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- 2022
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- 2022
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Summary The two-part documentary from Rowan Deacon looks at how Top of the Pops/Jim'll Fix It host Jimmy Savile used his position to sexually abuse children and adults for decades.
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 6, 2022
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Summary The two-part documentary from Rowan Deacon looks at how Top of the Pops/Jim'll Fix It host Jimmy Savile used his position to sexually abuse children and adults for decades.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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I found the second of this two-parter the more compelling. Part one feels like an extended curtain-raiser.
It is clearly intended for an international audience and for UK viewers too young to remember when Savile was a fixture on the airwaves. And, as an overview of the scandalous licence he was given to prey on vulnerable young people, it is horrifically thorough.
The nearly three-hour running time is a measured, relentless march of contemporary footage, present-day interviews with people who worked with or knew him, the investigative journalists who eventually unearthed the evidence behind the rumours – the years and years of rumours – and one of his victims – from the years and years of victims.
At times, it simply feels too monstrous to be spun into Netflix entertainment. This isn’t a horror story, but a dismal, incomprehensible tragedy.
It’s frustrating to know that Savile never got his comeuppance while he was alive. At the same time, even documenting his horrors posthumously can serve some honesty to his true legacy. STREAM IT if you’re not worried about being triggered by it. Otherwise, quite obviously, SKIP IT.
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Production Company:
- 72 Films
Initial Release Date: Apr 6, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BFE Cut Above Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination