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Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

The problemwith the BBC archive from the '70s, very little of it survived

[Savile wobbles voice] [man] Ten, nine, eight, seven… [Meirion Jones] The problem
with the BBC archive from the '70s, very little of it survived

Full Transcript

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[Savile wobbles voice]
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[man] Ten, nine, eight, seven…
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[Meirion Jones] The problem with the BBC archive from the '70s,
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very little of it survived.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:38
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 [theme music playing] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:12
[theme music playing]
S01 • E02 And she went through many tapes and found nothing. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:04
And she went through many tapes and found nothing.
S01 • E02 And then, finally, she found some sort of taster "best of" tape. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
And then, finally, she found some sort of taster "best ...
S01 • E02 [clears throat] On with the show. These are some of the highlights. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:04
[clears throat] On with the show. These are some of the high...
S01 • E02 Some of the great fun times we had. [chuckles] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:09
Some of the great fun times we had. [chuckles]
S01 • E02 This would all help substantiate - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:06
This would all help substantiate
S01 • E02 And then, there are more people coming forward to us - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:06
And then, there are more people coming forward to us
S01 • E02 You start getting a picture that things were more widespread. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:04
You start getting a picture that things were more widespread...
S01 • E02 That maybe everywhere he'd been, there'd been abuse. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
That maybe everywhere he'd been, there'd been abus...
S01 • E02 [Sam Brown] When I think back, I remember watching a great big funeral, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:09
[Sam Brown] When I think back, I remember watching a great b...
S01 • E02 I thought, "He's going to his grave with me not saying my truth." - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:13
I thought, "He's going to his grave with me not sa...
S01 • E02 [applause] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:09
[applause]
S01 • E02 A foreign visitor would have thought it was a member of the royal family or a… - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:07
A foreign visitor would have thought it was a member of the ...
S01 • E02 I just thought it was - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:05
I just thought it was
S01 • E02 [Alison Bellamy] For Jimmy, who in baptism was given the pledge of eternal life, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:08
[Alison Bellamy] For Jimmy, who in baptism was given the ple...
S01 • E02 Lord, in your mercy. - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:04
Lord, in your mercy.
S01 • E02 [organ playing] - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:06
[organ playing]
S01 • E02 [priest] We pray this afternoon - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:16
[priest] We pray this afternoon
S01 • E02 Do remember also - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:08
Do remember also
S01 • E02 Jimmy, himself, on the topic of sin, - Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 00:16
Jimmy, himself, on the topic of sin,