Who's who in the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross phone prank row

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross: sparked the row with lewd calls to actor Andrew Sachs' answerphone. The comments were pre-recorded and broadcast on Brand's Radio 2 show on Saturday October 18 Photograph: BBC

Russell Brand: has courted controversy since launching his media career on the back of his success as a stand-up comedian. The former heroin addict rose to fame presenting Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4, and launched a new series of the clip show Ponderland on Channel 4 on Wednesday October 29. He resigned from Radio 2 on Wednesday October 29 and made an apology over the prank phone calls
Photograph: Hugo Philpott/Press Association

Jonathan Ross: the lorry driver's son is now Britain's most highly paid presenter. His output includes BBC1's Friday night chatshow and a Radio 2 programme on Saturday mornings. He signed a deal with the BBC in 2006 reportedly worth £18m over three years. He issued an apology for the 'juvenile' prank calls, and was suspended without pay for 12 weeks Photograph: EPA

Andrew Sachs: the 78-year-old actor rose to fame in the 1970s as Manuel, the hapless Spanish waiter in BBC comedy Fawlty Towers. Although he accepted Brand and Ross's apologies for the messages they left on his answerphone, the media furore shows little sign of dying down Photograph: Tim Ireland/Press Association

Georgina Baillie: Sachs' granddaughter was the focus of lewd comments in Brand and Ross's calls to the actor's answerphone. She has since said she had a brief relationship with Brand in 2006. The 23-year-old is part of four-piece burlesque dance group Satanic Sluts Extreme Photograph: The Sun/PA Wire

BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas: hired Russell Brand for digital music station BBC 6Music, which she also oversees, where he was credited with helping boost its audience by 40%. She resigned on Thursday October 30, saying she took responsibility for the phone prank row, which she said had happened 'on my watch' Photograph: BBC

BBC director of audio and music Tim Davie: went on a tour of newsrooms to try to regain the initiative in the row, but the newspaper coverage suggested he failed. Davie conducted the BBC's review into the affair Photograph: BBC

BBC director general Mark Thompson: returned from holiday in Sicily to take charge of the BBC's reaction to the crisis. Announced the suspension of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand and said the corporation would launch an inquiry into the affair Photograph: BBC

Nic Philps, pictured here with Russell Brand. The producer of Brand's Radio 2 show Photograph: BBC

Dave Barber, head of specialist music and compliance, BBC Radio 2. Responsible for programming compliance and programming commission. Resignation was announced on Friday November 7 in an internal email from the station's acting controller, Lewis Carnie Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Lewis Carnie: Radio 2’s head of programmes, Carnie is responsible for programme commissioning and new talent on the network. It is understood he was on holiday when the decision to air the calls was made. He was appointed acting controller of Radio 2 when Lesley Douglas resigned Photograph: BBC