The Reckoning, a forthcoming factual drama from the award-winning team of writer Neil McKay and executive producer Jeff Pope (Four Lives, The Moorside, Appropriate Adult). Made by ITV Studios for the BBC, The Reckoning will be broadcast this autumn on BBC One and iPlayer.The four-part series will trace the life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential celebrities, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations of extensive and horrific abuse. Savile used his involvement in multiple organisations, such as the BBC, hospitals, prisons, and charities, to legitimise himself, forging friendships in showbusiness, politics, journalism, the Catholic Church and even the Royal family to cement his position.
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00:00 I'm not an act. What you see is what you get.
00:03 We'll be in touch.
00:05 He's our man.
00:06 He was one of the biggest manipulators of people to rise to the status that he did.
00:12 The investigation found no evidence to justify the allegations.
00:15 And you consider that to be the end of the matter?
00:18 He groomed the whole nation.
00:21 There are rumours, but there's another side to you.
00:23 What rumours might those be?
00:25 He gets away with it because no one else sees it. It's a violation.
00:28 As old as I am now, I would have danced on his grave.
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