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Jonathan Ross is to host next month's Bafta film awards, only a couple of weeks after his return to broadcasting from suspension for making obscene phone calls.
The news was announced by Ross last night on the microblogging site Twitter . "Heres a game you'll like," he wrote. "Suggest an improbable word that i have to slip into the Baftas when I host them in February. Ready, set, go."
Bafta confirmed that Ross would host the awards — commonly dubbed Britain's answer to the Oscars — at the Royal Opera House on February 8. He presented the awards in 1998 and picked up again in 2007 after the six-time presenter Stephen Fry decided to hang up his dinner jacket.
There had been speculation that Bafta would be put off by the publicity surrounding the obscene phone messages left for the veteran actor Andrew Sachs. The decision to re-appoint Ross suggests that the BBC is keen to make full use of its highest-paid star once he returns from purgatory.
The phone calls to Sachs were made during a guest appearance on Russell Brand's show on Radio 2 that prompted 40,000 complaints and the resignation of both Brand and Lesley Douglas, the station controller.
Ross was handed a three-month suspension for his part in the phone calls, during which he revealed that Sachs's granddaughter had slept with Brand.
Ross's Friday night show returns to the nation's TV screens on January 23 with the broadcast of a pre-recorded eidition that will feature Tom Cruise plugging the Nazi film drama Valkyrie.
The presenter has threatened to sue over reports that the Sachsgate controversy had reduced his appeal with A-listers after claims that Daniel Craig, the James Bond actor, had refused to appear on the show.
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love jonathan ....and looking forward to him being back on radio and t.v soon. I hate classical music but I don't think the bbc should not have a classical station or that I shouldn't have to pay the licence fee just because I don't like it.
lisa, Manchester, uk
Thank god he's getting a big event as a comeback as I've missed his show and I thought the phone call was hillarious! I love russel brand and think the media blew the whole thing out of proportion.
Taylor, Glasgow,
Poor judgement call by whoever decided Ross would be an appropriate choice as host...it goes to show that the three month "suspension" was just a sop to the media and the complaining public. I can think of literally dozens of alternative hosts who are funnier, wittier, and more intelligent.
Nimrod, WSM,
Last year I gave away my TV. I don't miss it. £140 for very little.
Ross is an arrogant overpaid lout. I can think of better ways for the BBC to spend £6million (£115,000+ a week).
Jeffers, Maidstone, u
His return to the BBC is as unacceptable as his behaviour. Vulgar egomania is neither a talent nor entertainment.
Alex Nixon, County Durham, U.K.
I'm glad that somebody wants him back on air. My children cannot stand him any more than I can. Thank you for publishing this early warning message.
Steve, Argyll,
Please, please, please do not let Ross back on the radio on Saturday. I have really enjoyed his absence. Erudite, funny and urbane presenters were a refreshing change after this coarse egomaniac. Presenters who take an interest in what their guests have to say? Plus ca change!
Richard, Reading, UK
JR and his unfunny manners mirror what has gone wrong with British society today. Morecombe & Wise, 2 Ronnies, and many others who made us weep with laughter without being foul- mouthed or insulting to others. Our family will not, as usual, with this person and R Brand, be switching on to watch
B J Deller., Marbella, Spain
Joyful news - I can't wait for Jonathan Ross to be reinstated and I have certainly missed him. I only wish the Russell Brand Radio Show would similarly return.
Liz Robbins, Leamington Spa, UK
Previously I really enjoyed his radio show on Saturday mornings. However, having got accustomed to his absence I now find him smug and vulgar and have no wish to ever see or hear from him again.
Ricky, London, UK
Ross overstepped the mark, but he has served his punishment - I'll be glad to have him back on our screen
Matthew Coggins, Reading,
Thank goodness - he's back! Friday nights just haven't been the same without him - nor have Saturday mornings on Radio 2, with the woeful replacements they found. More Ross, I say!
Sarah, London,
Why do supposedly celver people, such as those at the BBC, shoot themselves in the foot by using this this smug, shameless, self-publicist. Now the BBC will be surprised by the public's call for the licence fee to be scrapped or lowered, rather than pay millions each year to Ross and his ilk.
Riley, Kiev, Ukraine
I would be only happy to have my say. He is just a foul-mouth individual and isn't a particularly good interviewer and is very patronizing towards his guests, love him or loath him heaven only alone knows why he has remained popular.
jonathan, coleshill, united kingdom
I hoped we had seen the last of this coarse and unpleasant man but it appears we are to have him thrust back upon us - not by reason of a great talent but purely because of contractual obligations.
Frank, Bury,
If Andrew Sachs can forgive him then so can I! What a lot of fuss about nothing. I'll be glad to watch him next month.
Charlotte Cohen, London,
He's threatened to sue whom? I certainly won't be watching this foul-mouthed egotist any more and I deplore the BBC for not sacking him in the first place. It just shows how low the moral standard of this country has gone to when the likes of this "star" appears unsackable. He can sue me too!
Ian Dickson, Brighton, UK
The BBC is noted for re-habilitating its employees. Before Ross there were others who had fallen from grace and are now back on our TV screens. Time and the viewing/listening figures will tell whether the public accepts him before his lucrative BBC contract expires next year.
Theo, Liverpool,