Jimmy Savile

Acting

Jimmy Savile

Born 1926-10-31 · Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG was an English DJ and television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. During his lifetime, he was well known in the United Kingdom for his eccentric image and his charitable work. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender and possibly one of Britain's most prolific.

Acting credits

National Treasure, National Disgrace: Savill, Harris & Hall poster
7.0

For years Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall and Gary Glitter were adored by fans - but the horrifying truth of how they abused vulnerable fans and junior employees has now emerged. These men were serial abusers, getting away with it in plain sight. With contributions from those who suffered at the hands of these predatory men, this documentary reveals how this was allowed to happen. Did entertainment bosses turn a blind eye to the offences? Were the authorities slow to react? And did the Britain of the time dismiss anyone who dared to 'speak out'?

National Treasure, National Disgrace: Savill, Harris & Hall

2022

100 Worst Britons poster
5.0

Channel 4 (UK) ran a poll, in 2003, for viewers to nominate their "worst Briton". The nominations had to be people who were living, not in prison and British.

100 Worst Britons

2003

Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile poster
6.0

This feature-length documentary for ITV1 and ITVX is the first detailed up to date telling of the dark double life of Gary Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - who was viewed as an iconic performer in his heyday, yet was later exposed as a predatory child abuser. The documentary highlights how Glitter was able to evade justice for decades meaning he was free to travel abroad and continue offending. Documenting his crimes committed both in the UK and across the globe, this new film weaves historical victim testimony, archive and interviews with those who met Glitter on the showbiz circuit, as well as lawyers involved in both the prosecution and defence of Glitter during the different trials across the decades. The programme looks into how Glitter used his charismatic onstage persona to cover up his predatory offstage behaviour, meaning he was only brought to justice decades after lighting up the charts with a slew of catchy hits.

Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile

2024

Pop Gear poster
7.8

A compilation of proto-music videos featuring leading British rock bands of the 60s, including The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and Herman's Hermits.

Pop Gear

1965

Radio Wonderful poster
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This documentary is about the first five years of BBC Radio 1 and contains interviews with the disc jockeys and other folk who were involved in the station's inception. It also contains footage from the previous pirate radio era as a means of explaining why Radio 1 came about.

Radio Wonderful

1973

Top of the Pops: The True Story poster
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BBC documentary on the long-running British TV show, Top of the Pops.

Top of the Pops: The True Story

2001

A Fix with Sontarans poster
3.0

While operating the controls on his TARDIS console, The Doctor accidentally transports his former companion Tegan Jovanka on board. Less than happy about her situation, she reluctantly agrees to help when the Doctor reveals that two Sontarans are on board with a powerful vitrox bomb with which they intend to blow up the ship.

A Fix with Sontarans

1985

Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened poster
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BBC Tribute to Jimmy Savile

Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened

2011

Just for Fun poster
5.3

When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party.

Just for Fun

1963

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An investigation into how Sir Jimmy Savile was able to abuse children unhindered for many years and how many people within the BBC knew anything about it.

Jimmy Savile: What the BBC Knew

2012

Jimmy Savile : Untouchable poster
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Jimmy Savile appeared to be untouchable, why? This movie shows how celebrity and fame masked crimes in plain sight. Shaun Attwood interviews guests to reveal how Savile hid his crimes for almost 50 years

Jimmy Savile : Untouchable

2021

The Other side of Jimmy Savile poster
7.0

Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas conducts an in-depth investigation into allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused vulnerable teenage girls at the height of his fame.

The Other side of Jimmy Savile

2012

Savile: Portrait of a Predator poster
7.0

This new documentary looks inside the criminal world of Jimmy Savile through the eyes of those who worked alongside him and those who investigated him.

Savile: Portrait of a Predator

2021

When Louis Met... Jimmy poster
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Louis Theroux spends some time with the eccentric broadcaster and charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile and attempts to get behind the public persona.

When Louis Met... Jimmy

2000

Pop Go the Sixties! poster
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1 - Credits > 2 - Who - I Can See For Miles > 3 - Adam Faith - What Do You Want > 4 - Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby > 5 - Sandie Shaw - Always Something There to Remind Me > 6 - Sandie Shaw - Wiedehopf Im Mai > 7 - Marmalade - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da > 8 - The Ascot Dancers - Satisfaction > 9 - Kinks - Days > 10 - H. Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest > 11 - Hollies - He Ain't Heavy > 12 - Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back to Happiness > 13 - Tom Jones - Delilah > 14 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart > 15 - Shadows - Apache > 16 - Cliff Richard & Shadows - Bachelor Boy > 17 - Cliff Richard - Congratulations.

Pop Go the Sixties!

1969

Louis Theroux: Savile poster
6.8

Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend.

Louis Theroux: Savile

2016

Ferry Cross the Mersey poster
6.1

Gerry and Fred Marsden, Les McGuire, and Les "Chad" Chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early-1960s Liverpool Beat Scene. Art students by day and musicians by night, the boys' big break comes by winning a local talent contest. But first, they must retrieve their instruments, which have been mistakenly carried to the airport.

Ferry Cross the Mersey

1965

Built for War: The Sontaran Story poster
7.0

The genesis and development of the Sontaran race through the history of the series, as told by some of the actors and production team involved. This specially produced documentary includes contributions from Terrance Dicks, Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Read, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Bob Baker, Eric Saward and Stuart Fell.

Built for War: The Sontaran Story

2006

Farewell, FAB 208 poster
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An affectionate look at Radio Luxembourg, launched in 1933 and for decades the only commercial pop music station broadcasting in the UK - and then only at night. Generations grew up listening to it under the bedclothes. But last year 208 went off the airwaves and now it can only be reached by satellite. This nostalgic portrait of "the station of the stars" talks to some of its former DJs including Jimmy Savile ,Noel Edmonds , Pete Murray , David "Kid" Jensen and Tony "Your Royal Ruler" Prince, about their days in the Duchy. And listeners, such as Cliff Richard and Tim Rice , describe how they heard their first rock 'n' roll on Radio Luxembourg.

Farewell, FAB 208

1992

Jimmy Savile: The People Who Knew poster
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Savile abused hundreds of people, many of them children. Hear exclusive testimonies from those who knew the shocking truth.

Jimmy Savile: The People Who Knew

2021

Update: The Jimmy Savile Investigation poster
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After ITV released their documentary “The Other Side of Jimmy Savile“, they received a huge response which lead to more people coming forward with stories of abuse committed by Savile. This lead to a new documentary being released almost two months later in which Mark Williams-Thomas gets in touch with some of these people that came forward and tracks the progress of the current police investigation into these claims of sexual abuse.

Update: The Jimmy Savile Investigation

2012

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Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train."

Sir Peter Parker Talks to Jimmy Savile

1982

Faking It: Jimmy Savile poster
7.0

TV special in which experts in body language, linguistics, and forensic psychology examine Jimmy Savile, one of Britain's most prolific sexual predators.

Faking It: Jimmy Savile

2020

Abused: The Untold Story poster
8.0

Interviews with victims of sexual abuse, including some offences committed by the disk jockey and TV host Sir Jimmy Savile, talk about their long struggle to be heard and believed.

Abused: The Untold Story

2016