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- Russell Brand hosted The Russel Brand Radio Show on BBC Radio 2
- Brand resigned on October 29, 2008Guardian: What next for Russell Brand? (October 31, 2008)
- Jonathan Ross was suspended for 12 weeks without payTelegraph.co.uk: Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand row (October 30, 2008)
- Ross was the guest co-presenter on the showBBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
- Brand and Ross made a series of prank calls to Andrew Sachs on October 16, 2008BBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
- Calls were left on Sachs' voice mailDaily Mail: Obscene on air phone calls (October 26, 2008)
- In the calls, the two joked that Brand slept with Sachs' 23-year-old granddaughter, Georgina BaillieBBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
- They also stated that Baillie was in "a baroque dance group called the satanicsluts.com"BBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
- The show was broadcast on October 18, 2008, despite Sachs' request for it not to be airedTelegraph: Ofcom to investigate (October 28, 2008)
- BBC issued an apology for the show's airing on October 27, 2008, admitting that it was "unacceptable and offensive"BBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
- There were a reported 35,000 complaintsTimes Online: BBC scrambles to end crisis (October 31, 2008)
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Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross were investigated by Ofcom after making prank phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs during a recording of The Russell Brand Show on October 16, 2008. In the calls, the pair jokingly claimed that Brand had slept with Sachs' granddaughter.Guardian: 'Offensive' calls transcript (October 27, 2008) After the media fallout, Brand resigned from the program on October 29, 2008.Guardian: What next for Russell Brand? (October 31, 2008)
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