ITV made an awkward gaffe while introducing their brand new line-up of darts presenters and pundits.
The broadcaster has pinched former Sky Sports anchor Pete Graves to lead their darts coverage, with his new gig starting at the Winmau World Masters in Milton Keynes tonight.
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But within seconds of the broadcast starting, his name appeared incorrectly on screen as “Pete Greaves”.
It wasn’t the best start for the 43-year-old, who had expressed his excitement about getting started earlier in the day.
He wrote on X: “A new era begins tonight… I’m presenting the darts live for @OfficialPDC.
“The Winmau World Masters is live on ITV 4 from 7pm and streamed live on ITVX and PDCTV. All the big names in action. Tune in!”
Graves has taken over from Jacqui Oatley, who left after the Players Championship Finals last November.
And he has big shoes to fill as the popular Oatley spent more than a decade in the role.
Graves will share presenting duties with Gabbie Partington – a regular at World Series of Darts events throughout the season.
Another Sky regular has also been snapped up, with Wayne Mardle joining the team.
Five-time World Darts Championship semi-finalist Mardle is one of the regular big hitters for Sky at the Ally Pally – as is Dan Dawson, who will also be part of the ITV commentary set-up.
Mark Wilson, Chris Mason and Mark Webster complete the cull of familiar darting faces.
A bumper line-up of World Masters matches will see Gary Anderson, Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen all in action on Thursday.
Luke Littler and Luke Humphries will enter the fray on Friday as the sport’s big guns chase down the title won by ‘Cool Hand’ 12 months ago.
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