Steve Coogan describes how & why he portrays Savile in The Reckoning
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- The Reckoning (TV Series 2023)
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The Reckoning: With Steve Coogan, Seeta Indrani, Sandra James-Young, Cameron Ashplant. The story of Savile's life from his working-class roots, ...
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14 hours ago - Steve Coogan and Sam Brown, a Savile survivor, will be on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg this morning, presented by Victoria Derbyshire.
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2 days ago - Steve Coogan hopes his portrayal of Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning will help prevent abuse ... The actor, best known for his role as Alan Partridge ...
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
08/10/2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg presented by Victoria Derbyshire interviews leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer MP and transport secretary Mark Harper MP. She [Victoria] also talks to Steve Coogan, portraying Jimmy Savile in BBC drama The Reckoning, and Jimmy Savile survivor Sam Brown.
Duration58 mins First shown 9am 8 Oct 2023 Available for 11 months
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Coogan is incredible in this role. Nobody could've done this better.
@@g3nov3s you know Mr Coogan personally do you?
@@dwaynedibley3529you’re accusing Coogan of being a sexual sadist pedophile? Big accusation.
@@g3nov3s Oh look, some nobody is trying to be soooo edgy!🙄
@@emmetpower3610 sorry, I guess nowadays you have to remain anonymous to accuses celebrities of anything dodgy.
No I don't know, however he was a fan of Jimmy Savile. He copied his style and was concerned to him. Just saying.
i think someone couldve played him better but its a very tough line to portray. so finding an Actor to do it is tough.
Steve should win a Bafta for this. His portrayal was mesmerising.
I don't think he'd accept the award out of respect for the victims
He is so good in this.
@@martymcfly4654yes I was thinking that. I hope he wouldn't accept it
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Lets be honest it was a world class portrayal of Saville
Has been described as, and I quote, 'lovely stuff'. Not my words, Michael, the words of Shakin' Stevens.
Steve Coogan really is a brilliant actor. When I watched him play Stan Laurel, I felt I was watching the beloved Stan. The same with Savile. It was like watching Savile. Saviles victims are so brave speaking out and raising awareness.
I have to agree he is a very fine actor.
It's a pity Coogan became a lefty halfwit..:)
PS- I like his 'Partridge' but his final series was a disaster because he lost the plot completely.
Apart from the one who had her race retconned, fuck her right?
its brave to speak up if he was alive not when he was long passed on and cant defend himself.
@rogermoore-gd9do Im not a 'believe all women' fan because many women have ruined mens lives with lies but there is far too much against Saville.
Sam is a very brave lady. The aftermath of the abuse is beyond comprehension. I’m so glad she is able to tell her story.
Very brave lady and it was absolutely necessary for the sufferers to be consulted.
Not many other actors would've had the nerve to go anywhere near this. Credit to Coogan for having the confidence to risk his career on it.
Not sure it’s a career risker. Ralph Fiennes played an evil German in Schindlers List…Several actors have played Adolph Hitler…Zac Effron played Ted Bundy…etc..etc…The public know it is just a part they are playing.
Watched the final episode last night, and genuinely there were moments in it when I couldn't work out if it was Coogan or Savile. Guy is an absolute genius, and his portrayal genuinely made my flesh crawl in parts.
Watched the final episode this morning. Saville is portrayed as and cuts quite a pathetic figure in his final years. He was trying to live off his influence and power from decades previous. The suspicion was always there in sections of society but he’d already wreaked widespread damage to so many lives by then. Agree with you regarding Steve Coogan’s portrayal. It was a hard watch at times. Been a long standing fan of his work going back 30 years but this must have been the toughest of roles for him to undertake and get right given the level of feeling that his portrayal might generate.
Exactly like the new Elvis movie. Quite a few shots where I realized a few moments in holy crap that's the actor not Elvis in this scene lol
Coogan has balls of steel to have even considered playing Saville....wow and what a performance of that creature he gave us, Steve should get every TV award available for this but I think the subject matter is so sensitive he wont.... brilliant acting and one of the most chilling TV programmes ever made.
wait for the Roy Castle story ..- an eveil monster . . . .!!!!!
What do you mean?
Steve Coogan is bloody amazing!!
