Oct 27
BBC says sorry for Andrew Sachs prank call
Fawlty Towers star, Andrew Sachs, was last week the victim of a prank call by Russell Brand and Jonathon Ross on Brand’s BBC Radio 2 show. The BBC have just issued an apology to Mr Sachs.
A spokeswoman for Radio 2 said this, “We have received a letter of a complaint from Mr Sachs’ agent and would like to sincerely apologise to Mr Sachs for the offence caused. We recognise that some of the content broadcast was unacceptable and offensive. We are reviewing how this came about and are responding to Mr Sachs personally. We also apologise to listeners for any offence caused.”
Was it offensive? Make up your own mind…
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October 27th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I thought it was funny as f**k and i think the media and its use of words and i
quote ‘frail man verbally abused by bbc big shots’ have blown it outta proportion
October 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Yeh, that’s true, but I don’t think I’d be too happy if some scruffy haired ex-smackhead left a message on my answer machine saying he’d done my granddaughter on a swing. I was just reading the mailonline’s take on it all -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080839/Ofcom-probe-scandal-Ross-Brands-prank-pressure-grows-sacked-despite-apologies.html
Before reading that, I had this vision of Georgina Baillie (Sachs’ granddaughter) being some sweet and innocent young thing. On her myspace page she lists her marital status as ’swinger’ and uses the stage name ‘Voluptua’ and dances with a goth group called the Satanic sluts.
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