Ross and Brand crossed a line in the sand

Sir,

The article by Nathan Morley about Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross (‘BBC needs Brand and Ross’, October 31) misses the point.

The level of complaint may have been trivial in terms of numbers at the start, but once people had actually read the transcript of the broadcast, it touched a nerve for thoughtful thousands who instinctively recognised that what was said had crossed a line in the sand.

There have to be conventions and limits, otherwise broadcasting would simply become a total free-for-all with nothing barred.  Yes, of course the programme should have been monitored by the production team, but this doesn’t excuse the origin of the remarks.  

The “mindless drivel” quoted by Nathan Morely is not the run of the mill entertaining material he apparently so despises, but which the vast majority of listeners and viewers happen to enjoy, but the lavatorial, insulting and arrogant garbage epitomised by the grossly overpaid likes of these two so-called comedic characters who have grown far too big for their boots.

Gifted with the intellect of a prawn sandwich, both these ‘entertainers’ are no match for the brilliance of many former broadcasters who never needed to descend to the gutter to attract audiences in the millions and whose legacies will live on for decades, long after these two hapless morons have been forgotten.
 
Clive Turner,
Paphos

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