He deserves every award possible for his portrayal of that evil person.
Abso-bloody-exactly.
Nobody could have portrayed Savile like Steve ..amazing performance.
Maurice Grumbleweed ...Bobby Davro ...Mike Yarwood . .etc etc . . .
@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 No match for coogan.
@@margaretconnery7422 Needless to say I had the last laugh...
Jimmy Savile was my bogeyman as a kid. He terrified me.
I watched Coogan play him yesterday and I was instantly a kid again. I was uncomfortable, scared, and repulsed all over again.
Excellent job! The man can act
Your instincts served you well because i have little doubt that if Jimmy had the chance, he would have bummed you to within an inch of your life.
That was a little unnecessary. Some topics don't need schoolboy humour. @@edy1361
Even as a kid, my sister had him pegged as a "wrong 'un", even if she couldn't say just _how_ exactly. I thought he was 'a bit weird', but I couldn't see it. Well, I guess I wasn't alone in that. Nevertheless, I expect _many_ girls got those 'way off' vibes; not that it did them much good, all too often, given the power dynamic. The -man- specimen had the run of hospitals and prisons, fCs! And palaces, to all intents and purposes...
That's probably how he would've preferred to describe it too. Give yourself a pat on the back. @@edy1361
my instinct told me Roy Castle was even eviler ...I was correct . . . . .!
Steve Coogan was utterly phenomenal. Not an easy watch and yet compelling. There will never be justice for JS's victims but I so hope that they know there is a true sense of love, empathy and respect for them all. Thank you Sam for your courage
Just watched The Reckoning and Steve Coogan was amazing. As a victim of childhood sexual abuse I found the programme disturbing, but it really highlighted how perpetrators get away with their crimes, and the lifelong damage they cause.
Only Steve Coogan could have pulled this portrayal off. I was skeptical going into it and sure you could make a case for criticism but I think it was executed with great consideration and provides valuable insight.
He's very talented played Stan laurel great to
Like the race swap of a victim
Steve Coogan nailed Jimmy and his speech and mannerisms. He was brilliantly creepy if that makes sense. You don't see the acts, so it's left to your imagination, and that is just as bad as the real thing. Steve could get awards for this. And that isn't glorifying Savile at all, just commending Steve's acting talents.
He's crap at playing the younger version.
He gets the voice bang on, after all he voiced savile in spitting image. But look at savile in any media.
He was charismatic. People loved him.
He's portrayed as a "hmmmm... little gurl... sweeties" kind of pedo.
He never nervously asked kiddy stuff... or gingerly asked questions.
He went straight in, tongue down throat. Full on. Then moved on like nothing happened.
@13thcentury he was fine playing the younger version, the makeup/deaging process was crap.
@Jayke1981 I found it the other way round. I found he totally nailed the older savile. If you look at the Andrew Neil interview... its basically what Coogan is doing. The older nervous, defensive, erabrasive savile. The guy one step from prison.
But the younger savile was never jittery. He was overconfident. Literally groped girls live on television.
The victims didn't day "Oh, he nervously asked me... anything else... down... there" he just grabbed her, snogged her and his fingers were already there.
His "anything else down there" lines were from his live on telly parts. Where he would make double entente to the laughs of millions.
He never saw victims, and nervously avoided. He Literally caught a victim live on air, and mocked her when she said "I hate you for everything"
He was overconfident before he even worked in the episode 1 dj Club. By then he was already famous on radio Luxembourg and had been wrestling 15 or so years.
In the ring he was cocky.
There was never a nervous jimmy savile.
agreed
..cant wait to see the 'Roy Castle' story .....makes savile look like Geffrey from play school .. .
Mark of a truly dedicated actor, is to play a real life Villain (monster, even). Steve has my total respect, for bearing the weight of playing such a role.
He absolutely nailed the role of saville. The voice the personality the body language mannerisms the lot. Nobody else could have done it.
Abso-bloody-exactly.
Total respect to Steve as its a very hard part to play, and after watching this series I was amazed how he looked and sounded like him,
He also played Allen Partridge.
@@muhammadalieesaa3379So what?
@@muhammadalieesaa3379 No, he played *Alan* Partridge, but what's your point?
