They are taking this a bit to far now. Let it be, let it be. What he did was wrong. But sacking him, come on, I like his show. Spent Sunday morns in bved watching it on BBC I

Irfon, Bangor,

I think the BBC is taking the right couse of action by looking into this affair more .... Jonathan has got away with abusive languge to his guests on his TV show also for far too long, it is giving the wrong message out to the young especially.

Peter, Horsham, UK

Well let the BBC take the risk of sacking Thompson and put a grown up in his job. This is not just about the Ross affair it's about accountable broadcasting.

T Martin, Bromley, England

What an incredible waste of money. Ross spouts on about himself whilst his guests are kept waiting and on view as if he was of some special importance and as if he had anything of value to say.
To say that his fee is ludicrously and farcically out of proportion is a gross understatement.

Martin Kostyrka, Stratford Upon Avon, United Kingdom

Nobody seems to have thought about the viewers/ listeners who actually enjoy Jonathan Ross's shows. We pay our license fee too you know, and I for one will be really unhappy if the beeb sack him due to pressure which has only arisen because of the ridiculous exaggeration of the affair by the media.

Baz, Leeds,

This is ludicrous, Jonathan Ross should not be sacked, it was silly, immature and he's been punished, enough is enough. So many punitive measures demean us all.

Z McMillan-Ward, Great Missenden, Bucks

Sack Ross. The license fee should be for talent nurturing and informative programmes not for "edgy" abuses. What do we want? Sack Ross! When do we want it? Now!

Tom, London,

Oh for God (any denomination)'s sake. Starving children, Pirates and a child tortured to death while social services took no action and we're worried because someone was rude about a man's grandaughter.

James, Glasgow,

The real issue is about presenters who use their own companies and staff to make programmes without the normal scrutiny of BBC producers, and then only answering to the higher levels within the BBC. That's what's gone wrong and has implications beyond just the transmission of foul language.

Barrie Redfern, Zdole, Slovenia

Sack Ross and close down the BBC - they are all as bad as each other, for all sorts of reasons..........

Marty, London,

You won't sort out the BBC until you replace the toothless BBC Trust, which is supposed to represent the interests of the audience, and impose fresh terms of reference. Several of its members have worked for the BBC. One is married to a BBC journalist. Another chairs the BBC pension fund. Very cosy!

Geoffrey Negus, Soliuhull, UK

How can there be BBC editorial control when programmes are made by the presenters' own companies - only answerable to the highest levels of the organisation...such as the head of radio who isn't even a broadcaster but former vice president of marketing at PepsiCo Europe!

Barrie Redfern, Zdole, Slovenia

Jonathan Ross cannot sing, dance, do impersonations, tell funny stories, juggle or even ride a one wheeled bicycle. What talent does he possess? Apart from showing off of course.

Barry Smith, Colomby, France

Jonathan Ross is not at the cutting edge of broadcasting as he once was - in fact with his constant references to playing tennis with David Walliams & Jimmy Carr , he has turned into the 2008 equivalent of Tarbuck, Monkhouse and Forsyth golfing circle. He is boring, not worth £6m, get rid of him.

Jules, Truro,

Sir Michael seems intent on damaging the BBC further.
Sanctions have been taken, good people have resigned. Now move forward. No one is ever better than the BBC for kicking itself when it's down.

Simon, London,

Ross should have been sacked at once no questions asked.
Perhaps he should have followed Brand to the states?

colin west, La Romana, Spain

Gaenor, that is not what he means by Worldwide. He means the commercial arm of the BBC the profits from which are pumped back into the organisation. It deals mainly with magazines and DVD/CD distribution

Tommy, London,

The BBC is an expensive rudderless ship with no reason for the captain to avoid icebergs because he doesn't have to answer to anyone, be it advertisers, the public or even parliament. It's a big soggy mess.

David, St Albans, UK

The BBC mustn't sack Wossie. That would turn a disrespectful twerp into a martyr.

RJK, Arundel, West Sussex

Oh, get it over then...................

Shirley Bowen, Blackpool, UK

Why the delay? The circumstances seem pretty clear and the main culprit (Ross) seems to be the only one not in the firing line. He should have been sacked straight away. Will we see him back on the screen joking about how he got away with the devastation he has caused to others?

J Williamson, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Abolish the TV Tax and save us from these shallow egotists.

Rob, Kidsgrove, England

Only insomniacs know this, but BBC worldwide is a much higher quality news channel than the news broadcast during the day on mainstream tv and radio. Because it has a world wide audience it does not indulge in sensationalist news or trivia about celebrities. It is serious and thoughtful

Gaenor Deacon, Eccleston, UK

Sir Michael - an overpaid egoist, promoted to a level where he believes he is above criticism. I don't accept his arguements and I dislike the way he refuses to accept he made a mistake and that he deliberately delayed doing anything to give the crisis a chance to go away - Not fit for the job.

Richard Brady, Kiev, Ukraine