The BBC has apologised after one if its local radio stations aired a musical game feature based on the Moors murderer Ian Brady.

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During his Sunday show, BBC Radio Leeds presenter Nathan Turvey invited listeners to guess a “well-known person who has been in the news this week” from a selection of musical songs.

Turvey went on to play a montage of Mott the Hoople’s All The Young Dudes, The Brady Bunch Theme Song, The Smith’ Suffer Little Children and Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer.

In a short statement, the BBC told RadioToday: “This was clearly unacceptable and we apologise.” The clip has been deleted from Facebook and BBC iPlayer.

Brady, a serial killer who died aged 79 in a secure hospital last week, tortured and murdered five children between 1963 and 1965.

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He buried four of their bodies on Saddleworth Moor in the south Pennines. Police are still searching for the body of his fifth victim, 12-year-old Keith Bennett.

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Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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