@@muhammadalieesaa3379 and your point is?
@@muhammadalieesaa3379 Does the role of Alan Partridge always come with the actor Steve Coogan? I mean it's not a dealbreaker but I would like to know.
I have just watched all 4 episodes and I have to say it was very disturbing but hats off to Steve Coogan, he portrayed Saville to a tee. His mannerisms, everything it was all there. It's a very powerful drama, one no adult should shy away from.
Adults should also note that a victim has been race swapped, erasing her real ethnicity and making her a woke box to tick. Fuck that, shitshow
Steve Coogans finest hour. An incredible piece of acting and nailed the character.
not really ...just a second rate impersonation ... !!
Agreed. Although Stan&ollie and Philomena were also extraordinary performances.
@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 You couldn't present a cat
Sam is an amazing person. I have heard her story a few times and it is harrowing. The abuse she endured, not only at the hands of JS but of her grandfather is shocking and heart breaking. For her to be where she is now, I think is a real success - she isn't just a survivor of the worst kind of abuse there is, she's managed to thrive. She's here now as a mum and foster parent with a job she is happy in, telling her story and taking the steps to ensure this kind of behaviour is exposed and the people responsible called out and punished.
Sam, if you are reading this I want to say thank you. You are a hero and the strength and courage you have shown is astounding. Thank you to all the victims for speaking up and sharing your stories and letting us understand the impact of child abuse. So important.
❤.. same here sam. God bless
Steve's portrayal of Savile as a malevolent, sinister opportunist was unsettling and brilliant. He was able to turn on the charm, and then the menace at the drop of a hat.
The real tragedy is that the entire nation fell under his evil charm. Savile lies rotting in an unmarked grave. I would like to think his egotistical soul would have hated the ignominy of that.
To play devils advocate, i don't believe the nation did fall under his charm. Growing up in the 80's/90's I didn't know a single kid who particularly enjoyed his programmes. He was an old man, he was weird and the only reason anyone watched was because children got to ask for their wishes to be granted. The kids that did watch did so in spite of Savile, not because of him.
His ability to stay relevant for so long had nothing to do with his popularity and everything to do with the leverage he had on people in positions of power.
Maybe it was different earlier on but in the late 80's/early 90's, that's how it felt to me.
@@mattyctill I agree, I always found him slimy and there was something scary about him. Never watched TV if he was on.
@paulconway3365 i'm guessing you're older than me. I didn't know one kid in the early 90's who enjoyed it.
No, that's not true. The entire nation did not fall under his charm at all, actually *LOADS*
of people were creeped out by him and had a bad feeling about him.
The historical figure of the court jester arguably gave birth to modern actors/magicians/comedians and Savile arguably had an approach/sneaky tactics that work better on the elite (who tend to be a bit eccentric/have their own sense of humour; who don't really know what a working-class man is and think this cigar-smoking thing in a tracksuit is a normal example!) than normal people like you and me who after ten seconds think "ew he's a wronggun".
Coogan's performance is incredibly well studied. He has it all, the voice, timbre, and rhythm, the facial expressions, but also quite remarkably has the body langauge to a tea. The only thing he did not have is that his physique was a little on the large size, but seldom is this noticable. THe only downside to this Oscar winning performace is that the subject is Savile, and one cannot help to revolted by his presence.
Steve coogan portrayed him in the right way in my opinion
He is brilliant in this role. The voice his acting. Just brilliant.
I was impressed with how Steve pulled this off. He sounded just like Saville and looked like him. I hope people don't think he's like him
Why would they you nitwit
Anybody with a brain cell, will know he’s nothing like him.
Same here. Am certain Steve would have felt utterly repulsed hearing the victims' statements. He then had to absorb that feeling and bring it to the character on screen in order that the viewer feel it too😢
@@poppyfield1619 I agree. I personally would have had to think long and hard about taking it on if I'd been in his position, but I think he did it to show everyone how appalling Savile really was. I'm ashamed to say he came from Leeds
Stupid people might think that.
I've watched all four episodes; a tough watch but really puts Savile's crimes into perspective. So brave of some of the survivors of Savile's abuse to appear on camera, their testimony is the key to the purpose of this series.
