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Bez gets Happy Mondays disqualified from Bargain Hunt special

Dancer broke show’s rules by artificially inflating prices, handing victory to Pulp

The Happy Mondays were disqualified from a special edition of the BBC’s Bargain Hunt after Bez broke the show’s rules by artificially inflating prices, handing victory to Pulp.

The programme, due to be aired on Friday as part of the BBC’s Music Day, featured the dancer and Rowetta Idah from Happy Mondays going up against Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle from Pulp.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2N6Zjl1

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