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In light of the unmasking of Jimmy Savile as a predatory sex offender, and 15 years on from the BBC documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Louis Theroux sets out to understand how a man who was at the centre of British entertainment and charitable fundraising for decades was able to get away with a long litany of crimes.
In this reflective 75-minute film, Louis talks to some of Savile's victims and to people who worked closely with him, and re-examines moments from the original film as well as footage that has never aired before on television.
Press:
“The original, When Louis Met Jimmy, was awkward and creepy. This is braver, bolder, more grown-up, more honest, truer. And seriously uncomfortable.”
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The Guardian
“In the end an entire nation funded Savile’s abuse of children through charitable donations and the licence fee. If this important post-mortem pondered the gulling of one interviewer, it also documented a nationwide failure to see through that all too transparent string vest.”
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The Telegraph
“The documentary was hard on Theroux for it surveyed all the clues and opportunities he missed the first time and then subsequently. There is no need for him to be stripped of the BBC Grierson Trustees’ Award he received last week. Rather, this rigorous mea culpa of a documentary shows why he was worthy of it.”
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The Times