The writers and producers have got this absolutely right. Steve Coogan is brilliant in portraying both sides of Savile, the showman and the abusive narcissist.
There are plenty of references to the failures of the BBC and Police forces which allowed Savile to 'hide in plain sight'.
Yes, tough to watch because, we as a nation were totally taken in by his subterfuge.
I hope that all of the survivors of Saviles abuse have found some peace. I think this TV series could be a part of that. Love and peace.
Give Steve an Oscar, incredible performance!!
Steve was brilliant in this; award worthy performance.
Sam said her ordeal with Savile started when she was 12 or 13, but then said one of the effects it had on her was that she didn't learn to read until she was 10. Strange mistake to make considering she must've gone over this time and time again, vocally and mentally.
I noticed that too
Nerves maybe
Noticed the same thing.
Very, very strange!
Wondering why that comment wasn’t questioned.
In the show, they say that prior to Savile's abuse, she was also abused by her grandad. That explains it.
From his sweetest role as mole ( i cant throw for toffee) in wind in the willows to playing jimmy saville, steve coogan is perfection, plz give him the recognition he deserves
I’ve just finished the second episode of ‘The Reckoning’ and can I just say the way Steve Coogan portrayed that piece of scum was absolutely spot on, down to his movements his attitude and the way he talked, it’s not been very easy to watch but this tw*t was hiding in plain sight and the amount of people who chose to ignore his actions is sickening!
well done Steve for your excellent acting, what a brave woman for coming on your show.
Steve should get an award for his brilliant acting, both voice and mannerisms were spot on., he was particularly good at switching from flamboyant Savile to dark Savile... infact the whole production was well done .
Steve Coogan is a superb actor. The series is brilliantly done and done sympathetically towards the victims. Saville was such a evil creature but very crafty and clever. The “jester” routine was his way of getting away with it all. But also in the years (60s, 70s, 80s) that he was doing this sordid stuff so were a lot of other men, doing similar stuff ( 12:08 both famous and non famous), probably not as much and not as extreme but definitely predatory behaviour both in social settings and the workplace and it was seen as the norm and a bit of a joke. And if the female wasn’t “up for it” you were seen as a spoil sport or stuck up. Television programmes were extremely sexist and full of innuendos e.g On the Buses, The Benny Hill Show. In retrospect all this helped JS get away with it and make the victims feel like they were in the wrong. I grew up in the late 70s/early 80s and I remember coming across some real creepy men on more than one occasion. In the late eighties I entered the workplace- it was full of misogyny, rude, unwanted comments, wolf whistles, dirty jokes, etc. Again this was seen as the norm. No wonder he got away with it.
I think Steve Coogan has given the performance of his life, superb.
Steve Coogan is such an incredible actor, has given so much comedy through AP, I’m sure he will show equal talent in portraying the vile queasiness of Saville.
water way to have a good time
I can hear now how Coogan’s voice blends so easily in Savile’s voice.
Yes I noticed when he's interviewed about how he got into the role he started to unintentionally do some of Savilles jerky body language
On Ya Coogan!.. Thanks for putting yourself out there for this..
Wasn't sure of the casting for the role, but felt he inhabited the role. There were moments where you felt you were actually watching Savile himself. Did a great job, but I bet it's left its mark on him as a human being to portray such a monster.
I wonder if they will do something similar regarding Fred West, and who would play the part if they did?
Don't know if you're UK or USA, but they did a brilliant Fred West one called 'Appropriate Adult' a few years back. Dominic West fully embodied the part, playing opposite the wonderful Janet Leach. Well worth a watch if you can get it.@@CB-xr1eg
@@CB-xr1egthey did in 2011. It was called Appropriate Adult and it was on ITV. Dominic West played Fred and Monica Dolan played Rosemary.
He got away with it because others allowed and enabled him to.
It seems that way.
Steve coogan was brilliant
Steve coogan deserves a bafta for his incredible performance
Mind- blowing performance from Coogan! And huge respect for all the brave survivors 💔
No one else could have played Savile other than Steve Coogan. He did it brilliantly, and I hope Savile's victims felt *some* sense of karmic justice from knowing what his life was like at the end - ostracised, miserable, paranoid, and entirely alone.
