Editing Jonathan Ross (section)

===Gwyneth Paltrow interview===
The [[BBC Trust]] ruled that Ross's interview with American actress [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], broadcast on 2 May 2008, breached editorial guidelines. They ruled that bad language in an episode of Ross's pre-recorded BBC1 chat show, ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', in which the presenter told Paltrow he "would fuck her", was "gratuitous and unnecessarily offensive". The trust said it disagreed with the judgement made by BBC management that the episode should be broadcast uncensored, adding that the comment was made in an "overly sexual way" and that it had upheld a number of complaints made about the edition of ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tara Conlan at Broadcasting House and Leigh Holmwood|date=21 November 2008|title=BBC Trust criticises Jonathan Ross over lewd comment to Gwyneth Paltrow|newspaper=Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/21/russell-brand-jonathan-ross|access-date=29 March 2014|archive-date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626132830/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/21/russell-brand-jonathan-ross|url-status=live}}</ref> The trust reminded BBC staff that "the casual gratuitous use of the most offensive language is not acceptable on the BBC in accordance with the BBC's existing guidelines and practices", adding that "this particularly applies in entertainment programmes".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7742130.stm At a glance: BBC Trust report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516120104/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7742130.stm |date=16 May 2009 }} BBC News, 21 November 2008</ref>