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It has been exactly 20 years since the BBC interviewed the wrong Guy on live TV. Guy Goma, a Congolese-French business studies graduate, arrived at BBC in London for a job interview as an IT data cleanser. Due to a mix-up by the reception, he was mistaken for the...

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On May 8th, 2006, the BBC delivered one of the most memorable moments in live television history. A man named Guy Goma walked into BBC Television Centre that morning expecting a job interview for an IT position. Instead, he ended up live on BBC News 24, being introduced to millions of viewers as a technology expert. The story unfolded because of a legal battle that had finally reached a verdict. The interviewer set the scene: "That ongoing round between Apple Computer, the company behind the iPod, and Apple Corps, the Beatles' record label, has just been resolved. It all centered on the Apple logo, which both companies use. Now the businesses reached a deal in 1991 whereby Apple Computer was allowed to use the trademark as long as it didn't enter the music business, but then it launched iTunes, the online music store, which is when the row started." The judge had just ruled in favour of Apple Corps, the Beatles' record label. The BBC needed an expert on air, fast. They had booked Guy Kewney, editor of the technology website News Wireless, to comment on the verdict. But somewhere between reception and the studio, wires got crossed. A producer collected the wrong Guy. The interviewer turned to camera and introduced her guest: "Guy Cuny is the editor of the technology website News Wireless. Hello, good morning to you." What followed has become legendary. The moment Guy Goma realised he was live on television rather than sitting in a job interview was captured on his face for the world to see. When asked if he was surprised by the verdict, his response was unintentionally honest: "I'm very surprised to see this verdict to come on me because I was not expecting that. When I came, they told me something else and I'm coming… you got an idea of your life, so it's really a big surprise anyway." The interviewer, either missing the cue or committed to pressing on, took his answer at face value and continued with her next question about whether more people would now be downloading music online. What makes the moment remarkable is that Goma did not freeze or run. He answered. He gave it everything he had: "Actually, if you can go everywhere you're gonna see a lot of people downloading to the internet and their website, everything they want. But I think is much better for the development and to improve people what they want and to get on the easy way and so fast everything they're looking for." The interviewer pressed on with one more question about the music industry moving online. Goma kept going: "You can go everywhere on the cyber cafe and you can check, you can go easy. It's going to be very easy way for everyone to get something to venture on it." Then the interviewer thanked him and cut away to a correspondent at the court. The clip became one of the earliest viral videos of the YouTube era. Guy Goma never got the IT job, but his accidental 90 seconds on air made him more famous than the expert the BBC actually meant to interview, and in 2026, he co-authored a book about it.

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