Russell Brand shouldn't be allowed near a telephone.

[ElRazur]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

A very tallented and funny man who unfortionately takes things too far on sometimes. I really enjoy his Radio 2 show (well the podcast) as it provides something very different to the usual BBC DJ.

He is as funny as visage.

I see no appeal in him whatsoever, people like that leaves you wondering how the heck he got a job in media in the first place.

He was wrong, unfunny and I wish he suffer terribly from this. Taking the piss at the expense of others, so as to amuse your fans is not acceptable in my books. Especially in this circumstances where the receiver of such pranks and joke clearly do not like it.

[phykell]

It doesn't matter if all the people who complained actually heard the show first-hand or not. The chances are that the vast majority of them are licence-payers and as such are perfectly entitled to expect the BBC to conform to the standards they claim they do.

"Jumping on the bandwagon" is an inappropriate criticism IMO and shouldn't be used to write off the opinions of concerned licence-payers. I didn't hear the show first-hand either but having heard the content I'm disgusted with the conduct of the presenters and as a licence-payer myself, I want them to be held accordingly accountable, nothing more, nothing less.

[phykell]

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

For christ sake the woman is in a slutty dance troupe, rolls around in fake blood for a living and has topless photos all over the tabloids. I wonder how many of the 20,000 complainers have actually even heard the programme, it's not even that offensive - yet another case of the media jumping onto a story, misrepresenting it ( all the while being wholly hypocritical) and the hordes of OUTRAGED readers getting on their high horses.


WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE GENTLE OLD MAN!

What the woman in question does for a living has nothing to do with this whatsoever. She wasn't the victim, clearly.

[semi-pro waster]

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

The audio clips are all over youtube if you want to listen

Ok, I've just wasted about 15 minutes listening to them. Now he comes across as unfunny and insincere which is not any better, rather than letting the initial mistake lie he decided to try and take advantage of the situation for some cheap humour. If he was in any way sorry then an apology off the air would have been fine but to repeatedly call up the answering machine leaving stupid messages did neither of them any favours here.

And thanks for the explanation Haly, it makes slightly more sense after you said that Andrew Sachs was meant to be appearing on Brand's show that day.

[Ravenlord]

Originally Posted by phykell

What the woman in question does for a living has nothing to do with this whatsoever. She wasn't the victim, clearly.

If she's so concerned about embarrassing and upsetting her grandfather perhaps she ought to change her demeanour. She's a professional slut who sleeps with clients (from a different angle some might call that prostitution...) and I think that more likely she's OUTRAGED because she's had to answer some uncomfortable questions about it to her family.

Victim? A crime hasn't occurred here fella, though apparently several people have wasted valuable resources and tied up the phone lines by reporting it to the police...

Let's not forget that the man made a name for himself by taking the piss out of the Spanish either...

[petemc]

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

She's a professional slut who sleeps with clients

Does she need a photographer?

[Ravenlord]

As a concerned LICENSE PAYER, who pays his LICENSE FEE to the BBC, and is worried about how his money, as a LICENSE PAYER, is being spent, surely Phykell should be just as concerned by the fact that he's paying BBC News & Radio, The Prime Minister, The Leader of the Opposition, every MP at PMQ's and the Culture Secretary to talk about this complete non-event. Still, I suppose there's nothing better to be discussing, like a major financial crisis, or an imminent, history-changing presidential election.

Regards,

Concerned LICENSE PAYER

[phykell]

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

If she's so concerned about embarrassing and upsetting her grandfather perhaps she ought to change her demeanour. She's a professional slut who sleeps with clients (from a different angle some might call that prostitution...) and I think that more likely she's OUTRAGED because she's had to answer some uncomfortable questions about it to her family.

I don't care what she says or what she does because that's irrelevant. Andrew Sachs was the victim of the "prank" and that fact is not mitigated one iota by whatever you happen to think of her.

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

Victim? A crime hasn't occurred here fella, though apparently several people have wasted valuable resources and tied up the phone lines by reporting it to the police...

I never said a crime had been committed and nor did I imply one had. The term, "victim" is perfectly justified and appropriate in this instance.

Originally Posted by Ravenlord

Let's not forget that the man made a name for himself by taking the piss out of the Spanish either...

Again, what on earth has that got to do with anything? Incidentally, he's done a hell of a lot more than just being a Spanish waiter in Fawlty Towers.

[Justsomebloke]

Originally Posted by Haly

Either way, why hasn't the person who agreed to air it been the one to face the most controversy? I'm sure there's unaired clips of various radio and TV shows all the time that would greatly offend someone, but instead they get removed before being aired. So who didn't do it this time?

My thoughts Exactly. It was a recorded show that was ALLOWED to be aired by the BBC then they suspend the 2 WTF is that all about.
Either the BBC dude gets sacked ASWELL or Nothing should be done.
I cannot believe the stupidity of this with some Satanic Slut sitting on telly whinging about how she has been besmirched OMFGG
Then on top of that The Time line
This is a Complete Joke which makes England look a Pathetic joke.

[AboveTheSalt]

Brand has resigned from the BBC, so that's OK then