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  • 07-01-2010 2:17pm
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    MrStuffins
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    Jonathan Ross, one of Britain’s highest-paid television stars, has quit the British Broadcasting Corp. after not renewing his contract. Ross, who hosted a popular Friday night TV chat program and Saturday morning radio show, will continue at the public broadcaster for the remaining six months of his contract, the BBC said in a statement today.

    “It’s been a difficult year for him and I understand why he feels it’s the right thing to do,” Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, said in the statement.
    Ross was embroiled in controversy for his BBC Radio 2 show last year after the braodcaster was fined 150,000 pounds ($239,000) by media watchdog Ofcom for “offensive” comments he and co-host Russell Brand made about the granddaughter of actor Andrew Sachs.

    Ross and Brand in April left obscene messages on the answering machine of Sachs, an actor best know for playing the waiter Manuel in the 1970s television comedy “Fawlty Towers.” Ross was suspended for 12 weeks without pay and Brand and the head of BBC Radio 2 resigned after the broadcast.

    “Thanks for all the kind words about my decision,” Ross said via his Twitter account today. “I feel sad that I can’t keep making the shows so many of you love!”
    Ross had a three-year contract worth 18 million pounds with the broadcaster.
    http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-07/jonathan-ross-quits-as-bbc-s-highest-paid-television-show-host.html


    A lot of people hate him, but i think he's great. His show on Friday Night was always very enjoyable and there arent many other TV presenters out there who are as entertaining as him.
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