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Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, again

So the BBC Trust - that collection of the great and the good who the government appoints to rule the BBC - has today published its conclusions on the famous Russell Brand Show/Jonathan Ross/Andrew Sachs farrago.
In short, the Trust led by affable but somewhat “senior” in age Sir Michael Lyons, has decided that Mr Ross’ [...]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

It seems the producers of BBC 2’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks are making something of a feature of inviting the not-so-musically-obvious to appear on the panel show. A few weeks ago Stephen Fry did a star turn on the show, to general acclaim and decent ratings (2.4m and a 10% share of viewing at 9pm [...]

Pause for thought

I should just move on. I’ve suffered sudden bereavement before. But I can’t help wondering whether Jonathan Ross will return to BBC 1 and Radio 2 after his three-month suspension. Jeremy Vine and Terry Wogan have apparently cast doubt on the idea.
For what it’s worth, I reckon Ross and his agent Addison Cresswell will wait [...]

So here’s the thing (Warning: this post contains strong language)

 
This is the sort of intro Jonathan Ross used all the time on his Saturday Radio 2 show, before he was hysterically pulled off air by Mark Thompson last week in the Andrew Sachs row. I like “Here’s the thing” as an intro – it’s kind of American, a bit crass and ungrammatical but [...]

Mark Thompson is utterly spineless

BBC DG Mark Thompson is wrong to pull Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand off air

Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand and THAT phone call

OK, so these are the lengths I will go to, to keep abreast of meeja issues while I am a) unofficially on holiday (ie taking calls and juggling freelance commitments, but essentially just listening to the radio all day) and b) redecorating my dead mother’s house in a bid to buck the plummeting housing market. [...]

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