In 2010 it moved from its Monday night slot to replace Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
"Jonathan Ross may not mind having his rhotacism mocked, but the average child will, " Geddes argues.
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Jonathan Ross drew a respectable 4.3m viewers for the debut of his new ITV1 chat show, initial figures show.
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However, he said the corporation had "shot itself in the foot" several times including over the Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand phone scandal.
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The hour-long Jonathan Ross Show began at 21:45 BST, following ratings winner The X Factor and the results show of Simon Cowell's Red or Black?
Hosts on stage included Dermot O'Leary, Claudia Winkleman and Jonathan Ross.
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There was also a variety of one-off items, including a set of stocks which celebrities including Alice Cooper, Jonathan Ross, One Direction and Michael Douglas have posed in.
The Jonathan Ross Show - which drew a peak audience of 4.6 million - saw the presenter interview Hollywood actress Sarah Jessica Parker, singer Adele and Formula 1's Lewis Hamilton.
He made the admission on former BBC programme Friday Night with Jonathan Ross when discussing his acting comeback in The Wrestler, a role which saw him nominated for an Academy Award.
"Jonathan Ross returned to prime-time television tonight with a new chat show that looked remarkably like his old one - and, well, made a pretty good fist of it, " wrote the Telegraph's Serena Davies.
Back in 2008, the BBC apologized to actor Andrew Sachs after two radio presenters -- Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross -- left a series of messages on his phone while on-air, including offensive references to his granddaughter.
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The final episode of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One was watched by 4.6m viewers in July 2010 - easily the most watched episode of the show's run that year, which pulled in an average of 3.1 million each week.
"It does seem very odd that Jonathan Ross can be back broadcasting having made obscene, insulting remarks on the air, and Carol Thatcher, who said something which is allegedly highly offensive but which I rather doubt was meant to be so, in private, should be banned in this way, " he said.
At my startup, I had board members like Tim Forbes, Jonathan Miller and Ross Levinsohn.
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Jonathan MacDonald (Skye, Ross and Cromarty) - For services to Crofting and to the community in Kilmuir, Skye.
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