{"id":215104,"date":"2020-10-16T07:22:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T07:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=215104"},"modified":"2020-10-19T07:17:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T07:17:22","slug":"the-bbc-is-reviving-the-life-and-crimes-of-its-former-star-jimmy-savile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=215104","title":{"rendered":"The BBC is reviving the life and crimes of its former star Jimmy Savile"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ill-conceived drama nobody wants to see<\/h3>\n

Chris Sweeney \u2013 RT Oct 15, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Jimmy Savile was allowed to abuse hundreds of children, some on BBC property, with the scandal only revealed after his death. Now the corporation wants to bring this monster back from the grave<\/span><\/p>\n

No one does irony like the British, and the BBC have delivered a dose of epic proportion, announcing their new show \u2018The Reckoning<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a mini-series covering the life and times of Jimmy Savile.<\/span><\/p>\n

For anyone unaware, he was a national institution, known in every household for his zany personality. He found fame as a radio DJ and quickly became a fixture on television, notably for Jim’ll Fix It \u2013 in each episode of which he made the wishes of a child come true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Savile\u2019s signature look was garish multi-coloured tracksuits, wacky shades, chunky gold jewellery and a fat cigar. He was a prolific charity worker, buying machines for deserving causes like children\u2019s hospital. It\u2019s estimated he raised around \u00a340 million ($51.7 million). The Queen made him a knight of the realm and he was even made a Knight Commander <\/strong><\/span><\/a>of the order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was also a serial paedophile, and people at the BBC were aware of his crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Way back in 1978, John Lydon of the Sex Pistols<\/strong><\/span><\/a> blurted out on BBC Radio 1: \u201cI\u2019d like to kill Jimmy Savile… I bet he\u2019s into all kinds of seediness that we all know about, but are not allowed to talk about… I know some rumours, I bet none of this will be allowed out.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The comment was edited prior to transmission and was only made available on a release by his other band Public Image Ltd, following Savile\u2019s death in 2011. Such rumours had swept through the BBC for years \u2013 numerous people have confirmed this, yet documentary maker Louis Theroux was the only person to ask Savile on camera (shown on the BBC) about the dark stories. The pervert straight-batted it, saying \u201cI know I’m not,\u201d<\/em> and referred to \u201csalacious tabloid people<\/em>\u201d being behind the stories. A lifelong bachelor, he seemingly doted on his mother, who he referred to as \u201cThe Duchess.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pushed for a knighthood for serial child sex abuser Jimmy Savile, seen here together at a 1980 fundraising event for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Savile was friendly with powerful figures like Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Prince Charles had been to his house for dinner and even sent<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>gold cufflinks on his 80th birthday with a note\u2026 \u201cNobody will ever know what you have done for this country, Jimmy. This is to go some way in thanking you for that.\u201d Savile was intertwined with an image that the conceited BBC wanted to project.<\/span><\/p>\n

As times changed, it was clear that some wanted to end that practice. But it was only after his death that BBC\u2019s Newsnight began investigating. One victim spoke on camera and it was set to be a national bombshell. But BBC bosses nixed it, as they wanted to run a tribute programme instead at the same time, around Christmas 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

The public weren\u2019t aware until \u2018The Other Side of Jimmy Savile\u2019 was shown by ITV in September 2012. It blew the lid off and within a month, hundreds of lines of inquiry were underway due to 200 witness statements involving 14 police forces. The scale was mind-blowing.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was reports of rape, sexual assault and even necrophilia with corpses in a mortuary. Investigators believe he had around 500 victims, 28 were children under 10 of both genders, and there were 63 girls aged between 13 and 16. A minority of his victims were also adults, the oldest being 47. His tally of alleged criminal offences stands at 214.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man was one of the worst sexual predators in British history.<\/span><\/p>\n

A report<\/strong><\/span><\/a> proved Savile committed offences on BBC premises between 1959 and 2006. The last at the age of 79, when he groped a teenage girl during the filming of Top of the Pops. There\u2019s no mystery why it was allowed to continue. The BBC turned a blind eye \u2013 as the report stated it had five clear chances to stop the abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director David Nicholson caught Savile having sex with a young girl and reported it. He explained<\/a><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cEveryone knew what was going on. That includes senior BBC people \u2013 chiefs at the highest levels. There were always girls in Jimmy\u2019s dressing room. Everyone would have known about it.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 1997, the father of an 11-year-old girl made a complaint<\/strong><\/span><\/a> about Savile\u2019s conduct at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but, again, it was swept under the carpet. There is no question of Savile\u2019s guilt nor whether the BBC had at least some idea that he was sexual predator.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what is the BBC thinking by bringing this horror story to life with a dramatisation?<\/span><\/p>\n

Executive producer of \u2018The Reckoning,\u2019 Jeff Pope, said: \u201cWe must understand why a man like Jimmy Savile seemed to remain immune for so long to proper scrutiny and criminal investigation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But is there anything to delve into? It looks pretty clear that it was a dereliction of duty from BBC bosses, who either didn\u2019t care, or were too scared, to ruin the reputation of their biggest star. They even then tried to prevent the truth escaping after his death.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is an immoral tale that doesn\u2019t need to be revived and retold \u2013 least of all by the BBC. Tackling it will not deliver redemption or atonement, and it does nothing for his victims. That ship sailed long ago when the BBC allowed it\u2019s \u2018golden boy\u2019 to continue his wanton abuse for so long.<\/span><\/p>\n

Savile has been consigned to the toxic dump of history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let him stay there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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