BBC prank calls row goes to Trust

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The BBC's director general is to meet the corporation's governing body to discuss lewd phone calls made on comic Russell Brand's Radio 2 show.
Mark Thompson will brief the BBC Trust on a preliminary inquiry into how the calls to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs came to be broadcast.
Brand has resigned from Radio 2 and Jonathan Ross has been suspended.
The pair made obscene comments about Sachs' 23-year-old granddaughter Georgina Baillie during phone calls.
During the meeting on Thursday, the BBC's director of audio and music, Tim Davie, is due to present a preliminary report on the calls to the trust, which represents the interests of licence fee payers.
"Wrest control"
Mr Thompson will then brief trust members on latest developments, followed by a discussion on what action can be taken.
The BBC's media correspondent, Torin Douglas, said the BBC was perceived as having "lost control" of events following the broadcast and the subsequent row, which has now attracted 27,000 complaints.