I have to disagree.

The part-privatisation of BBC production led to a general lowering of standards of production - the race to pander to the lowest common denominator (at the cheapest price).

The telephone calls were a nasty piece of bullying. They should not have been made - and of course they should have been taken out before broadcast too. The Beeb should be suing Brand's company on its warranties in the production contract too.

It was pretty shameful that the Beeb did nothing at first, after broadcasting the bullying.

Much as I hate the right-wing Daily Mail, this time its intervention appears to have been necessary to ensure that two oiks got some comeuppance for unacceptable behaviour. Well done the Daily Mail (I never thought I'd say that).

Does anyone else think that the two oiks looked as if they were as high as kites at the time?


It is also very depressing that many of the under-20s and 20-somethings thought that the calls were an acceptable bit of fun. What have we come to?