Press Releases

In response to today's Ofcom ruling, the BBC issued the following statement this morning.

"We accept Ofcom's findings.

"As we said last October, this material should never have been broadcast and we apologised unreservedly for that.

"We note that Ofcom has found that senior management acted swiftly to mitigate the offence and damage caused by the breaches of the Code.

"The BBC has since taken comprehensive action to deal with what were unacceptable failures in editorial judgement and compliance which led to the broadcast.

"This has included a comprehensive review of compliance across Audio & Music, and a new policy ensuring presenters and their agents cannot be the Executive Producer responsible for compliance on their own shows.

"In addition and as is well-known, two very senior managers and Russell Brand resigned and Jonathan Ross was suspended without pay for 12 weeks."

BBC Press Office