On his Radio 2 show on 18 October 2008, he and
Jonathan Ross
left obscene messages on the answerphone of
Andrew Sachs,
concerning the fact that Brand had slept with Sachs' granddaughter
Georgina Baillie. This programme was later broadcast, provoking
widespread complaint from the public and politicians such as
Gordon Brown. Brand later resigned from the BBC and Ross
was suspended without pay for three months. The controller of Radio 2,
Lesley Douglas, also resigned.