I remember when I watched a London marathon with my ex not that long after we were married and he was marvelling at Saville’s “great work” for charity and what a National Treasure he was etc etc.
I got really cross with him and said something along the lines of “I don’t care if he raises money for charities, the guy’s a f***** creep. He gives me the heebee jeebees”
My husband threw me a filthy look but oh how right I was.
I don’t know if any members on here saw the documentary Louis Theroux made on him years before he died. I remember, that to me, it just confirmed all my doubts… classic peadophile profile if ever I saw one.
I saw that documentary with Louis Theroux, Rhian, and I thought even then Theroux didn’t make a great job of hiding his feelings about the man. I cannot believe the BBC are going ahead with this. I know they will try and play innocent. Its beyond disgusting.
There must be many of his victims who never got justice after being abused by him. What about what this did to them and their emotions, which they probably are still having to deal with today?
I will not be watching this programme, that’s for certain!
The awful thing was people knew what he was like & some even joked about it, but nothing was ever said out in the open. One girl, who used to be on TOTP, now an adult, even said in an interview when all this came out, that it was expected of them if they wanted to be seen on TV in a prominent position & dancing. She was very matter of fact about it. I thought that very sad actually.
No, I’ll not be watching it. It sickens me to think of what he did, I have no wish to see a drama about it.
The crime may be somewhat different, but the effort currently be put into avoiding the consequences by prince Andrew, make Saville look like a good guy.
The real issue with Saville is, any drama needs to NOT rewrite history, it needs to be honest & difficult to watch. Otherwise, how long before we forget & it happens again?
Lets not forget that it was the BBC that ignored all the evidence and accusations made against Saville when he was one of the BBC’s stars, but the BBC will never ever admit it got anything wrong. As true today as it was then.
Time the BBC was made to stand on its own two feet and the license fee should be scrapped. It would not bother me if I could not atch the BBC as I find little to interst me now from the corporation.
could not agree more MrFraggle67 about the licence fee scrap it …make it like sky so you pay for channels you want including BBC
…on savile guess people have choice whether to watch it or not I most definitely wont
I haven’t read up about it, apart from what’s-is-face Steve Coogan playing the part. Ok…well, i wonder what they are playing at?
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