Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross is an intelligent and articulate man with a sharp wit. The more's the pity that so often this wit is used to fuel a macho and often puerile sense of humour. He and Brand clearly overstepped the bounds of decency with the comments they left on Andrew Sach's answer phone even though some have gone somewhat overboard with their holier-than-thou criticisms.
However, I don't agree with those who say that people like Ross and Brand shouldn't be on the BBC. We don't want Ross and Brand to be replaced by Dross and Bland. There's room for an edgy kind of humour and it's proved popular with listeners. In this case, the sequence should simply have been edited out. Critics of the BBC should note that it's a good thing that producers are left with the freedom to edit their programmes without continually having to refer up. However, the down side of this is that when they don't refer up when they should have done, you get an out of proportion reaction. I don't think heads should roll over this other than the producer at fault. However, a large section of the public is smelling blood and the BBC will undoubtedly cave in and sack some assistant head as is their wont.