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Actually, I don't believe Brand and Ross committed any offense at all. They made a phone call that wasn't particularly threatening, it certainly couldn't have amounted to assault anyway, though perhaps harassment.

The broadcasting of it probably did breach some law, I can't say I've studied broadcasting laws, but as a pre-recorded show, it wasn't the decision of Ross or Brand, and someone somewhere made that decision and are not getting half the amount of public stick that they are getting.

A phone prank is generally a joke between very few parties. Someone decided to try and make it a national joke and I still haven't seen their name mentioned.