| To be accurate, Jonathan, the BBC only dropped Brand ten days after the disgusting prank calls on Ross’ show on Radio 2 following public criticism. Brand also repeated his boast that he had slept with Andrew Sach’s granddaughter on Chris Moyles’ Radio 1 show. A videocast of this programme was then sent out. The BBC Chairman eventually apologised but qualified his apology by saying that Brand’s behaviour was a rare aberration when viewed in the light of the excellent work he had done for the corporation. It later emerged that the programme’s producer had sent an internal email to the compliance officer saying that the prank calls ‘make for brilliantly funny radio’. The criticism of the BBC in this case is fully justified and those who make it should not be dismissed as ‘BBC haters’. |