Jimmy Savile

[royfromaus]

Could be interesting...could be a whitewash.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54542956


Will you watch it?

[Tilly2]

No.

[pixie374]

No. I met him twice, that was enough.

[Sunk]

Sounds very dull and sensationalist.

Highly unlikely the BBC will fess up on what it knew and when, even though it was an open secret within the Corporation for decades of Saville’s sleazy interests.

[wolf63]

Even when I was a kid I found him creepy and slimey. I don't know what is to be gained by making the programme.

[anneasquith]

No. Not do I think there should be any ‘ programmes’ made of his life.

[woofgang]

well it doesn't sound like its going to be a whitewash but no I won't be watching. Not my thing, I use TV for entertainment.

[ummmm]

I think Louis Theroux has almost covered it. Plus there has already been a documentary interviewing his victims. We don't need to see more of the dirty perv.

I hated SaVILE when he was alive, I hate him more now.

[Canary42]

Surely Dame Janet Smith's review was enough. Or perhaps the new Tory Chief at the BBC is seeking to further vilify the old guard in order to justify sweeping changes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/dame_janet_smith

[pixie374]

My grandad co-founded the Stoke Mandeville games, and knew him at the hospital. He hated him, and always told us to keep away, but never why.
Jimmy Savile, separately, asked both my sister and I (early teens) if he could show us around his office... and we both declined, because of our grandad. Neither of us knew we had both been asked until just a few years ago.

[Mamyalynne]

My initial reaction is -no,I won't watch it.

Should I change my mind then I'll comment when it's been aired.

[Sunk]

Oh dear, better not upturn that stone.

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02437/savile-thatcher_2437786b.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10184512/Thatcher-aides-warned-against-Savile-knighthood.html&tbnid=u8TH8iTA2LiBTM&vet=1&docid=cW2g4RfxY-2kkM&w=620&h=387&hl=en-gb&source=sh/x/im

[Bazile]

//No. Not do I think there should be any ‘ programmes’ made of his life.//

Why not ?

What about all the programmes made , books written , films made about , truly horrible people from the past ?

[Mozz71]

I've supported the BBC on AB in the past, but this is preposterous. This monster should not be the subject of anything considered "entertainment". The BBC should cancel this and send the proposed budget to child protection charities.

[pixie374]

Bazile, he isn't "in the past" yet.

[gulliver1]

I think this post should be removed. I am amazed anyone wanted to post it at all. Sick.

[Bazile]

Makes no difference

[pixie374]

The truth isn't always palatable, gulliver.

[royfromaus]

gulliver1
I think this post should be removed. I am amazed anyone wanted to post it at all. Sick.
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Shut up you dipstick.

[pixie374]

Bazile, it might make a difference to his victims.

[gulliver1]

Can't see anything palatable about Jimmy So- Vile, PIXIE.