eternal light Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Apologising gives the confusing impression that they actually gave a shit in the first place, when they were actually just having a larf. Maybe they actually gave a ~&*^ in the first place and were having a laugh just to mask their true feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I love them both and so do many others. It was a really stupid thing they did, but sadly it has just given areas of the media such as The Daily Mail exactly the chance they have been waiting for - to go on a witch hunt after them. Its pathetic. As if there weren't more important things in the world. Well it will fuck comedy for a while cos the beeb will bow to pressure and people will take less risks. Ross has already pulled out of the TV awards and isnt that on ITV and not the beeb? Its all gotten way out of proportion considering only a couple of people complained initially until the moral minority Daily Mail got their teeth into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Well it will fuck comedy for a while cos the beeb will bow to pressure and people will take less risks. Ross has already pulled out of the TV awards and isnt that on ITV and not the beeb? Its all gotten way out of proportion considering only a couple of people complained initially until the moral minority Daily Mail got their teeth into it. Just out of curiosity and having read a good portion of this thread, is there a movement, so to speak, to go with exclusively private radio in Britain at the moment. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Russell Brand sees C4 show ratings soar http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/c0...tings-soar.html Russell Brand’s Channel 4 series Ponderland saw an audience of 1.2 million tune in the day after the controversial comedian resigned from the BBC amid uproar. The second series of Ponderland debuted last night (31 October) and took an 8.2 per share of viewing during its 10.35 to 11.10pm slot. The same evening saw the BBC pull its Never Mind The Buzzcocks, which featured Brand as guest captain, from BBC 2. Brand resigned after he and fellow BBC presenter Jonathan Ross became mired in scandal following a prank call to actor Andrew Sachs on Brand’s Radio 2 Saturday night show. Ross has now been suspended from his show for 12 weeks without pay and Lesley Douglas, controller of BBC Radio 2, has resigned. Last year Ponderland’s debut show drew an audience of 800,000. The show last night was scheduled against natural Born Sellers on ITV, an American Election Question Time special on BBC 1 and Newsnight on BBC 2. Brand looks set to capitalise on his new notoriety with sales of his autobiography My Booky Wooky apparently up. BBC director general Mark Thompson said yesterday that he had made clear to Ross the clause in his contract “about not bringing the BBC into disrepute” and added:” We agree that nothing like this must ever happen again and that tight discipline will be required for the future.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 BBC director general Mark Thompson said yesterday that he had made clear to Ross the clause in his contract “about not bringing the BBC into disrepute” and added:” We agree that nothing like this must ever happen again and that tight discipline will be required for the future.” I wonder if people in Britain realize how much they owe to pirate radio in Britain for their cherished rock and roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I wonder if people in Britain realize how much they owe to pirate radio in Britain for their cherished rock and roll. Some of us older ones do but Im not sure what that has to do with this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Pirate radio stations were popular in the 1960s as the music they played was largely not catered for elsewhere. By mooring off the coast the pirate stations could evade broadcasting authorities. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/6938147.stm BBC director general Mark Thompson said yesterday that he had made clear to Ross the clause in his contract “about not bringing the BBC into disrepute” and added:” We agree that nothing like this must ever happen again and that tight discipline will be required for the future.” Where would British rock and roll be today if there had been no pirate radio and how would Led Zeppelin have been impacted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdistancewinner Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Where would British rock and roll be today if there had been no pirate radio and how would Led Zeppelin have been impacted? I'm sorry, Pirate radio has anything to do with Brand and Ross because...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I'm sorry, Pirate radio has anything to do with Brand and Ross because...? Both have had freedom of speech issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdistancewinner Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Both have had freedom of speech issues. I fail to see how listening to illegal radio and two radio presenter's saying obscene things to an elderly man are even remotely alike. The only thing they have in common is the fact that it's radio. And there is no 'issue' when regarding freedom of speech on the radio. It's about knowing what is and isn't appropriate, especially when said to a 78-year old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Thank you for your opinion on this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Yay Russell got the last laugh! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...-Caribbean.html Inspired casting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHD Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Yay Russell got the last laugh! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...-Caribbean.html Inspired casting! I read about this! I think it would be a hoot of he got the part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireOpal Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 This bit casts a dark shadow of doubt: "A source quoted in The Sun..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Honest, The Sun is more reliable than people make out. They broke Madonna's divorce before it was announced, for a recent example. However, it is a shite paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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