Neither the recording nor the broadcast of these remarks should have taken place, the Trust said in its report, which stressed that there were editorial misjudgments within BBC's Audio&Music department.
The material about Sachs and Georgina Baillie was 'so grossly offensive that there was no justification for its broadcast', trustee Richard Tait told a press conference today.
The Trust's investigation into the broadcasts found that serious editorial misjudgments had taken place in both the production and decision to broadcast the Russell Brand radio shows of October 18 and 25 and the following podcasts and vodcasts.
According to the body’s report, in the Russell Brand broadcasts there was: 'a failure of editorial judgment in relation to privacy'; 'a failure of judgment in relation to offence'; 'a failure of compliance at Radio 2 in relation to privacy'; and 'a failure of compliance at Radio 2 in relation to harm and offence'.
"The failure of the senior managers at BBC Radio 2 to exercise editorial judgment was a very serious one, compounded by the failure within BBC Radio 2 to adhere to its compliance procedures," the BBC's management said in response to the Trust's findings.
"It has damaged the BBC and its reputation for quality and high editorial standards."
The corporation will seek to strengthen editorial compliance in its Audio&Music department; in fact, it had previously been asked to do so by both the BBC Trust and Ofcom last year, after it was found that that BBC 6 Music was not '100 per cent' fulfilling its obligation to fill out compliance forms.
Following the incident on the Russell Brand show, and other breaches of editorial control identified on Jonathan Ross' TV programme on May 2 2008, the BBC is to compile a register of 'high risk' audio and TV programmes, the Trust said.
In addition the BBC will review how it works with independent producers and production companies.
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