Then don’t.
The Reckoning, a mini-series, will tell the story of the presenter’s rise and the sexual abuse scandal that emerged after his death.
The BBC said the team behind the drama had worked closely with those impacted by Savile to ensure their stories were told with “sensitivity and respect”.
The Reckoning will be written by Neil McKay, who was also behind Appropriate Adult - the Bafta-winning drama about serial killer Fred West.
He and executive producer Jeff Pope also worked on Moorside, about the disappearance of Shannon Matthews; and the forthcoming Four Lives, on the murders of four young gay men by Stephen Port.
The drama will be directed by Sandra Goldbacher and produced by ITV Studios.
A role too far for Steve Coogan … 
People have a kind of morbid curiosity
Make a drama about a man as manipulative and as depraved as Saville and you will always get an audience willing to be horrified by it.
I couldn’t abide him. Even as a child I could sense he was a “rong un”
It makes me sick to the stomach when I think of what he got away with and how many people turned a blind eye to it.
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.
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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.
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… and ITV are helping them to make it … 
ARE they??? 
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?
I emboldened the ITV contribution in my post - they’re providing the studios … 
Ok…
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AFAIK, most TV productions are farmed out nowadays to minimise cost and risk - this is, apparently, another of them … 
This is a programme that l would not be interested in, at all.
What purpose will it serve? Only to drag up the harrowing, shocking treatment his victims endured
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Well I understand that, Omah, but why this? Why even make it all…to what end? Its very disappointing. I won’t be watching it. 
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I agree and I hope this will be a huge FAIL for old Auntie Beeb, and an Aunt that’s well past her use by date.
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I agree. But some people seem to like relish the unpleasant aspects of it.
Its reckoned people turned a blind eye to his antics, the beeb being one of them, their programme is unlikely to be impartial is it ?
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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!
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It’s not my type of “drama”, either … 
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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?
Didn’t that guy from Public Image Limited speak out about it during an interview and promptly never got on Top Of the Pops again…