8.557 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestIn the 2000s, as his career and influence began to wane, Savile made increasingly desperate attempts to conceal the truth. Yet his crimes didn't come to light during his lifetime.
The life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential celebrities, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations of extensive and horrific abuse.
Acting
Coogan's physicality is uncanny and deeply disturbing.
Writing
Refuses easy villainy, shows how charm weaponized itself.
Direction
Quiet dread in mundane moments—hospitals, charity runs.
Creators
Neil McKay, Dan Davies
Steve Coogan
Jimmy Savile
Mark Stanley
Dan Davies
Fenella Woolgar
Margaret Thatcher
Michael Jibson
Bill Cotton
Gemma Jones
Agnes Savile
Robert Emms
Ray Teret
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Johnnie Stewart
Mark Lewis Jones
Charles Hullighan
Siobhan Finneran
Beryl Hullighan
Neil Pearson
Eric Morley
Henry Goodman
Sir Ludwig Guttman
Joseph Mydell
Victor
Peter Wight
Peter Jaconelli
Jimmy Savile
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Coogan spent months perfecting Savile's voice by studying unbroadcast footage where he forgot the cameras were rolling.
The real Dan Davies, who co-wrote this, spent 7 years investigating Savile and was initially dismissed as conspiracy-minded.
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