Steve Coogan plays monster Jimmy Savile in new BBC drama The Reckoning
The four-part BBC drama follows how Savile, who died in October 2011 aged 84, rose to fame and his crimes were finally unearthed. For a long time, he was one of Yorkshire’s most famous people and became a knight of the realm with connections to politicians and many famous faces.
Read more: I watched new the Jimmy Savile drama and was left deeply uncomfortable by Steve Coogan's chilling performance “But you need to look at someone like that to understand how they’re able to operate and to prevent it happening again. If you sweep it under the carpet and just don’t talk about it anymore, then those people are destined to come back.”Filming locations The Reckoning is set in Leeds among other locations with lots of filming taking place across the country. You can see some of the locations, where scenes have been shot, below.
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