BBC changes apology wording

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The under-fire broadcaster planned to run on two occasions an apology for a "grossly offensive" phone call made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on the station.

It was first aired just after 10am on Saturday when Ross, who has been suspended without pay for three months for the prank, would normally be hosting his weekly show.

Richard Allinson has stepped in to fill the Radio 2 Saturday morning slot.

The BBC apologised to licence fee payers and said the phone call to the veteran actor's answering machine should never have been recorded or broadcast.

Ross and Brand left messages claiming Brand had slept with Sachs's granddaughter, Georgina Baillie.

The apology said: "The BBC would like to apologise unreservedly to Mr Sachs, Ms Baillie and to our audiences as licence fee payers."

But Mr Sachs contacted the BBC to say the apology should also be directed to his wife and family.

The second on-air apology was amended and broadcast just after 9pm, when Brand, who resigned as a result of the fallout from the broadcast made on his own Saturday night show, would usually be on the airwaves.

A BBC spokesman said: "Mr Sachs asked us to specifically include mention of his wife and family in the second broadcast apology at 9.03 pm (the time at which the Russell Brand Show was broadcast) and we were happy to do this."