurgen Klopp, but after returning to the studio the noises continued to disrupt the show for around 10 minutes.
Youtuber Daniel Jarvis claims responsibility for the porn noises and has posted a video of himself making calls to a hidden phone in the BBC's studio. It is not yet known how he managed to get into the stadium and tape the mobile to the set. The BBC is investigating.
A video on social media shows that the prank phone had the porn sound effects as a ring tone, and Jarvis, known as 'Jarvo69' and 'BMWJarvo' on social media, began calling it in a live stream as the FA Cup coverage began.
Gary Lineker later told Newsnight that he found the prank funny and said he doesn't know why the BBC have apologised.
Gary Lineker could not hide his embarrassment at the porn noises coming from the studio
Lineker later tweeted that he had found the phone that had been making the porn noises
Daniel Jarvis later posted a picture of himself with an identical phone to the one Gary Lineker posted
The BBC were left red-faced after a prankster sabotaged coverage of Wolves v Liverpool FA Cup tie by hiding mobile phone on set that played porn film noises over Gary Lineker
While the noises continued to play out Lineker remained composed and saw the funny side, as he joked: 'Would you stop making those noises, Danny,' directing his quip at Danny Murphy.
Moments after the game got underway, Lineker then tweeted to confirm that he had finally discovered where the noise was coming from.
'Well, we found this taped to the back of the set,' Lineker wrote alongside a picture of a mobile phone.
'As sabotage goes it was quite amusing.'
During the half-time analysis, Lineker said to Ince and Murphy: 'Harvey Elliott's goal was a screamer … which was not the only one we've had tonight.'
The topic was quickly trending on Twitter, where YouTuber Jarvo69 claimed to be behind the sex phone prank that left the pundits red-faced.
Daniel Jarvis, who is a serial pitch invader, tweeted: 'Yes, it was me that pranked the BBC Match of the Day with the sex Phone :) The video coming soon!!!! @BMWJARVO best prankster ever!!!!'
The YouTuber claimed to be behind the prank on Twitter and posted a video of himself outside of BBC's studio at the stadium
Lineker and Alan Shearer both joked that the noise was coming from Danny Murphy's phone
In a video on YouTube the prankster showed himself apparently calling the phone that was hidden in the studio
A short video accompanied the tweet which showed him behind the scenes at the Molineux stadium and at the door of the BBC's studio.
A livestream on his YouTube channel shows the prankster watching Match of the Day at home while repeatedly making calls to the phone taped to the back of one of the seats.
He proudly announced at the beginning of the video: 'Here we are, we have set up a phone with a loud sex noise in the BBC studios at the Wolves v Liverpool FA Cup replay.'
Jarvo69 watches the coverage with his phone held carefully in hand, waiting for the moment to pull off his practical joke.
Then he and his friends are seen breaking out in laughter while shouting 'that's me!'.
The video, which currently has 20,000 views, shows the jokester repeatedly dialing the same number, until the noise stops playing out of the TV.
'He's found it, he's found it,' he shouted, when the calls stopped going through.
Fans swiftly took to social media to react to the sounds during BBC's pre-match coverage
Gary Lineker, spoke about the mobile phone porn prank on Newsnight.
He said: 'When it started, I did recognise that sound. I think we've all been done with that when you open up a WhatsApp or something.
'It was so loud I couldn't hear anything that either Danny Murphy or even when I spoke to Alan Shearer. I could hardly hear what they said when the thing was going on.
'I have to say I think it's funny. The BBC have issued some sort of apology, I know not why. It's certainly got nothing to apologise for.
'It was quite hard to carry on the pre-match build-up and take it seriously when this was going on in the background.
'It added to the whole game actually. I don't think anyone cared for the game. We had a screamer of a goal which was kind of the tone of the whole show in some ways.
'As pranks go, it was a good one and credit to them. It was funny I thought.'
Daniel Jarvis collides with Jonny Bairstow after invading the Oval pitch in September 2021
Jarvo69 watches the coverage with his phone held carefully in hand, and waited for the moment to pull off his practical joke
Fans could not help but laugh at the BBC's misfortune, with one supporter joking that someone would be facing the sack following the incident.
'Someone at BBC is losing their job,' they joked.
Another added: 'BBC MOTD having a mare,' as the sounds continued.
'Creased at someone at BBC getting done with the porn sound,' another fan wrote along with a series of laughing face emojis.
The porn noises in the studio was just the beginning of a nightmare start to the evening at Molineux, as there was also a power cut in the early stages of the game, meaning that VAR was not used in the opening 16 minutes.
One fan poked fun at how badly things had gone before and during the match.
'Porn on the BBC. Shearer saying it was Danny Murphy's phone. A power cut at Molineux. VAR broke due to the power cut.
'The magic of the cup,' they teased.
The BBC has apologised after sexual noises interrupted live television coverage of the FA Cup.
'We apologise to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening,' the BBC said.
A spokesperson said the BBC was investigating the incident.
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