EXILED BBC TALK SHOW HOST RECEIVES MOUTH-WASHING

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	MORE FALLOUT IN BBC SCANDAL Oct 31 2008
	One of the BBC's biggest stars, Jonathan Ross, was suspended by the BBC on Thursday (more)
	TOP BBC PERSONALITIES OUSTED Oct 29 2008
	Russell Brand, best known in the U.S. for his performance as a narcissistic British rock (more)

EXILED BBC TALK SHOW HOST RECEIVES MOUTH-WASHING
Friday, November 28 2008

When British television host Jonathan Ross returns from his 12-week suspension in January, he will be using less "bad language," Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, told Britain's Guardian newspaper. Ross, she indicated, had agreed to cut back on the kind of borderline obscene talk that got him into trouble in the first place when he joined comic Russell Brand on Brand's radio show in a prank telephone call to actor Andrew Sachs. The BBC permits the use of many four-letter words that are forbidden in the U.S. However, Bennett said at the Media Festival in Manchester, "We have actually been pushing back a bit on language. It is possible that some language alienates some audiences unnecessarily."

SUSPENDED BBC HOST WILL NOT BE FIRED
Monday, November 24 2008
The BBC's governing body said Friday that it's star night-time host Jonathan Ross will not be fired and that he will be able to return to the air after his 12-week suspension with no pay. Ross was suspended after he engaged in what was described as an obscene phone call to actor Andrew Sachs that was broadcast during comedian Russell Brand's BBC radio show. Brand subsequently quit. BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons said Friday that (more)

DID ONE MURDOCH NEWSPAPER STIR UP BBC SCANDAL?
Monday, November 3 2008
U.K. media critic Charlie Brooker, who regularly lampoons British TV shows in his column in Britain's Guardian newspaper, has joined the backlash to the backlash that ensued following the BBC's decision to suspend popular personalities Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross over lewd phone calls they made to actor Andrew Sachs. In his column today (Monday), Brooker points out that the broadcast went virtually unnoticed until the London tabloid, the Daily Mail, called attention to it (more)