A slip of the tongue from Francine Stock

 
13 November 2013

It was standing room only at the British Library’s Poetry Hour for an evening devoted to Romantic poets Keats, Shelley and Byron, with readings by Edward Fox, Charles Dance and Tom Burke. Summarising Burke’s career, presenter Francine Stock caused much hilarity when she stumbled over the surname of his co-star in the film Third Star, referring to “Benedict Cumberbitch”.

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