Transcript of the interview as circus ringmaster violently attacks BBC reporter
Below is the transcript of the final 76 seconds of an interview by a BBC Radio Nottingham presenter with Martin Lacey, owner of the Great British Circus, in February 2008. Click here to listen to the interview. Reporter: I'll just pop over to where the camel is tethered in his tent here. Oh, no he's not tethered. Martin Lacey: You keep using this false terminology. Reporter: No, it's just that I couldn't see in the dark. Martin Lacey: Now that's starting to p**s me off, I don't want to do this any more. Reporter: Well it's because he's in the dark . (Muffled sounds of microphone being touched). Reporter: Leave my equipment alone Mr Lacey! Martin Lacey: Listen, I haven't come here to be f****d about! Reporter: Mr Lacey! Martin Lacey: Everything you have said, f*****g tethered, the lot. Now don't 'Mr Lacey' me! OK?! Reporter: No, I'm very upset at your attitude. Martin Lacey: I am very upset at the way you're f*****g conducting this bloody interview! Reporter: OK. Martin Lacey: OK? Reporter: Alright. Martin Lacey: F*****g tethered? He's not tethered! Reporter: No, I accept that. Martin Lacey: Born into f*****g slavery? What are you on about?! Eh?! Reporter: I think I'd better leave. Martin Lacey: I think you better f**k off and not come back again. I'm p****d off with the press. All the time. You can't say anything f*****g decent, can you? Can you?! Reporter: Well, I'm very surprised at what you've had to say to me Mr Lacey. Martin Lacey: I'm very surprised as well. Now just f***k off and don't come back! Reporter: Well I won't come back and it will be interesting to see what the listeners think about your circus. If this is the attitude you have towards human beings it must be... Leave my equipment alone. Leave me alone Mr Lacey. (Sound of a thump and microphone being touched). Reporter: Leave me alone Mr Lacey! (Interview ends).
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