I am in a wheelchair as I have spina bifida - I am paralysed from the waist down when I saw him putting his hands on a lady in a wheelchair who also could not feel her legs I felt sick and could not watch anymore - Steve Coogan was outstanding in his portrail
Coogan is a cracking actor
Steve coogan was sensational in this role. He would have won an Oscar if it had been a film.
Whatever
I'm very glad to hear Sam was involved. Looking forward to seeing Coogans performance, I only have respect for him.
Incredibly brave woman and a chillingly accurate performance by Coogan.
Coogan was phenomenal in this. He did a great job of showing how that “man” got away with what he did. I hope this gives strength to the victims.
This must have been so hard for everyone involved, and Steve Coogan as a decent compassionate human must have found it distressing to live in the skin of such a destructive predator who used his carefully constructed "fame" to run his vile protection racket.
Be interesting to see why they called it The Reckoning considering when he closed his eyes for the final time he was still Sir Jimmy Saville patron saint of tracksuits and died with no consequences or court justice.
It's called British Justice in the 21st century.
@@alisdairmclean8605 For which he never saw. He died a legend in his eyes and regardless of the legacy in our history. His personal outlook was never tainted. He never knew. So how can it be a reckoning? It will be interesting to see. Quite sad and very bitter this makes me. Sorry, but you're wrong.
I personally never liked Saville, was not living in UK when he died, but watching on TV can't believe he had such a big send off, he was laughing at everyone right up to his death. Let's hope he rots in hell, was a great pity he was still not alive when he was found out, and it's a great pity that people covered for him.
It was about the reckoning with God and he had hoped that all of his charity work would be enough to get him through the pearly gates.
@@Dessyddhe was a catholic so the reckoning is with god that’s what the series justifies as the reckoning. I don’t believe in an afterlife but I hope there is one so he can be punished for all enternity.
Im so used to seeing Steve play a comedic role, it was weird seeing him play a monster like saville but he was amazing as saville all the same
Steve Coogan was so good, impressions are his strong point so it makes sense that he would shine at this
We as a nation put footballers, actors and musicians on pedestals and give them mbe and knighthood, but its people like Sam that deserve it, ive heard all the details what that monster did to her and what she put up with, how she has managed to keep going in life is incredibly.
Coogan is amazing and deserves awards for his portrayal of the evil saville. I’d go as far as to say if it was a cinematic movie he should get an Oscar.
With our own modern day Saville Russell Brand, its important to be reminded about Jimmy Saville and how his crimes went unpunished. Good on Coogan for taking the role on
Do you really think brand is/was as bad as Saville?? Genuine question. 🙏✌️
Steve coogan should get a bafta for his role as savile the look voice walk everything !! 😃👍
when savile abusing was at its height nothing was known about child abused . i was abused in the 80s . there were no advocacy groups or support groups for abuse victims . if a young girl went to the police to report an adult sexually abusing her she would bu turned away . different times . i look back at the abused child i was and i'm so glad things are different now
Coogan nailed this role so hard. It was an incredible watch because you were so in awe of Coogans ability to play Savile so perfectly but then the subject matter was so challenging. This is the pinnacle of Coogans career, I thought Stan Laurel was good but it's not close to this. Bravo and kudos to those victims who also added their voices to this.
Coogan is an amazing actor. His portrayal of stan Laurel was beyond good and the same caliber of first class acting from Coogan whilst portraying the vile personage of Saville was on a par with that. he didnt glorify saville in anyway infact it showed people the true nature of the creature and how people were duped into believing he was a good person..so very well done Steve Coogan, it mustve been one hell of a challenge for you, and also quite brave too.
Coogan taking a back seat to the victim of Saville, Very respectful of him I thought. I think it shows how seriously he has taken the role and how much it has affected him.
Steve Coogan played that part absolutely brilliantly. What I could never understand is why and how Saville was so popular . He wasn’t funny or humerous in any way , he had a very dislikable personality and I got the impression that people laughed at him not with him . Never liked him ! Always thought him eccentric and weird . Just goes to show that he manipulated everyone from Prince Charles and prime minister down because he campaigned and raised money for charity. BBC must have known what he was doing but turned a blind eye to. Thatcher used to invite him to chequers regularly and Saville had friends in Yorkshire police and once he got his knighthood he thought he was untouchable . It’s a pity he died before he could have been brought to justice .Once again kudos to Steve Coogan for a brilliant portrayal of a psycopathic predator .
