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Louis Theroux: Jimmy Savile Revisited

Season 1
Famous British TV personality Jimmy Savile was a predatory sex offender. Many years before his unmasking as a pedophile, Louis Theroux interviewed Savile for a notorious BBC documentary. Now Louis reflects on this encounter and sets out to understand how a man who was at the center of British entertainment and charitable fundraising for decades was able to get away with a long litany of crimes.
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  1. S1 E1 - Louis Theroux: Jimmy Savile Revisited

    October 1, 2016
    1 h 15 min
    16+
    Famous British TV personality Jimmy Savile was a predatory sex offender. Many years before his unmasking as a pedophile, Louis Theroux interviewed Savile for a notorious BBC documentary. Now Louis reflects on this encounter and sets out to understand how a man who was at the center of British entertainment and charitable fundraising for decades was able to get away with a long litany of crimes.
    Free trial of BBC Select

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Aesha RafaeleSam Bagnall

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Louis Theroux

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