BBC reviews Russell Brand's time at corporation

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The BBC has announced a review into Russell Brand's time at the corporation amid the rape and sexual assault allegations made against the comedian.   Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 I've asked Peter Johnson, who's Director of Editorial Complaints and Reviews,

00:04 he's a highly respected, experienced editorial executive in the organisation,

00:09 and he's going to lead the review. We'll look at any complaints made about Russell Brand's

00:15 conduct during his time, what was known at the time, what was done. So full transparency,

00:19 we're going to dig into anything that we've got there. I just want to say one thing,

00:23 because that came up as an allegation, that the review will also look at the position

00:28 regarding any cars used by the BBC at that time, because that was obviously something that,

00:34 again, in a powerful testimony was mentioned. Peter reports to the Executive Committee

00:42 and the Board, and we want to complete this work as swiftly as possible. I mean,

00:46 I personally am hoping for an initial report in weeks, not months, so this is not...

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