This is great banter, it really is!
Steve was so good I hardly knew it was not Jimmy Saville. Ive not seen an impersonation of someone so good. Incredible. Looked, acted and sounded like him. Even tiny little mouth movements. So good. Really deserves an acting award. I think it was very beneficial. I have seen comments on youtube of people saying Saville didnt do so much.
A brilliant actor and comedy genius who only gets better.
But I was disappointed that he wasn't asked for his views on the pedestrianisation of Norwich City Centre.
He's dead against it
Gripping to watch.
So sad for the victims knowing savile got away with his evil acts.
I'm watching this series now. I think everybody involved in making it has been very brave and committed in finally dragging this monster out into the light so that everybody can see how he operated and the damage he did to countless lives. If nothing else, it's an education in how to spot a predator and to prevent another Saville rising to a position of power over children.
'Finally dragging the monster out'? We knew all this about Saville well before the series. What you've said is as redundant as the comments saying how sympathetic it was to the victims. Well, no shit...
This horrible story and this horrible man did not need resurrecting yet again.
@@AdAstra78 You're wrong. People knew what Saville did, yes. But they didn't know HOW he did it or how he was able to get away with it. That's what the drama examines - as the introduction to every episode explains.
@@thegamingeconomist3831 Ok, well people who haven't watched any documentaries may not have known, but it was pretty much all 'out there'. Not quite sure we needed to see re-enactments of the actual abuse.
The BBC need to be commended on this document-drama. Most of my friends have not watched it because they fear it is too traumatic to watch it. It is a very hard watch at times. We had a school teacher who worked very much like Jimmy Saville and everyone including the teachers knew his behaviour was out of order but no action was taken. Even at Junior School I remember a teacher whose behaviour was not acceptable by todays standards but was ignored back then. Prince Andrew managed to escape justice. Children need to be educated about what to do when anything like this happens.
i just watched the first episode. It was a difficult watch but all credit to steve coogan who nailed the performance as saville. He is the best british actor since peter sellers.
Coogan is a genius
Only when he plays Alan Partridge.
@@karlydocwrong...Tommy saxondale?Stan laurel?and now Jimmy saville
And now greatwhiteshark9192 milking a cow while blindfolded.@@greatwhiteshark9192
Yes he is good at character acting, did a brilliant job of Saville, actually I think he was brave.. Well done Mr Coogan
@@karlydoconly in your eyes maybe 🙄
I felt it played down the role of the BBC in the cover up. Like damage control.
Yeah I think they definitely knew more and brushed it under the carpet. The scene in the second episode where they are investigating the girls suicide made the bbc look innocent and naive to it all. In reality they probably knew a lot more
I tried very hard to view the character Savile as Coogan, I could not, Steve had convinced me I was watching the real person he had brought to life.
Think we've all established Steve did a commendable job of portaying this disgusting excuse for a human being but I really wanted to acknowledge the bravery of Sam. What an incredible woman. I can't begin to imagine what that must have been like for her and the pain she must struggle with on a daily basis.
Steve Coogan was fantastic in that role. I honestly couldn't imagine anyone playing the part.
Malcolm mclaren .. ?
@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361not an actor last I heard
@@QueenBitch-bj9ds but a proper paedo .....very authentic . . . .
Absolutely incredible. Brilliant actor. He should win an award for this.
I have one more episode to watch of this challenging docu-drama. I had been surprised by some people's appraisal that because of the dramatic element, it had become entertainment & therefore distasteful. But Steve Coogan's portrayal of Britain's most monstrous man & the way the story is presented shows the nuance that a straight documentary can't give. And it unashamedly shows how the persona that Savile wore, like one of his outlandish outfits, was a mask that could be taken off at a moment's notice.
It is painful to watch, but it demonstrates just how Savile operated. It explains how he managed to remain able to abuse & harm throughout his lengthy career yet was exalted & endorsed by so many in power. And it highlights those who could see what he was but could not talk, or when they did, could not be heard. Some, we know, colluded to protect him or wilfully turned a blind eye.
