Network seeks interview with dead legend

LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- The BBC says it's "very embarrassed" for asking to interview reggae legend Bob Marley, who died in 1981.

In an e-mail, the network told the Bob Marley Foundation it was preparing a documentary and would only involve his "spending one or two days with us," the London Mirror reported Friday.

The BBC wanted the Jamaican star's contribution for an hour-long show on his hit single "No Woman, No Cry." The e-mail said the story "would only work with some participation from Bob Marley himself."

Red-faced BBC officials said the blunder was "not an April Fool."