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Radio 2's Dave Barber resigns over Manuelgate
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BBC Radio 2 head of specialist music and compliance Dave Barber has resigned in the wake of the Sachsgate affair.
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I'm glad all these bosses are going. All the Radio 2 listeners that whinged and complained because Brand and Ross were taking over their precious station should get their just deserts. For them it was an excuse to get Brand and Ross off the air. As a result they've lost some of the bosses that made R2 sound fine.
Anyway here's the apology:
It'll air at 9pm and 10am tomorrow.
Maybe that's why we've not heard anything about the police being involved in an obscene phone call charge..if there was no actual message left. This is not to defend what went on but maybe it was limited to being said on air as opposed to being recorded on voice mail as well.
As for bluenile's comment, don't you think you're falling into the same trap as those you're complaining about? There are other words you could use.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7716415.stm
Shouldn't '£6 Million a year man' have realised his behaviour was likely to cause problems for his employer though?
I admit here I really bloody hate Ross.
I read that Ross said that if he was fired he would sue. The BBC didn't want to fight a long & very expensive court battle with him, especially if it resulted in them having to actually pay him the huge amount of money that is left on his contract, on top of he legal costs! The publicity would be terrible and, coupled with the enormous costs, could well have hastened the BBC's demise.
I think most people would hope the BBC Royally screws Ross.
I hope the bloke ends up on Bid TV selling MP3 players. I'd happily pay an extra £10 on my licence fee just to see him get ****ed.
Charming!
You think I'm on my own?
If he ever dares to go back on his chat show or enters Radio 2 HQ he'll get lynched.. :rolleyes:
The BBC in "employs someone because he gets loads of listeners/viewers" scandal. :rolleyes:
Seriously, whatever you may think of Ross and Brand, both of them -- particularly Ross -- are experienced enough to know what you should and shouldn't do on the radio, and someone at Radio 2 should've ensured that it didn't go out.
Simple as.
You have a point. The network lost a good Controller who maybe shouldnt have hired Brand in the first plac e - but could have reasonably expected her executives to watch the programme carefully. A lot of people at Radio 2 blame Ross.
How do you know?
what a load of tosh. His show will probably bring in more viewers due to this "scandal". And yes, I think the Been were scared to sack Ross, but only because he would be snapped up by commercial rivals in no-time!
I know because I know people there and have worked with the BBC in the past. You may know different, but then you might know other people.
Yes, Bid TV.
...but then say...
So, if Brand, and particularly Ross, are 'experienced enough to know what you should and shouldn't do on the radio', then they should have never conducted themselves in such away to start with then, regardless if someone at Radio 2 was on the ball or not...
Simple as...
BTW, Bid TV is too good for Ross... Stick him on Big L... :rolleyes::D
Exactly my point. There were two points of failure. Two errors of judgement. The thing was recorded, then it was broadcast -- two separate things.
Ross and Brand should never have left abusive messages on Andrew Sachs' voicemail, but they weren't the ones who actually put it to air. Presumably, that decision fell under the jurisdiction of Mr Barber.
I think it's the abusive messages left by the hugely wealthy Ross and Brand that most people object to. Not the fact that they were aired.
Ross should go, so should those who gave such ridiculous contracts to these people.
The producer works for Vanity Productions which is Russell Brand's company so he wasn't employed by the BBC
Paul Gambacinni's comments would seem to indicate so.
It will be. He will be back in 3 months.
Personally, i'm not mourning his temporary loss from our airwaves. I don't have a tv so I haven't seen his chat show but it doesn't really seem to be my cup of tea to be honest. I got bored of his radio show years ago & have tended to avoid Radio 2 on Saturday mornings for the last few years. For me it's something of a relief to be able to tune into R2 on a Saturday again!
I've never understood the attraction of Russell Brand either. I would really love Bob Harris to be brought back to a more sociable timeslot on a Saturday evening now that Russell has, thankfully, departed.
I think it will be extremely interesting to see how the BBC handle Ross from now on, and indeed how Ross handles himself. It certainly seems to have been a spectacular fall from grace. A few weeks ago he was probably considered one of UK broadcasting's hottest properties but now i'm not sure that many broadcasters would touch him with a bargepole. However, as i've expressed in a previous post, the BBC are probably 'committed' to him for now by virtue of their mutual contract which would be too expensive and difficult for the BBC to disentangle itself from. It will be quite interesting to see what happens when the contract expires in 18 months time. Between now & then I think we are going to see Jonathan Ross working rather hard to re-ingratiate himself with BBC management and, perhaps more importantly, the British public.
Despite the 'national outrage' that cheered us all up a bit from the seemingly relentless gloomy news stories about the economy & George Osborne, I would suspect that most people in the country are not especially worried about Jonathan Ross' behaviour. He was/is a popular broadcaster and is undoubtedly a talented communicator. He will probably be able to rescue his career from this low point. It will take a bit of work though. Unlike Russell Brand whose career will have received an major boost from this incident I would say. It's exactly the kind of thing that appeals to his fans sadly.
Anyway, i'm glad that it isn't dominating the news stories anymore as the usual hyperbole of the British media did get a little tedious for me in the end! I am glad however that it has stimulated a sensible debate, within the BBC and beyond, about the nature of public service broadcasting in this country.
Richard Allinson on Radio 2 this morning...