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Not-so-funny-men Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are under increasing scrutiny after leaving a series of lewd messages on the answerphone of ex-Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs.
Brand played the pre-recorded messages during his Saturday evening Radio 2 show earlier this month. Amazingly the messages, which included untrue sexual references to Brand and Sachs' granddaughter, were left on Sachs' answerphone two days earlier and had been vetted by BBC staff before being broadcast.
The Times has helpfully published a transcript of Brand and Ross's conversation.
Following an insincere apology from Brand and mass public outcry the BBC was forced into issuing a humiliating apology of its own yesterday. The Corporation described duo's performance as "unacceptable and offensive" material.
A Radio 2 spokeswoman said: "We have received a letter of a complaint from Mr Sachs' agent and would like to sincerely apologise to Mr Sachs for the offence caused.
"We recognise that some of the content broadcast was unacceptable and offensive.
"We are reviewing how this came about and are responding to Mr Sachs personally. We also apologise to listeners for any offence caused."
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom has began an investigation into the Russell Brand Show, which aired on 18th October. As of today the BBC has received almost 2,000 complaints about the show, with a similar number of complaints being received directly by Ofcom.
I can not imagine what was going through the vacuous heads of Brand and Ross when they performed their childish prank. Sadly I don't anticipate an organisation as ineffectual as the BBC to take much action against them.
Brand played the pre-recorded messages during his Saturday evening Radio 2 show earlier this month. Amazingly the messages, which included untrue sexual references to Brand and Sachs' granddaughter, were left on Sachs' answerphone two days earlier and had been vetted by BBC staff before being broadcast.
The Times has helpfully published a transcript of Brand and Ross's conversation.
Following an insincere apology from Brand and mass public outcry the BBC was forced into issuing a humiliating apology of its own yesterday. The Corporation described duo's performance as "unacceptable and offensive" material.
A Radio 2 spokeswoman said: "We have received a letter of a complaint from Mr Sachs' agent and would like to sincerely apologise to Mr Sachs for the offence caused.
"We recognise that some of the content broadcast was unacceptable and offensive.
"We are reviewing how this came about and are responding to Mr Sachs personally. We also apologise to listeners for any offence caused."
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom has began an investigation into the Russell Brand Show, which aired on 18th October. As of today the BBC has received almost 2,000 complaints about the show, with a similar number of complaints being received directly by Ofcom.
I can not imagine what was going through the vacuous heads of Brand and Ross when they performed their childish prank. Sadly I don't anticipate an organisation as ineffectual as the BBC to take much action against them.
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