Olympics -- because he arrived in Spain without an official pass.

Mr. Elmore Warren was shown the door by the Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee.

The bureaucratic block dashes the prospect of Bermuda Broadcasting Company boosting its Olympic coverage.

Yesterday, however, BBC general manager Mr. Malcolm Fletcher stressed the firm had not sent Mr. Warren to cover the Games. "If he did try to go there, he made his own personal arrangements,'' he stated.

As a cameraman and technician, Mr. Warren may have tried striking out on his own, said Mr. Fletcher. "I don't think there's any story for you,'' he added.

He said his employee was holidaying in Europe, and due back at work shortly.

Mr. Rick Richardson, the BBC's deputy general manager, reacted frostily when contacted yesterday.

Warning the interview was being recorded, he repeatedly stated Mr. Warren was "on vacation and works in television control.'' He declined to elaborate.

Mr. Warren's unhappy Olympic experience came after he arrived without provisional accreditation.

He approached the Olympic Organising Committee for full accreditation -- but was refused.

Mr. Warren told The Royal Gazette Sports Editor Mr. Dexter Smith, who is reporting on the Games, he would be continuing his holiday.

He blamed a foul-up at the Bermuda end for the organising committee's unawareness of his plans to cover the Games.

Mr. Smith said he saw Mr. Warren for about an hour on the way to the opening ceremonies. "But we parted company once I went inside. The only way he could have got in was to pay a huge amount to a scalper and he said he was not about to do that.'' Mr. Smith said Mr. Warren, a co-producer of a local music and art talent show, had also tried in vain to speak to athletes in the Olympic village.