The 2 Beeb presenters actually chuckled the first time he said it, so he repeated it; I think Seb is at least a bit more informed about our own good culture than the majority of modern English, thank God, Al.
But, sadly, at the handover I just watched, it was American culture performed around a bus, a hedge, and umbrellas. And, equally sadly, the Manchester Commonwealth games was virtually wall-to-wall American pop. Those who do know must become more militant.