BBC fined £150,00 over Russell Brand Sachs broadcast
Arif Durrani, 03 April 2009, 11:20am
LONDON - The BBC has been hit with a £150,000 fine for the "extraordinary nature and seriousness" of its failings in broadcasting Russell Brand's radio show, which "seriously infringed" the privacy of Andrew Sachs and daughter Georgina Baille.
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