Tuesday's Quote of the Day
10:42 UK time, Tuesday, 27 April 2010
"Is that Sam from EastEnders?" - Question posed by multiple callers to Lisa Edwards, whose mobile number was inadvertantly ascribed to Sam Mitchell in EastEnders
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has upheld a complaint against the BBC by Lisa Edwards, after her business mobile phone number appeared on screen for four seconds in an episode of the BBC One soap last year. The number appeared on Ricky Butcher's mobile when his ex-wife Sam was calling. The mistake, which the BBC admitted, led to some obscene calls and nearly 3,000 unwanted text messages. The BBC said the number of calls and messages may have been inflated after the Sun published a story about the incident only to display the number again in a screen grab published in the paper.
More details (the Guardian)
The 
