BBC urged to act over 'joke' phone calls

The BBC was under pressure today to act against presenters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross after they made a series of crude phone calls to former 'Fawlty Towers' star Andrew Sachs, which were then broadcast.

The pair left answerphone messages for 78-year-old Sachs in which they told him Brand had slept with his granddaughter and joked that the actor might kill himself as a result.