LONDON, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TomTom has launched its global Break Free campaign. In a series of hilarious videos John Cleese, the star of Fawlty Towers and other classics like Monty Python, is trying to break free from yet another awful traffic jam.

England's broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has fined the BBC $220,000 for Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's infamous on-air prank call to actor Andrew Sachs. Brand and Ross left sexually explicit messages about the 78-year-old Fawlty Towers actor's granddaughter on Sachs's voicemail during Brand's Radio

British TV and radio personality Jonathan Ross, who was suspended for a widely criticized on-air prank, has been shortlisted for a BAFTA award. The Times of London said the BBC submitted the television chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for BAFTA consideration in the best entertainment performance category just weeks after suspending Ross for three months because a bawdy joke he played with comedian Russell Brand on Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs on the radio garnered 40,000 complaints.

Glasgow-born television director Bob Spiers, best known for his work on the sit-com Absolutely Fabulous, has died at the age of 63, the BBC said. Spiers directed all the episodes of the classic series -- starring Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders -- which ran from 1992 through 2001. He also directed the movie Spice World, as well as episodes of Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served, French and Saunders, Dad's Army and A Bit of Fry & Laurie. The BBC said Spiers died in Acapulco, Mexico, where he had been living.

BBC Trust Chairman Michael Lyons says no further action should be taken against British radio and TV presenter Jonathan Ross for a prank that went too far. Ross was suspended from his shows for three months after he and comedian Russell Brand left lewd messages on the voice mail of 78-year-old Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs during Brand's BBC Radio 2 show last month and the segment drew widespread criticism. Brand, Radio 2 head Lesley Douglas and David Barber, the executive who cleared the stunt for broadcast, resigned. It is not the job of the trust to make decisions about the terms and conditions of performers or the sanctions that are applied to them, BBC News quoted Lyons as saying.