Russell Brand prank calls

 

This article contains transcripts that contain some language some readers may find offencive.

Thursday 16th November

Johnathan Ross and Russel Brand record their show, with Ross as a guest co-presenter, early in the show Ross jokes about an interveiw planned with Sachs saying "I had a go on his daughter" would be the sort of thing that Russel would say.

 

Russel Brand later goes on saying that he knows his grandaughter 23 year old Georgina Baillie saying that she had visited his home and she is a member of a band called the SatanicSluts.com

 

He then carried on saying "So don't mention that his grandaughter is a satanic slut."

 

Message One

Later on they go on to call Sachs on his phone in order to preform the interveiw when finding out his is unavailable they leave a message on his answering machein, in which Ross blurts out "He fucked your granddaughter... I'm sorry I apologise. Andrew, I apologise, I got excited, what can I say - it just came out."

 

Brand goes on to say "Andrew Sachs, I did not do nothing with Georgina - oh no, I've revealed I know her name. Oh no, it's a disaster."

 

After that Ross adds "If he's like most people of a certain age, he's probably got a picture of his grandchildren when they're young right by the phone. So while he's listening to the messages, he's looking at a picture of her about nine on a swing..."

 

Message Two

 They decide to call back in order to "appologise" only going on to say

"Andrew, this is Russell Brand. I'm so sorry about the last message, it was part of the radio show - it was a mistake."

Ross adds: "It might be true but we didn't want to break it to you in such a harsh way."
Brand goes on to say: "No, I'm sorry, I'll do anything. I wore a condom. Put the phone down. Oh, what's going to happen?"

Message Three
When they call back this time, they open with "She was bent over the couch..."

After this they decide to break out into song, some of the lines included "I said some things I didn't of oughta, like I had sex with your granddaughter..."

Message Four
When calling him back for the fourth time, they start out by saying
"Alright Andrew Sachs' answer phone? I'm ever so so sorry for what I said about Andrew Sachs."
"Just say sorry," adds Ross,
"I'll kill you," says Brand laughing.
"Don't say you'll wear him as a hat - just say sorry," continues Ross.
"Sorry, right," adds Brand.

From a BBC Trust report a BBC employee "on loan" to Brands firm vanity projects was shocked by the intial exchange but decide to reslove the problem with the content in the editing stage.

Ross said that consent to broadcast what was said would need to be gotten from Sachs and his grandaughter.


Thursday 16 October
The shows Producer telephones Sachs, their accounts of the conversation are diffrent, the producer said that he had given permission, but he said he demurred, both had said that the content needed toning down.



Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7694989.stm

 

Regulatory Bodies: Issues

 

 

What is a monoply?

A monopoly is when a buisness or persons owns an exclusive right to sell or release a certain comodoty, this means that you could only go to a specific provider for that good or service.

 

Why is it important to ensure that no one single media producer in the UK has a monopoly?

This is important because say for example there was only one television provider you would have to go to them for it, which meant that since there was no way to divert the demand to anywhere else, that they could charge what ever price that they wanted for it, as there is no competition from anyone else.

This is also an issue because if this was to happen it would mean a very restrictive service, as only one buisness having control of it would mean that it would only go in that one buisnesses direction as that is in their best inteterest.

 

Why is consumer choice important?

Consumer choice is important because it defines the demand for goods and services, if you aren't reaching for the consumer choice then there will not be as much demand for your comodaty and therefor it will not sell as good as it could.

If you take consumer choice into consideration this means that you will be hitting what the public wants, and therefor will sell your good or service.

 

What is censorship?

Censorship is a supression of speech or other forms of media or communication that is beleived to be offensive, harmfull or in bad taste.

 

What are arguments for and against censorship?

 

For:

1.It helps protect people from things that they may not want to be subjected to.

2.It creates a safe enviroment

3.It helps prevent damage done to people or products.

 

Against:

1.It prevents and impedes on peoples freedom of speech

2.Sometimes it can go too far and things that don't need to be, become censored

3.It can create an air of things being watered down and can be used for a bad cause, for example restricting someones freedom to spread news about a company or buisness or even goverment.

 

Why should under 18's be subject to particular considerations by regulators?

They should be under particular consideration to help prevent them being subjected to material or information that may be harmful to their well being or mental state, for example a child being allowed to watch an 18 rated film, being subjected to material they do not yet understand for example drug references, sexual content or scenes of graphic violence.

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