Jimmy Savile

Tories pressured BBC over Johnson’s claim Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile

Party asked corporation not to say accusation was ‘false’ relating to time when Labour leader was DPP

Jessica Elgot and Rowena Mason

17, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM

BBC Jimmy Savile drama to air this year despite concerns

Long-delayed drama starring Steve Coogan will air after extensive back-and-forths within BBC over its content

Jim Waterson Media editor

28, Feb, 2023 @6:02 PM

‘Multiply problematic’ – should the BBC’s Jimmy Savile drama ever air?

Steve Coogan has long been slated to play Savile in The Reckoning. But why the delays – and what has it got to do with the King?

Mark Lawson

28, Feb, 2023 @5:32 PM

Jimmy Savile escaped justice because of libel laws, claims reporter

The Sun tried to expose Savile as paedophile but had to back down over fears of costly libel case, investigative journalist says

Jim Waterson Media editor

28, Apr, 2022 @3:30 PM

Outrageous libel laws protected Jimmy Savile. At last, change is on the cards | Meirion Jones

Moves to rein in lawsuits that protect the rich, powerful and wicked are decades, if not centuries, overdue, says journalist Meirion Jones

Meirion Jones

28, Apr, 2022 @3:30 PM

How can an MP even think of excusing child abuse? Have we learned nothing? | Sonia Sodha

Crispin Blunt’s support of Imran Ahmad Khan shows that power can still disregard victims

Sonia Sodha

17, Apr, 2022 @6:30 AM

The mystery of how Jimmy Savile hid in plain sight | Letter

Letter: There was something chilling about the presenter, but no one seemed to link it to criminality, writes David Handley

Letters

14, Apr, 2022 @5:26 PM

The awful truth of Netflix’s Jimmy Savile documentary: he gaslit an entire nation

The global success of Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story has brought the BBC figure’s crimes to the attention of the world. The spotlight is now on how he groomed a whole society

Phil Harrison

14, Apr, 2022 @3:15 PM

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story review – a welter of devastating detail

A decade after his fathomless crimes came to light, this documentary brings home the misery Savile spread, unchecked – and reveals how he ‘groomed the nation’

Lucy Mangan

06, Apr, 2022 @1:47 PM

Prince Charles repeatedly sought Jimmy Savile’s advice, documentary claims

Programme reveals Savile produced PR handbook for royals, some of which was passed on to the Queen

Kevin Rawlinson

06, Apr, 2022 @10:42 AM

The day I thwarted Jimmy Savile: Mark Lawson on trying to stop Britain’s worst sex offender

As a new show reveals how Jimmy Savile got away with it, Mark Lawson recalls a lifetime of encounters with the predator – and their most shocking confrontation