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Brand quits BBC over crude calls

Crude calls: Russell Brand says he got caught up in the moment. (Getty Images: Dave Hogan, file photo) Comedian Russell Brand has resigned from his BBC radio show after crude messages he and co-presenter Jonathan Ross left on...

Russell Brand quits BBC after prank call backfires

29-Oct-2008

CTV.ca News Staff Comedian Russell Brand has quit his BBC radio show hours after the British broadcaster suspended him for a controversial routine he put to air earlier this month. Brand, 33, and well-known BBC radio host...

The Brand-ross Affair is a Chance for the Bbc to End the Culture of Cruelty That Permeates Its...

Alexander Chancellor: For most people, the 'line' in comedy is between what is funny and what is not. Well-directed satire amuses everyone, young or old A point regularly made by people who think that the kerfuffle about...

Brand quits, Ross hangs on, as BBC tries to contain firestorm

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:05 PM EDT Russell Brand last night quit his Radio 2 show while Jonathan Ross battled to save his job as the BBC was engulfed by panic over the fallout from a phone prank gone...

Russell Brand quits BBC radio show

International News: Co-presenter Jonathan Ross suspended -- Russell Brand quit his BBC radio show on Wednesday after the pubcaster suspended him and his celeb co-presenter Jonathan Ross following the public outcry over lewd...

Brand quits BBC over controversy (Entertainment)

CTV.ca News Staff Comedian Russell Brand has quit his BBC radio show hours after the British broadcaster suspended him for a controversial routine he put to air earlier this month. Brand, 33, and well-known BBC radio host...