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rte.ie: RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Ross - pulls out of comedy awards rte.ie

Ross steps down from ITV show over prank furore

reuters.com
31-Oct-2008 606 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Television presenter Jonathan Ross has backed out of presenting an awards show because of the furore caused by the crude prank phone calls he made with Russell Brand on a BBC radio show, ITV said on Friday.

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BBC presenters face clampdown after Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand scandal

telegraph.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

BBC presenters face a clampdown to ensure broadcasts never again contain material like the offensive phone calls made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand. Meanwhile the BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body, released a...

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digitalspy.co.uk: Ross stands down from Comedy Awards digitalspy.co.uk

Ross stands down from Comedy Awards

digitalspy.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

By Alex Fletcher, Entertainment Reporter Jonathan Ross has pulled out of hosting the 2008 British Comedy Awards, ITV has announced. Ross made the decision in agreement with the broadcaster following the fallout from his and...

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BBC star steps down from show on rival broadcaster

reuters.com
31-Oct-2008
        

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British television star Jonathan Ross has backed out of presenting an awards show because of the furor caused by crude prank phone calls he made with another presenter on a BBC radio show, ITV said on...

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bbc.co.uk: Lesley Douglas bbc.co.uk

Buck stops at the top of the BBC

bbc.co.uk
30-Oct-2008 106 related
        

Lesley Douglas nurtured the careers of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross The joke used to be, when the BBC got into crises such as this, "deputy heads will roll". Last year the controller of BBC One, Peter Fincham, resigned over...

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Rocked again: BBC all at sea in another storm

independent.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

Here we are again. Last year it was Peter Fincham, the head of the BBC's flagship television channel, and now it is the chief of the biggest radio network Lesley Douglas, walking the plank over their failures to prevent lapses...

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Trust insists on editorial discipline

guardian.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

The BBC Trust last night moved to assert its authority with a detailed statement designed to show that the much criticised body can play a meaningful role in the running of the corporation. After six hours meeting the director...

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Sense and sensibility from the corporation's perilous heights

guardian.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

After a week of madness, finally a shockingly sensible response. A 12-week suspension for Jonathan Ross feels, oddly, about right. Suspension without pay actually claws back some of the money the nation is constantly asked to...

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BBC battles to calm prank storm

guardian.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

The BBC attempted to draw the poison from another calamitous week last night by taking the unprecedented step of banning its highest paid star for three months and accepting the resignation of one of its most senior and...

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telegraph.co.uk: Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand: The controller of Radio 2, Lesley Douglas, has resigned over the Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand phone prank scandal. telegraph.co.uk

Jonathan Ross docked £1.4m and given final warning by BBC for Russell Brand radio prank

telegraph.co.uk
30-Oct-2008
        

Jonathan Ross has been docked £1.4 million in pay and issued with a "final warning" by the BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, as punishment for the obscene phone calls made to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs on Russell...

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