BBC sorry for comment saying openly gay Balding could be 'turned around'

The BBC has apologised after it included a section in a live radio show on how openly gay presenter Clare Balding could be “turned around”.

The 5 Live show, Fighting Talk, broadcast from from the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday, included a satirical section called ’Defend the Indefensible’ in which comic Bob Mills was asked to justify the argument : “Give me 20 minutes with her and I’m pretty sure I could turn around Clare Balding.”