The drama faced heavy backlash ever since it was first announced.
Can a drama about Jimmy Savile be justified? As soon as it was revealed that a drama about predatory sex offender Jimmy Savile was to be broadcast on the BBC, the announcement was immediately met with widespread, heavy backlash.
However, despite how important it is not to let the BBC’s Newsnight failing be forgotten, the whole point of this particular drama is to highlight how Savile was able to get away with grooming and assaulting people while he was alive, rather than events that occurred after he died aged 84.
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