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People say they had no idea, but Johnny Rotten tried to call him out on the radio back in the day and was subsequently banned from the BBC. People knew all right. They knew.
Its so frustrating he got away with it.
If he’d survived another couple if years he could have faced justice.
I feel like his sex crime ousting really kickstarted the celebrity sex offender take down and eventually the me too movement.
it’s overproduced
I also had to quit mid episode 2, the graphic description from the victims where to much for me
Unfortunately I thought this was all over the place and doesn’t tell the story at all well.
There’s currently a drama series being made with Steve Coogan playing him which I have much higher hopes for.
How did this guy get hired to do a kids show, I mean look at him?
Weird thing is, a music programme this rapist presented in the 60s is still available on Netflix: Pop Gear
(with some Beatles footage)
Fun facts…
My Dad lived next door to him as a kid.
I also met him a few times, said hello at a restaurant once and he was so rude and told us to go away.
My Brother used to see him in a cafe and my brother said he was a tight ass.
Watched the first episode last night. The way they framed the final scene and the build up of tension was quite compelling.
The doc structure is strange. I learned a ton more about him than I knew before in the backstory stuff, but if I wasn’t watching it with an awareness of the sheer scale and breadth of what he was involved in the whole time I’m not sure I’d have stuck around until they finally start unfolding it, so for American viewers etc I’m not sure how much interest it would have? It felt like about an hour of it was just career retrospective.
The bit where we get into what he actually did, my God, that shocked me, those poor people. The graphic nature of their descriptions was harrowing but effective.
However – I didn’t feel like it gave enough context for just *how many* people were involved, both how many more victims there were like those women, and how many buddies of his kept it quiet. What we’re hearing from these people is incredibly awful but the sense of *how many times* he did this, the *industrial* scale of his crimes didn’t really come across to me. And the hospital stuff… I felt like they left us to draw our own conclusions about what he was doing there a little more than they should have. I think the full horror story dimension of what he got away with, and was allowed to get away with, needs to be appreciated in full to understand how much institutional complicity there was, how many blind eyes were necessary for him to do what he did.
I also felt like they glossed over the Louis Theroux saga which I don’t feel like you really can in this story whether you like it or not. I get that it would be a little weird to have one documentary reference other documentaries, but I think the story is incomplete without either some of that footage or some of the context for the effect those shows had on public opinion.
The documentary isn’t great to be honest.
It sensationalises Jimmy Savile. The first hour and a half celebrates his success by portraying his rise to fame and power and his charitable causes.
It’s not until the final 30 mins or so where his crimes are divulged and the victims are interviewed.
The main focus should have been on his crimes and the investigations subsequent to his death, instead of his rise to glory.
I see a lot of folks asking how he got away with it for so long when “everybody knew”, and to them I’d like to point out that “everybody’s known” about Jared Leto for at least a decade and the guy stays booked and busy.
Very close friend of the royal family. Prince Andrew also happens to be a known p3dofil3. Seems odd doesn’t it
He was VERY good friends with Prince Charles and the Queen. This was a Harvey Weinstein style situation were 1000s knew (not the common public) but nobody cares. Fucking 14 year olds as a grown man was normal in the UK in the 70s and anyone who says elsewise isn’t British or wasn’t born then it’s 100% wrong but nobody bats an eye unless the criminal is from an Asian country. Savile took it another step by fucking dead bodies (also somethinh lots of people knew) if random nurses know your telling me my powerful people didn’t??
Theirs a few weird UK TV presenters out their whos names are going to come out hopefully in a few years and people are going to pretend nobody knew.
A little late to the party since this is already released.
As an American who knew nothing of who, or what Jimmy Savile was, (beyond a podcast episode), I thought the beginning bit was interesting only so I’d know who he was. I knew of him slightly and what he had done, so it may have been due to that I was able to infer all the negative undertones behind everything he was doing. I never thought they glorified him, in the docu-series, but moreso did a build up of how completely disgusting and insane the atmosphere was that allowed him to behave in the manner that he did. I mean, 90% of his commentary towards the camera, (when not scripted), was some disgusting comment about girls. Not women, but girls. It also really put into perspective how many people, feel into British wealth and society were letting him get away with it, and the fact that he engrained himself into a mental hospital was so monstrously genius. He knew he could do what he wanted and they’d be unable to say anything due to their past.
The worst part for me, behind how terrifying and disgusting he looked in general, was obviously that he completely got away with it. And people will always consider him a hero for some reason, and it’s just gross, but unfortunately how it is. Eww
The pacing of this documentary is awful.
The bit that bugs me is you have saville and epstein with the royals snuggled right up between them. Maybe there should be a dedicated international investigation to these folks, who they were backed by and start pulling it all down.
I just watched this. Holy fucking shit, UK.
He used to fuck dead bodies is the morgues of the hospitals he volunteered at
I watched this the other day. Spends way too much time talking about his charity work and the good he did. Doesn’t get into his crimes until the 2nd programme.
Puff piece. Spent 90% on f the time talking about his public life/career and barely touched his crimes. Waste of time
A season of “Line of Duty” dealt with the scandal of pedofiles and obliquely mentioned him, which was the first time I heard of him. It was a really good series, very sad though.