Brand upsets Fawlty's Manuel

The BBC has come under fire after presenters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross made a series of crude phone calls to a former Fawlty Towers star. The pair left messages for 78-year-old Andrew Sachs, who played waiter Manuel, in which they told him Brand had slept with his granddaughter. In the pre-recorded segments aired on Brand's Radio 2 show, the host and Ross made the calls after Mr Sachs apparently did not answer his phone for a pre-arranged interview to promote a television show. Mr Sachs was reportedly left "terribly hurt" by the calls and has complained to the BBC.