It's easy to say, "Well, I'd do something." and the missed opportunities were many. However, when you see Coogan's portrayal, it may give you pause to consider if you actually could.
Most importantly, this docu-drama gives us warning signs to look out for. There are already others in the industry that have been outed for their behaviour - red flags becoming more visible after Savile's reign of abuse. That his victims have backed & endorsed this project, with the BBC, tells me that it was worth making.
She was great on the Louis Theroux documentary and she spoke well here too bless her
Coogan's portrayal of Savile was so flawless its was frightening.
Thank you Steve for taking on this troublesome role.
Liz McKean and Meirion Jones' work was a crucial, but now largely forgotten, part in the unveiling of Saville. RIP Liz.
I watched this. Steve Coogan was absolutely amazing in that role.
Very disturbing first episode Steven Coogan needs praise for this
Agree. He is brilliant in this.
I was a musical prodigy but was abused by violin teacher for a while around aged 9. I won a scholarship to music college but was unable to participate fully because I was always nervously expecting one of the male tutors to do the same. That man ruined my potential. It has also given me the usual issues around power and sex. I became a therapist in my late 30s but it's never really gone away. This is exactly the same experience as the survivor in the video, Sam, describes: when you are expecting to be attacked there isn't much space for anything else.
Steve coogan was incredible
The extent of physical and sexual abuse in care homes, foster homes, youth groups, orphanages, boarding schools, churches, etc was absolutely rampant. It still happens today but up through the 80s/90s, was mind boggling.
I met Jimmy Savile as a 14 or 15 year old. I was at the concert following a fun run in Dublin where he was the headliner. A bouncer (or possibly one of his security staff) came over to me and asked me if I wanted to meet Jimmy. I was so excited at the thoughts of meeting someone off the telly that I immediately said yes. As the man was walking me towards the backstage area where Jimmy’s caravan/dressing room was, I saw a school friend & shouted to her to come and meet Jimmy with me. The fact that both of us were there meeting him probably saved me from being sexually assaulted. Clearly it was the job of those men to pluck young girls from the audience for him to molest.
The most powerful TV drama I've ever seen. Brilliant in every possible way.
Steve Coogan played this part with aplomb, it was disturbing how good he was. On a different note, to the lady Sam Brown, God Bless you for what you endured by this monster. Your strength to talk so frankly about this is astonishing.
Well done to everyone involved. Sam very articulate. Steve describing the tightrope, exactly.
Ultimately, this is one further step in a cultural shift around power and what is acceptable, exemplified by the #MeToo movement. (Social media can also act for good.)
Together we move onwards with the help of brave people prepared to stand up for what is right.
Steve Coogan gave an incredible
performance of Savile 👍👏
As they have both said, I think it is a moment in time that needs to be told. To show the full extent of what this monster did over 40+ and how he tricked and manipulated so many people. Respect to all the victims, very hard to tell the world what happened. Credit to Steve, by the start of the 2nd episode I did not even think it wasn't Saville and that is a credit to the amazing acting skills of Steve. May that MONSTER have vengeance brought down on him when he presents himself in front of the Devil as we know he never went to heaven. Eternal damnation in the pits of hell .......
Binged it all last night. Bloody brilliant, Steve Coogan was legendary, really creeps you out as Savile
Steve played him brilliantly and his mannerisms were exactly how Saville was. Brilliant acting
I was a bit afraid to watch this series, but I am glad I did. JS was such an outrageous narcissist, and he got away with so much for so long, to see it portrayed was actually a good thing, in my opinion, because it's one thing to hear about his activities, but to see fear and revulsion and sorrow being exhibited makes the impact so much more profound. Steve Coogan is just the most underrated actor, he is a GENIUS.. he played him without sentiment and just as he was. he terrified me, and it was good. we know JS through and through... and hopefully can prevent other people from being allowed the same access to children and vulnerable others.
No money can fix the trauma he’s caused her. Despite the £2m fund from savile towards his survivors no one should go through that pain.
I love Steve Coogan .. he played this vile character perfectly. I wrote to jim'll fix it , I was about 8, apparently my father tore the letter up.. he hated jimmy saville.
He was absolutely outstanding playing that monster 👏🏻👌