BBC Suspends Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand

October 29, 2008 By 3 Comments


The BBC have suspended both Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand from their highly paid jobs, a result of the controversy over a prank call that the two of them made to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

BBC Suspends Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand

The BBC said that both Ross and Brand are temporarily suspended while they perform an internal investigation into the incident. BBC Director General Mark Thompson, applogised to Sachs for the prank calls. Thompson said that the pair will not be able to broadcast until the investigation was complete.

Jonathan Ross has the most to lose from this, as he is paid a huge sum of money from the BBC. Ross was due to start filming for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, it is not certain if the recording will go ahead, or what will replace it on Friday night.

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Do you think that this whole thing has gotten out of hand?

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  • Laura

    Some people really need to get a sense of humour. Knowing how Ross & Brand are famous largely for their comic skills, I would’ve thought it would be obvious they were kidding. If they are sacked it will be really silly just because some old actor over-reacted & got in a flap over a joke.

  • http://www.opine-blog.com Opine Editor

    It certainly was tasteless, but comedy will always tread that line. It is never pleasant to be the butt of the joke, but as Billy Connolly once said, ‘When your knickers are down, that’s when you’re funny.’ Read more at opine-blog.com

    Opine Ed

  • http://blog.peta.org.uk/2008/stand-by-your-brand-russell-will-not-be-removed-from-peta-literature?c=pukbrussell Alexia

    PETA are standing by Russell Brand through all this! We’ve had loads of calls asking for us to remove him from our literature (he’s a vegetarian), but if Andrew Sachs has accepted his apology, that’s good enough for us! Read more about it here http://blog.peta.org.uk/2008/stand-by-your-brand-russell-will-not-be-removed-from-peta-literature?c=pukbrussell