Ofcom has fined the BBC £150,000 over the Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand "Sachsgate" affair.
The regulator ruled that two episodes of the Russell Brand show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 last October breached its broadcasting code. It added that the BBC's failures had led to content being broadcast that was gratuitously offensive, humiliating and demeaning.
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