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"BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has resigned over the prank calls made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to the voicemail of Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs that were transmitted during Brand&amp;#039;s show on October 18. Douglas submitted her resignation to BBC director general Mark Thompson in writing, acknowledging that the &amp;quot;last week has been a painful one for the BBC and particularly for BBC Radio 2&amp;quot;. She added: &amp;quot;It is with enormous regret that I have decided to resign as Controller of BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and of Popular Music. This is my decision alone. &amp;quot;Over the 23 years of my career at the BBC I have enjoyed a deep love and respect for both the audience and the BBC. The events of the last two weeks happened on my watch. I believe it is right that I take responsibility for what has happened. &amp;quot;It is a matter of the greatest possible sadness to me that a programme on my network has been the cause of such a controversy. I would like to take this opportunity to offer my personal apology to Andrew Sachs and his family and to the audience for what has happened.&amp;quot; Thompson wrote to Douglas that he accepted her resignation &amp;quot;with real sadness&amp;quot;, a sentiment that &amp;quot;will be shared both across the BBC and the wider music industry&amp;quot;. He said she had been &amp;quot;an outstanding head of programmes and then controller of Radio 2&amp;quot; and that her &amp;quot;decision to take responsibility for what has happened is an illustration of the integrity and commitment which has characterised your leadership&amp;quot;. In a separate statement, Thompson said: &amp;quot;The ultimate editorial responsibility for BBC programmes lies with producers and editorial managers. The consequences of errors of judgement are therefore more serious for managers.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Also: Jonathan Ross suspended without pay "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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