The Latest Breaking News from Andrew Sachs

His award-winning film about the likely impact of a nuclear bomb was banned from television for two decades

Prunella Scales played Sybil, the long-suffering wife of bumbling hotelier Basil Fawlty

Presenter and actor denies claims he raped, sexually assaulted and abused women, as claimed in a joint investigation by The Times and Channel 4

Sources say a review into Brand's time at BBC has revealed the paper trail of complaints stops way too early.

Presenter and actor denies claims he raped, sexually assaulted and abused women, as claimed in a joint investigation by The Times and Channel 4

Russell Brand has dated (or claimed to have dated) a number of famous daughters – at times resulting in very public spats

Tim Davie was the corporation’s director of audio when Brand left his Radio 2 show in 2008 after leaving a ‘lewd’ voicemail for Andrew Sachs.

Russell Brand did not create the lad culture of the Noughties. That was us. We nourished a culture of leaked sex tapes and upskirt pictures of female celebrities “falling out” of nightclubs, a world where women were asked to laugh along with rape jokes but still branded as sluts for…

Russell Brand has dated a number of famous daughters - at times resulting in very public spats