DipityThe BBC is accused of being arrogant and out of touch with licence payers as MPs question senior BBC executives over an announcement that Jonathan Ross will return to broadcasting in January, befor...
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons expresses displeasure at the announcement of Jonathan Ross's return date to his Radio 2 show before the 'Sachsgate' inquiry is completed
BBC announces that Jonathan Ross is to return from suspension on his BBC Radio 2 show on January 24
Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross are nominated for prizes at the British Comedy Awards - Brand in the best live standup performer category and Ross for best comedy entertainment programme
The BBC broadcasts an apology for the prank phone calls, in which it is accepted that 'the conversation was grossly offensive and an unacceptable intrusion into the lives of both Mr Sachs and Ms Ba...
BBC Radio 2's head of specialist music and compliance, Dave Barber, has resigned in the wake of the 'Sachsgate' affair.
More than 15,000 people sign up to a Facebook group supporting Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, which is planning a protest outside the Daily Mail's London offices.
Channel Five is to air an interview with Andrew Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie in a documentary called Russell & Ross: What the F*** Was All That About?
The cost of Jonathan Ross's 12-week suspension from BBC TV and radio is running into hundreds of thousands of pounds
Jonathan Ross pulls out of the National Comedy Awards - due to be screened on ITV1 - after hosting the show for the past 17 years
Paul Gambaccini says Russell Brand was Lesley Douglas's 'achilles heel' and that his hiring would 'end in tears'
It is announced that Lesley Douglas will be replaced as BBC Radio 2 controller on an acting basis by the station's head of programmes, Lewis Carnie
Ross is suspended without pay for 12 weeks - meaning he will lose £1.3m in pay
It is announced that an apology for the 'Sachsgate' affair will be broadcast on Radio 2
Lesley Douglas resigns from her post as controller of Radio 2
The BBC Trust's editorial standards committee holds an emergency meeting, at which director general Mark Thompson presented the preliminary findings of the 'Sachsgate' inquiry
Russell Brand quits the BBC - and issues this video statement - as complaints hit 27,000 Jonathan Ross apologises publicly for the pair's 'juvenile' remarks
The comedians are suspended by the corporation for the lewd phone calls
Conservative culture spokesman Jeremy Hunt joins the criticism from senior politicians of the BBC over the 'Sachsgate' row; the number of complaints to the corporation hits 18,000
Georgina Baillie, Andrew Sachs' granddaughter, says the two presenters should be fired by the BBC
Gordon Brown follows David Cameron in getting involved in the row, calling the calls 'clearly inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour'
BBC director of audio and music Tim Davie tours TV newsrooms to assure viewers he would 'look thoroughly at what happened and take appropriate action'
The Conservative leader says the BBC needs to ask why the offending section was broadcast; the corporation has now received more than 10,000 complaints
Ofcom announces it will investigate whether the lewd messages breached the broadcasting code, as complaints to the BBC hit 4,500
The BBC apologises to Andrew Sachs for the 'unacceptable and offensive' answerphone messages, which have by now generated more than 500 complaints
More than 1,500 people have now complained to the BBC about the 'Sachsgate' answerphone messages and the BBC's handling of the affair
The paper's headline, 'BBC obscene phone calls to actor, 78' is the first mention in the press of the prank phone calls
As part of an apology for the lewd phone calls, Russell Brand mentions Associated Newspapers' links with fascism in the 1930s on his BBC Radio 2 show
Ms Pool emails BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas to ask for an apology on behalf of her client, Andrew Sachs
Andrew Sachs' agent, Meg Pool, is contacted by the Mail on Sunday and asked for a comment on Brand and Ross's phone prank
The messages go out on air as part of Russell Brand's BBC Radio 2 show - prompting an initial two complaints from listeners
The comedians leave several lewd messages on the Fawlty Towers actor's answerphone after he was not available for an interview. The messages include references to Brand having slept with Sachs' gra...
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