Demo planned against Ross and BBC

Jonathan Ross's (pictured) return to the BBC is unlikely to be a quiet affair. For while the presenter has apologised for his part in the so-called ‘Manuelgate’ affair, and has assured corporation executives that he will cut down on his swearing while on air, the Daily Telegraph reports that his many detractors are planning to stage a protest against his reinstatement, most likely outside one of the Beeb's buildings in London.

While the Telegraph supplies no concrete details about the demonstration, it appears to have the tacit approval of Stephen Green, the director of Christian Voice, the organisation that brought an unsuccessful prosecution against the BBC to try to stop it broadcasting Jerry Springer, The Opera.

Says Green: "Ross has a mind like a sewer. We don't think someone like him should be given money to broadcast, but the BBC can't seem to bring themselves to sack him. What he did was disgusting and what worries us is that a lot of people will now conclude that there was nothing he did that was wrong."

Ross, the BBC's highest paid entertainer, was suspended for three months in October after leaving a message on the answerphone of Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs saying that his friend Russell Brand had "fucked" his 23-year-old granddaughter, Georgina Baillie. the BBC received more than 40,000 complaints about his and Brand's behaviour. Ross was also criticised by the BBC Turst for telling the Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow on TV that he would like to "fuck" her.