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[albitz]

I ,as a licence fee payer,very strongly object to people who have no grasp of basic human decency being paid large sums of money to broadcast gratuitously offensive claptrap on the radio.
The reason the beeb isnt exposed to the normal commercial reality is ,supposedly to allow it to concentrate on high quality/cultured/informative programmes rather than chasing ratings for ratings sake.
It obviously threw this baby out with the bath water a long time ago,so the licence fee should be abolished.

[pete.h]

I'm not sure the arguement that only 3 people complained initially holds water. Surely this is a reflection of the standards of the viewer they get.
Presumably the thousands who complained afterwards wouldn't have watched such trash in the first place , but felt forced to complain once they knew the facts of the case.

[albitz]

And we havent yet mentioned the fact that after they had left the message on his answerphone,they then joked that he might hang himself when he heard it.

[Martin_1962]

Brand I have no time for Wossy can be very entertaining when he is not being silly, but when he gets silly he can be very embarrasing to watch.

Wossy did take flowers around and apologised in person.

I have more worries about Brand.

BTW neither of them are comedians!

[Andy B]

Both are now suspended, pending BBC investigation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7696714.stm

[amigov6]

Edgy entertainers are "edgy" so always close to going too far but despite the majority on here climbing on the collective hang 'em thread, the fact that Ross at least is so well paid means folk like him regardless, simple. I listened to Jeremy Drone, sorry Vine today & there was one well made point. The programme was pre recorded & there are producers, censors in place to ensure certian unsuitable quotes are'nt broadcast...bit like an admin? Andrew Sachs had been contacted & asked for it not to be broadcasted so the producers should be held to task as well as they had the power to stop it but did'nt.
   Out of interest are they on pay while suspended?

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Edgy entertainers are "edgy" so always close to going too far but despite the majority on here climbing on the collective hang 'em thread, the fact that Ross at least is so well paid means folk like him regardless, simple. I listened to Jeremy Drone, sorry Vine today & there was one well made point. The programme was pre recorded & there are producers, censors in place to ensure certian unsuitable quotes are'nt broadcast...bit like an admin? Andrew Sachs had been contacted & asked for it not to be broadcasted so the producers should be held to task as well as they had the power to stop it but did'nt.
   Out of interest are they on pay while suspended?

I believe they are under contract so, as in the case of any employee under contract, they would be paid during any disciplinary or enquiry process for legal reasons.

[Nickbat]

Edgy entertainers are "edgy" so always close to going too far but despite the majority on here climbing on the collective hang 'em thread, the fact that Ross at least is so well paid means folk like him regardless, simple. I listened to Jeremy Drone, sorry Vine today & there was one well made point. The programme was pre recorded & there are producers, censors in place to ensure certian unsuitable quotes are'nt broadcast...bit like an admin? Andrew Sachs had been contacted & asked for it not to be broadcasted so the producers should be held to task as well as they had the power to stop it but did'nt.
   Out of interest are they on pay while suspended?

Yes, I heard that, too. However, these so-called edgy comedians should not rely on producers to tell them what's acceptable and what isn't (especially in this case). That's just a plain denial of responsibility. "We phoned up an old man and swore down the phone at him and made allegations about his granddaughter but the producer should have told us it was wrong..."  :-?

Sorry, doesn't wash with me, I'm afraid.    

[Lizzie_Zoom]

It has just been announced that Brand is going to resign from his radio show!

[Tony H]

It wouldn't surprise me if they do get fired they have severance clauses in there contract that would result in a large payout of licence payers money
It wouldn't take long for another t.v. station to offer them new shows either.

[Jay w]

It has just been announced that Brand is going to resign from his radio show!

In a way i think that is a bad thing....

He should have been made to face the humility of being sacked, in this instance i would imagine he has been briefed that he was going to face serious repercussions and so decided to jump, he can then claim 'it was the right thing to do' and so claim he was a martyr.


I wonder if they were in breach of the telecommunications act? bit of a strange one i know but you never know, however Sachs has decided not to report his issue to the police
 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

It wouldn't surprise me if they do get fired they have severance clauses in there contract that would result in a large payout of licence payers money
It wouldn't take long for another t.v. station to offer them new shows either.

Don't worry about Brand costing us more than he has already, as I have said above Tony it has been announced (by BBC News 24) that he is resigning.

EDIT:  Brand has now actually resigned

[Kevin Wood]

EDIT:  Brand has now actually resigned

Resigned from his show on Radio 2 is what they reported. So not necessarily from the BBC. :-?

Kevin

[Lizzie_Zoom]

EDIT:  Brand has now actually resigned

Resigned from his show on Radio 2 is what they reported. So not necessarily from the BBC. :-?

Kevin

So what are the other shows that Brand is contracted to do on the BBC Kevin? :-? :-?

[amigov6]

Brand just stated he'll no longer work for the beeb but has a ch4 show starting next week, so he's covered.