What was the sachsgate scandal

They caused a furore in when they left smutty messages on veteran actor Andrews Sachs's answerphone during a pre-recorded Radio 2 show. It led to the departure of the station controller and both Brand and Ross left the BBC as a result of the fallout. Speaking during the recording of his chat show, Ross said: "Let's deal with this, because we're both keen to put this behind us.

People, I think are perhaps curious as to how we felt about it afterwards. We did both regret the furore that we caused, and also the hurt it may have caused Mr Sachs and his family. Brand added: "Obviously we regretted it because it became difficult to distinguish the media phenomena from the obvious impolite act.

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Updated at midnight every day. In a statement, the BBC Trust said it regretted that the "serious breaches" had led to a financial penalty and the "loss of licence fee payers' money as a result". A spokesman for BBC management said: "The BBC has since taken comprehensive action to deal with what were unacceptable failures in editorial judgement and compliance which led to the broadcast.

The row was sparked after the lewd comments were broadcast in a pre-recorded segment on Brand's Saturday night Radio 2 show on 18 October last year. The following week, Brand's apology song, in which he repeated allegations about Baillie, was again broadcast. There were only two complaints in the week after the show was broadcast, but after the Mail on Sunday splashed on the story the following weekend and media coverage exploded, this number rocketed to a total of 44, More info.

Aside from the laughs and ludicrous foolery during the filming of the The Jonathon Ross Show, which is set to air on ITV1 tomorrow night, the two shared common ground surrounding the affair that forced them both to leave the BBC. More than 40, complaints were made after the couple made prank calls to former Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

Russel Brand kisses Jonathon Ross on his show which is set to air tomorrow evening.