DJ Gambaccini calls for Moyles axe

Radio 2 DJ Paul Gambaccini has said that Chris Moyles should be sacked by the BBC for comments he made about Auschwitz.

Moyles was criticised last month for joking about celebrities that trace their ancestry back to the Nazi death camp on BBC genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are?

The Radio 1 breakfast show host, who has filmed an episode for the series, said on air: "Unlike a lot of the Who Do You Think You Are? shows I didn't go to Auschwitz. Pretty much everyone goes there whether or not they're Jewish. They just seem to pass through there on their way to Florida."

Speaking to an audience at Oxford University, Gambaccini said that the BBC had made a mistake in not firing Moyles for the remarks.

"I find his continual presence on Radio 1 unacceptable," he said. "Chris Moyles should be gone. His recent comments about Auschwitz involved real people and their ancestors. That is no joking matter for them.

"To encourage this or sit by whilst it happens is unprofessional. He has done it so many times. He has no sense of responsibility."

He added: "I am nauseated by the Radio 1 press office constantly rationalising his behaviour. If we do not get our own house in order, then sooner or later somebody else will, and they might break the furniture in the process."