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Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross could face prosecution after obscene on air phone cal

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Does it offend you that I did use stars? SHIT SHIT SHIT!

 

No, but you see my point, yes?

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It's been blown way out of size.

 

2 complaints made after the show, 20,000 or whatever it was made after the media turned on Brandy Ross :(

Damn!

 

My Sky+ says Paul Bettany was supposed to be on next weeks Jonathan Ross show - I love him. Now instead we'll probably get stuck with Speed bloody 2 :veryangry2:

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Interesting advert on Absolute Radio today. Goes something like, resigning from your job is different to being fired because you can start a new job straight away. And then goes on to say Russell has a new show starting at 6am on monday on Absolute Radio.

They should get him to replace JR on the Comedy Awards!

 

Apparently, this weeks Nevermind the Buzzcocks was a replacement, 'cos the original had Russel Brand as a team captain

yeah the never mind the buzzcocks last night was next weeks one..im pretty sure they will play russell's one this thursday though.....i would usually be listening to russell's radio show in 30 mins :cry:

Who've they got instead?

 

Apparently Radio 2 have replaced Ross with Richard Allinson - yawn! At least when JR is on holiday they usually get Mark Lamarr in. Won't be tuning in to Radio 2 any time soon.

this guy called "Alex Lester"..i might just listen to some old russell podcasts instead :D

 

the only other radio show i listen to is adam & joe on 6music...they are funny :D

this guy called "Alex Lester"..i might just listen to some old russell podcasts instead :D

 

the only other radio show i listen to is adam & joe on 6music...they are funny :D

 

I'm sorry you can't listen to his show :(!

Alex Lester??? He's normally on in the middle of the night (when no one's listening)

 

It's like they've got rid of the two controversial DJ's and now feel they need to replace them with the blandest people they can come up with.

 

They should just get a couple of Tory MP's to come in and read from their manefesto

i want to be a DJ..should i just turn up and go "got any jobs?"

 

"why yes sir we have the prime slot on saturdays free" :D

Well don't look too interesting or opinionated - they've obviously had enough of that!!!

aww yeah im a boring twat ;) ..thats my cover :laugh3: ..or the truth for people who think i am a boring twat :P

aww yeah im a boring twat ;) ..thats my cover :laugh3: ..or the truth for people who think i am a boring twat :P

 

I'm sure no such people exist! :cool:

I'm sure no such people exist! :cool:

 

aww why thank you :D

 

i went out today to buy a new jumper..walked along the street..saw alot of people..i saw a jumper i liked and tried it on but it was too big for me so i asked the lady working there if she had it in a smaller size and she said no..so i went to sainsburys..bought some fruit,veg and some rolls and that came to over 2 pound!

 

(i'm trying to be as boring as possible :laugh3:)

aww why thank you :D

 

i went out today to buy a new jumper..walked along the street..saw alot of people..i saw a jumper i liked and tried it on but it was too big for me so i asked the lady working there if she had it in a smaller size and she said no..so i went to sainsburys..bought some fruit,veg and some rolls and that came to over 2 pound!

 

(i'm trying to be as boring as possible :laugh3:)

 

:laugh3:, anyway James, my dad's mate works on the local radio, I could ask him if he's got any tips for anything!;)

aww why thank you :D

 

i went out today to buy a new jumper..walked along the street..saw alot of people..i saw a jumper i liked and tried it on but it was too big for me so i asked the lady working there if she had it in a smaller size and she said no..so i went to sainsburys..bought some fruit,veg and some rolls and that came to over 2 pound!

 

(i'm trying to be as boring as possible :laugh3:)

 

Get that copy-righted now! Alex Lester could be lurking around looking for material for his new radio show :laugh3:

:laugh3:, anyway James, my dad's mate works on the local radio, I could ask him if he's got any tips for anything!;)

 

nah its fine simon..i've got an interview for studying media broadcasting in college :D..then i can either go down the music side of things or the DJ side of things :D

Get that copy-righted now! Alex Lester could be lurking around looking for material for his new radio show :laugh3:

 

:laugh3: i've just put radio 2 on to see what he is like...hopefully a bit more exciting than my jumper adventures :D

 

EDIT: and the radio is back off again :laugh3:

nah its fine simon..i've got an interview for studying media broadcasting in college :D..then i can either go down the music side of things or the DJ side of things :D

 

:D;) No worries!, but if you need help, ask me! :D

I went out on a late night McFlurry run and the guy was talking about how he's normally out "wooping it up" on a saturday night. How lame can you get?

 

I read somewhere that Russel Brand has gone to LA - I hope he didn't tune in via the I-player, it would just be too depressing to listen to such drivel.

 

Oh, he then started talking about what you could do with a disused phonebox and suggested you turn it in to a toilet.

 

What cutting edge satire!

What's going on with the BBC recently???

 

I mean the BBC was once famous for its bastion of quality journalism and cultivated level of speech not only in the UK... :dozey:

 

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Top Gear Row Over Prostitute Gag

 

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The Top Gear presenter, 48, made the quip about lorry drivers killing sex workers on Sunday night's BBC2 show.

 

As he completed a lorry-driving task, he said: "This is a hard job and I'm not just saying that to win favour with lorry drivers, it's a hard job.

 

"Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day."

 

His comments come after serial killer Steve Wright was convicted in February of murdering five prostitutes in Ipswich.

 

Wright was a former lorry driver, as well as pub landlord and forklift truck driver.

 

Clarkson's joke, made before the watershed, sparked 188 complaints to the BBC, out of what the corporation said was seven million viewers.

 

A BBC spokeswoman said: "The vast majority of Top Gear viewers have clear expectations of Jeremy Clarkson's long-established and frequently provocative on-screen persona.

 

"This particular reference was used to comically exaggerate and make ridiculous an unfair urban myth about the world of lorry driving, and was not intended to cause offence."

 

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom said it had also been contacted by viewers angry at the remarks.

 

The Iceni Project, a charity which had helped some of the murdered prostitutes in Ipswich, criticised Clarkson.

 

The group's director Brian Tobin said: "I just think it was highly distasteful and insensitive.

 

"It is around the time of the anniversary of the girls' (Ipswich prostitutes) deaths and it's a very delicate time. I saw it on Top Gear. It made me cringe."

 

The remarks come after a prank carried out by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on Brand's Radio 2 show led to the controller of the station, Lesley Douglas, resigning.

 

Ross has been suspended for three months without pay and Brand also resigned over the incident, in which the pair left a message on Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs' answer machine claiming Brand had slept with his grand-daughter.

 

The new Clarkson controversy comes amid a call from ITV chairman Michael Grade for less bad language in broadcasting.

 

The former BBC chairman said there was a "pattern" in the prevalence of bad language and use of the "f-word" was "a little unrestrained".

 

He stopped short of pushing for a ban, but said: "Clearly not enough consideration is given to a very large section of the audience who perhaps don't want to hear that word or such words.

 

"You therefore have to know why you're using it and give it a little bit of extra consideration. It seems to me rather indiscriminate now."

 

He was speaking at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, where he also praised the BBC for its handling of the Ross-Brand scandal.

 

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Jeremy-Clarkson-Top-Gear-Star-Sparks-Fresh-BBC-Controversy-By-Joking-About-Murdering-Prostitutes/Article/200811115141269?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15141269_Jeremy_Clarkson%3A_Top_Gear_Star_Sparks_Fresh_BBC_Controversy_By_Joking_About_Murdering_Prostitutes

Normally I'd doubt he'd even get a slap on the wrist - they seem to be able to do what they like on that show.

 

But given the current climate, he might just find himself in trouble this time

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