BBC forced to apologise as Cambridge rowers swear live on TV during Boat Race defeat to Oxford

THE BBC was forced to apologise after Cambridge Women's cox Jasper Parish was heard swearing on live TV during The Boat Race.

Parish, 18, was urging the team to victory over Oxford on Sunday.

But Parish got a little carried away as he roared on his team-mates, shouting out "f*** yeah!" in earshot of the camera crew.

BBC presenter Clare Balding did not apologise to listeners for the bad language used, despite the event taking place shortly after 2:30 p.m.

Commentator Andrew Cotter also failed to say sorry but did acknowledge the expletive by saying: "Let’s roll down the fader on Jasper there."

A BBC spokesman said: “Due to the nature of live sport broadcasts, unfortunately bad language can sometimes be overheard. We apologise for any offence caused.”

Parish's slip of the tongue was just one part of his self-admitted "aggressive coxing" style.

He was accused of cutting in front of the Oxford boat by his opposite number Joe Gellett.

Umpire John Garrett determined the act to be aggressive steering but not worthy of disqualification.

Ahead of the race : "I think my style of coxing being quite relaxed, quite focused on the feel of the boat was quite helpful."

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But the computer science undergraduate admitted he did everything he could to ensure his team won.

Parish said: "I pushed the limits of what you can do, and I suppose, in the moment, you think you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to win the race.

“At the end of the day, the Boat Race rules are quite lenient on moving over. The only way you can be disqualified is by making contact and I don’t think there was a point in the race where I was seriously worried about that.”

Parish's older brother Ollie competed for Cambridge Men's team for the second year running, but could not repeat 2021's victory.