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• Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross made a series of prank phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs that resulted in Brand's resignation and Ross being suspended for 12 weeks without pay. In the calls, Brand said that he had slept with Sachs' 23-year-old grandaughter, Georgina Baillie.BBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008) The phone calls were broadcast on BBC Radio 2's The Russel Brand Radio Show on October 18, 2008.

• Fast Facts

  1. Phone calls were aired on October 18, 2008
  2. Brand resigned on October 29, 2008Guardian: What next for Russell Brand? (October 31, 2008)
  3. Jonathan Ross was a guest on the showBBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
  4. Jonathan Ross was suspended for 12 weeks without payTelegraph.co.uk: Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand row (October 30, 2008)
  5. Ross was the guest co-presenter on the showBBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)
  6. There were a reported 35,000 complaintsTimes Online: BBC scrambles to end crisis (October 31, 2008)
  7. BBC issued an apology admitting that it was "unacceptable and offensive"BBC: Russell Brand prank calls (October 28, 2008)

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