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Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie to speak about Ross-Brand row on Five

Five is to air an exclusive interview next week with Andrew Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie in a documentary called Russell & Ross: What the ******* Was All That About?

The fast-turnaround documentary will be broadcast next Wednesday, November 5, and examine the impact of the media storm surrounding Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.

Five's documentary will also look at the impact on their careers of the controversy following Brand's now-infamous BBC2 Radio show on 18 October 18.

In addition to Baillie's interview, the programme will also feature what Five calls, "previously unseen footage of Miss Baillie in action as she performs with her four-piece burlesque dance group, Satanic Sluts Extreme".

Source & Full Story: MediaGuardian.co.uk

Brand-Ross Facebook supporters to protest outside Daily Mail

More than 15,000 people have signed up to a Facebook group supporting Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross and are planning a protest tomorrow outside the Daily Mail's London offices.

Fans of the pair are planning a protest tomorrow outside the Daily Mail's Derry Street HQ in Kensington at noon, followed by one outside the BBC's HQ in the capital.

Called Support Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, Facebook group has swollen its membership in recent days as Brand resigned from his Radio 2 show and Ross was suspended without pay from all BBC TV and radio services for three months.

The 15,609 supporters who have joined the Facebook group compares with the 34,690 who complained to the BBC about the show following the Mail on Sunday's story on October 26.

Only two people complained after the show was broadcast on October 18.

The Support Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross group is also presenting a petition signed by almost 4,000 people.

Source & Full Story: MediaGuardian.co.uk

Jonathan Ross suspension could cost BBC Resources more than £500,000

The cost of Jonathan Ross's 12-week suspension from BBC TV and radio is already running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Estimates suggest the fallout from his break off-air will cost the BBC's commercial wing, BBC Resources, around £550,000 in cancelled studio costs alone.

In addition, around 30 staff are employed by Ross's independent production company, Hot Sauce, to make his BBC1 chatshow Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

They are waiting to find out if they will be paid - and whether or not the money will come from the BBC or from Hot Sauce.

Hot Sauce also makes Ross's Saturday Radio 2 show and topical BBC1 film review programme Film 2008, which has already pre-recorded some interviews for next week's episode.

Source & Full Story: MediaGuardian.co.uk