Jonathan Ross is suspended on £16,000 a day. He has 18 months left of his 3 year £18m contract and will no doubt get into an expensive legal battle with the BBC if he is sacked and stands to lose the £9m that is outstanding - because it was not his show and it was passed for broadcast. The BBC will surely want to avoid this. However, a lot of people will be fed up, to say the least, if he is suspended on full pay for the rest of the contract so it will be interesting to see what happens now.

Russell Brand has spared the BBC any further hassle because he has resigned.