• episode of The Russell Brand Show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 18 October 2008, comedian Russell Brand and presenter Jonathan Ross made prank calls to actor...
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  • his previous TV shows. Due to The Russell Brand Show prank calls, Brand resigned from the show on 29 October 2008, and released the following statement:...
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    radio show The Russell Brand Show (2006–2008, 2010, 2013, 2017) and also hosts the podcasts Stay Free with Russell Brand and Under the Skin with Russell Brand...
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  • Lesley Douglas (category Alumni of the University of Manchester)
    She was the Controller of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music from early 2004 until her resignation in October 2008 over The Russell Brand Show prank calls. Lesley...
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    Corrine Aze "Hazel" Corleone on guitar. In 2009, shortly after The Russell Brand Show prank calls, Adam Ant befriended Baillie, and as of 2011 remained close...
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    aftermath of the Russell Brand Show prank calls row. She has been an occasional guest on the UK arts programme Newsnight Review and The Culture Show on BBC...
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  • not present the 2008 awards, in light of The Russell Brand Show prank calls and was replaced for that year by Angus Deayton. The 2007 show occurred on...
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    presented the 2008 British Comedy Awards, after host Jonathan Ross stepped down because of controversy surrounding The Russell Brand Show prank calls row....
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  • to the prank telephone calls row. On the radio show, Morgan played the straight man to Brand's cheeky chappy persona, often mimicking Brand's accent and...
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  • Bob Shennan (category People from the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral)
    Douglas, who resigned in October 2008 following The Russell Brand Show prank calls. He is also a fellow of the Radio Academy. Shennan supports Liverpool F...
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  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (category 2000s British television talk shows)
    and Russell Brand were both suspended from their TV and radio shows in the events after The Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row. The show returned...
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  • replaced Russell Brand on Saturday evenings in late 2008, between 9 and 11 pm, following Brand's resignation over his infamous prank calls row. A doctor's...
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  • Simon Brodkin (category Alumni of the University of Manchester)
    Lee Nelson's Well Good Show in 2010 and Lee Nelson's Well Funny People in 2013. Brodkin is known for taking part in pranks as his characters at public...
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  • that will dominate the rest of the week." However, Mahoney criticised the way it dealt with The Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row saying that...
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  • also hosted a variety of radio shows (though had been forced to resign from the BBC after a scandal over prank phone calls) and published a memoir, My Booky...
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  • The Trews is a YouTube web series by English comedian, actor and activist Russell Brand. The Trews features Brand and his take on media as it appears...
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  • episode of The Russell Brand Show airs on BBC radio, featuring a series of prank telephone calls to the actor Andrew Sachs by comedians Russell Brand and Jonathan...
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    series for RTÉ. Formed in the early 2000s, the Rubberbandits’ initial exposure arose from recorded prank phonecalls. These prank calls featured on a number...
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  • not or did not want to appear on the TV show. Anti-Testimonials were given by Will Smith, Lily Allen, Russell Brand, Chris Rock, Ryan Reynolds, Kelly...
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    Andrew Sachs (category Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom)
    2008, the BBC apologised to Sachs and his agent after they had been informed that Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross had made several obscene phone calls to...
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  • 2008 in British radio (category 2008 in the United Kingdom)
    The breadth of topics covered is also extended to global problems as well as those closer to home. 16 October – The Russell Brand Show prank calls row:...
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  • Salvation Group (category Mass media companies of the United Kingdom)
    Sluts III: Scandalized (2009), an erotic imagination of the Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row concerning Satanic Slut Georgina Baillie. salvation-films...
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    Mark Thompson (media executive) (category British expatriates in the United States)
    Britain to deal with the arrival of The Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row. Thompson took the executive decision to suspend the BBC's highest paid...
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  • Parker Lewis Can't Lose (category American English-language television shows)
    Black" when Jerry betrays the group's trust). Mikey at one point considered dropping out of Santo Domingo HS when a prank by Shelly caused him to unknowingly...
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  • ending the show with the QI theme tune. Due to a scandal where Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand made prank phonecalls to Andrew Sachs on Russell's BBC Radio...
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    Tom Green (category Canadian television talk show hosts)
    Green Show, which aired on Canadian television and later on MTV between 1994 and 2000. The show became popular for its shock comedy, absurd pranks and Green's...
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    Baillie, by Russell Brand and Ross, which were broadcast on the pre-recorded show. After little initial interest, a media story about the calls by the Daily...
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  • the incident, and was blessed by a priest at the start of the show. December 4, 2012. Australian DJs Mel Greig and Mike Christian made a prank call to...
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  • Feedback (radio series) (category Radio programs about the media)
    in science. The subject of the Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row was a prominent topic of controversy on the programme in the autumn of 2008...
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  • Prank. Believing that Megan is under the influence of the Flash, the Trickster challenges him in order to be rid of his "evil spell". However, the Trickster...
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