Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile in ‘sensitive’ BBC drama

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Alan Partridge star will take on ‘complex’ character of notorious paedophile in The Reckoning

Steve Coogan will play Jimmy Savile in a forthcoming BBC drama series about how the high-profile presenter spent decades living a double life as one of the country’s most notorious paedophiles.

 

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And the fix is in. You couldn’t make this shit up.

Way it goes with these spineless shills. Quash outing of the fiend, then come slithering back in when they think the coast is clear.

The perpetrators now want to ghoulishy look at their work in action. Anyone see a PR exercise coming? 'Sensitive' only to their needs, forget the victims

This will be the biggest CoverUp in the history of all cover-ups.

It's a bit crass.... The BBC covered his abuse up for years and are now cashing in on it.

Seriously why. Why make a film about this scum life ?we all now know what he did. The words 'complex character' worries me. Usually a sign of the less than viscerally excoriating destruction of an evil selfish animal he was. And I still don't see why we have to make it.

why?

Should have gone with monkey tennis steve

A short clip of John Lydon condemning Saville in 1978.

might also be bad for british rail too…

Good casting - I think he’ll play that part well 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Perversity seems to be the popular diet in these perverse times. Rather focus on righteousness and as the gospel says, 'whatever is true, noble, right, pure, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things.'

Bad taste! Who needs reminding about him?

By sensitive they mean BBC employees will be shown to have been ignorant of his assaults 😉

Oh dear what a terrible career move. What idiot advised him to this gig?

Eat your heart out rickygervais !🤣

Gross

rossnez

With all due respect this can get fucked

How do you make that portrayal sensitive?

Do we have to do this?

Why is this drama even being made? Have the victims and their families been consulted?

Why even mention the man’s name never mind making a bloody ‘drama’ about his crimes. unecessaryreminder

Don't bother, completely disrespectful to the victims

Many movies / programmes have been made with actors playing the likes of Hitler where the victims were in the millions. Many other movies about real life serial killers etc. Don't see why they shouldn't do Savile. Might actually get to see the full extent of what the cunt did.

I don’t think he needs anymore publicity thanks

BBC making money off their failure

It's amazing. To a baby, anything could be a weapon. For instance, this weapon.

🤔🤔bloody unbelievable

It’s wrong that the bbc are doing this. Gives them a chance to write the history. They’re hardly going to go in on their head turning are they?

Gross. What sort of freak wants to watch this?

I think the victims would prefer never to have to hear his name again.

I hope they have involved the countless survivors in this. Really the BBC!

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