Steve Coogan's portrayal of Savile has been deemed 'near flawless'
was a TV presenter and radio DJ who enjoyed a long and successful career in the spotlight, even mixing with royalty.
it was only after his death in 2011 aged 84 that the true extent of his depraved acts finally came to lightfollows Savile’s career. From his days DJ-ing in the early 1960s to becoming a regular fixture on our TV screen hosting the likes of. But the drama will also examine why, despite the rumours regarding his behaviour which had been circulating for years, Savile was never brought to book in his lifetime.
Jeff Pope, executive producer for ITV Studios, who made the series with fellow executive producer and writer of the series, Neil McKay, said they had been discussing making the series for nearly 10 years.: “When I started in television in 1983 and worked for ITV, within a year or two I was aware of rumours about him to do with improper behaviour at Stoke Mandeville and Broadmoor. Distasteful stuff about bodies in morgues and so on, which of course stuck in my mind.
“I think we wanted to make this series because, like the other pieces we’ve done over our time working together, it’s an enormous and important story. This man was abusing and assaulting hundreds of people, essentially in front of our eyes. That leads to some very simple questions which we wanted to explore in this series: why and how did he get away with it? And how can we make sure it doesn’t happen again?”The decision was that the survivors should also tell the story.
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