When is jimmy savile programme on

Plus there's his comedy travelogue The Trip. Filming of The Reckonin g began from early October on location in and around Greater Manchester, starting in Bolton. There, scenes take place in Le Mans Crescent, alongside the former Bolton Magistrates Court building behind the town hall. He was also known for his fund-raising and support for charities and hospitals. The Reckoning will be a controversial watch no matter what as Jimmy Savile is so reviled.

He's now considered to be one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after hundreds of sexual abuse allegations were made against him after his death. The BBC recently announced actor Steve Coogan would be playing Savile in a forthcoming mini-series called The Reckoning , which will tell the story of his rise to prominence through to the sexual abuse scandal that emerged after his death.

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Measure ad performance. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Develop and improve products. Faking It: Jimmy Savile. Experts in body language, linguistics and forensic psychology examine how one of the biggest stars in British television and showbusiness got away with decades of sexual abuse.

Andrew Neil shows how Savile eluded his questions about sexual behaviour by turning the audience against Neil with some comic business involving a banana.

My own view, based on the prevalence of Savile rumours during 30 years working at the BBC, is that senior managers of the relevant periods, if they really never heard anything, should urgently book consultations with an audiologist. The weakness of this documentary is that it features only those who knew or suspected; there is no challenge to those who claim not to have noticed.