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Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

Everybody decidesyou've been around so long that you're marvelous,and you should be feted

[applause] [Ian Hislop] Everybody decides
you've been around so long that you're marvelous,
and you should be feted

Full Transcript

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[Ian Hislop] Everybody decides you've been around so long
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that you're marvelous, and you should be feted.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:41
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, crime
Production
72 Films

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Movie Summary

Jimmy Savile once ruled the airwaves with a quirky persona and good works. So how did this icon manage to hide his many alleged bad deeds for so long?
S01 • E02 -Are you? -[laughter] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
-Are you? -[laughter]
S01 • E02 [laughter] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:08
[laughter]
S01 • E02 [sound continues through TV] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:04
[sound continues through TV]
S01 • E02 I mean, I'd forgotten how much the audience liked that joke. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
I mean, I'd forgotten how much the audience liked that ...
S01 • E02 [laughter] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:09
[laughter]
S01 • E02 And also a sort of underground image, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:13
And also a sort of underground image,
S01 • E02 -Twelve years I lived in a motor caravan. -What do you do in the caravan? - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
-Twelve years I lived in a motor caravan. -What do you do in...
S01 • E02 [laughter, applause] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:10
[laughter, applause]
S01 • E02 By this time, he was giving odd interviews, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:18
By this time, he was giving odd interviews,
S01 • E02 [Ian Hislop] He was a deeply creepy bloke, but people didn't mind this, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:07
[Ian Hislop] He was a deeply creepy bloke, but people didn&#...
S01 • E02 [host] Oh, I wanted to lose… - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:08
[host] Oh, I wanted to lose…
S01 • E02 Because we live in a very funny world, and it's easier for me, as a single man, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:19
Because we live in a very funny world, and it's easier ...
S01 • E02 Yes. Oh aye. How do they know whether I am or not? - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
Yes. Oh aye. How do they know whether I am or not?
S01 • E02 How does anybody know whether I am? Nobody knows whether I am or not. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:04
How does anybody know whether I am? Nobody knows whether I a...
S01 • E02 [Mark Lawson] For most of the 20th century, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:12
[Mark Lawson] For most of the 20th century,
S01 • E02 But the reason for that was that the only forum - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:10
But the reason for that was that the only forum
S01 • E02 When the stuff about "Jimmy Savile is a pedophile" - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:13
When the stuff about "Jimmy Savile is a pedophile"
S01 • E02 In the coming weeks, Jimmy Savile will turn 80 years of age. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
In the coming weeks, Jimmy Savile will turn 80 years of age.
S01 • E02 So when he invited me across to his bachelor pad in Leeds, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:10
So when he invited me across to his bachelor pad in Leeds,
S01 • E02 There's a lot of scandalous things, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:08
There's a lot of scandalous things,