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| BBC to air apology over Brand row | BBC to air apology over Brand row |
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| BBC Radio 2 will broadcast an apology over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's lewd calls, which they made on air to actor Andrew Sachs last month. | BBC Radio 2 will broadcast an apology over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's lewd calls, which they made on air to actor Andrew Sachs last month. |
| The BBC Trust said it should be made to licence fee payers for the "serious breach of editorial standards". | The BBC Trust said it should be made to licence fee payers for the "serious breach of editorial standards". |
| The apology will be aired twice on Radio 2, at 1003 GMT when Ross's show would have gone out, and in the evening at 2103 GMT during Brand's former slot. | |
| Ross was suspended for three months over the row, and Brand resigned. | Ross was suspended for three months over the row, and Brand resigned. |
| Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas also stepped down over the incident. | Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas also stepped down over the incident. |
| 'Apologise unreservedly' | 'Apologise unreservedly' |
| The Trust's Editorial Standard's Committee approved the following apology: | The Trust's Editorial Standard's Committee approved the following apology: |
| "On 18 October, the BBC broadcast an exchange between Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on the Russell Brand show on Radio 2. | "On 18 October, the BBC broadcast an exchange between Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on the Russell Brand show on Radio 2. |
| "This concerned the actor Andrew Sachs and his granddaughter, Georgina Baillie.Andrew Sachs is best known for playing Manuel in Fawlty Towers | |
| "Some of this exchange was left on the voicemail of Mr Sachs. | "Some of this exchange was left on the voicemail of Mr Sachs. |
| "The conversation was grossly offensive and an unacceptable intrusion into the private lives of both Mr Sachs and Ms Baillie. | "The conversation was grossly offensive and an unacceptable intrusion into the private lives of both Mr Sachs and Ms Baillie. |
| "It was a serious breach of editorial standards, and should never have been recorded or broadcast. | "It was a serious breach of editorial standards, and should never have been recorded or broadcast. |
| "The BBC would like to apologise unreservedly to Mr Sachs, Ms Baillie and to our audiences as licence fee payers." | "The BBC would like to apologise unreservedly to Mr Sachs, Ms Baillie and to our audiences as licence fee payers." |
| It is thought Ross' suspension from his radio and TV talk show and Film 2008 will cost the entertainer more than £1 million. | It is thought Ross' suspension from his radio and TV talk show and Film 2008 will cost the entertainer more than £1 million. |
| The BBC's director general Mark Thompson said the entertainer had "absolutely overstepped the mark". | |
| Sachs was upset after Brand and Ross left a series of lewd messages on his voicemail as part of a pre-recorded show, taped on 16 October. | |
| The pair made obscene comments about the actor's 23-year-old granddaughter Georgina Baillie during four separate phone calls. | |
| Ross swore and said Brand had slept with Sachs' granddaughter. | |
| After thousands of people complained about the broadcast, after it the media had reported on it, Brand said in a statement he took "complete responsibility" for the incident. | |
| Ross said in his statement he was "deeply sorry" and regretted the "upset" he had caused. |