Jimmy Savile
Birthday: Born in 1926-10-31 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Deathday: 2011-10-29
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG was an English DJ and television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. During his lifetime, he was well known in the United Kingdom for his eccentric image and his charitable work. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender and possibly one of Britain's most prolific.
TV Credits
Soccer AM
Character: Self
Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League. Originally presented by Jane Hoffen, Gary Stevens and Russ Williams, they lasted just a year before Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy replaced them, where Lovejoy served for over a decade. He has since been replaced by Andy Goldstein and, more recently, Max Rushden. The show has been aired on Sky Sports 2 each Saturday morning of the football season since 1995 from 7:00am or 9:...
Top of the Pops
Character: Self
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show....
Jim'll Fix It
Character: Self
A long-running BBC television series hosted by Jimmy Savile. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he 'fix' something for them or make some wish come true....
The Story of Light Entertainment
Character: Self
The Story of Light Entertainment is a British documentary series shown on the BBC in 2006. The series comprises eight episodes and is narrated by Stephen Fry....
When Louis Met...
Character: Self
A fly-on-the-wall series showing Louis Theroux spending time with guest celebrities....
The Reckoning
Character: Self (archive footage)
The life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential celebrities, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations of extensive and horrific abuse....
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his death in 2011, an investigation prompted more than 450 horrific allegations of sexual assault and abuse, with victims as young as 5....
Wogan
Character: Self
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities....
Top of the Pops
Character: Self - Host
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show....
Celebrity Big Brother
Character: Self - Guest
Celebrity Big Brother is a British reality television game show in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize being donated to the winner's nominated charity at the end of the run....
Top of the Pops
Character: Presenter
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show....
Movie Credits
Savile: Portrait of a Predator
Character: Self (archive footage)
This new documentary looks inside the criminal world of Jimmy Savile through the eyes of those who worked alongside him and those who investigated him....
Radio Wonderful
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This documentary is about the first five years of BBC Radio 1 and contains interviews with the disc jockeys and other folk who were involved in the station's inception. It also contains footage from the previous pirate radio era as a means of explaining why Radio 1 came about....
National Treasure, National Disgrace: Savill, Harris & Hall
Character: Self (archive footage)
For years Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall and Gary Glitter were adored by fans - but the horrifying truth of how they abused vulnerable fans and junior employees has now emerged. These men were serial abusers, getting away with it in plain sight. With contributions from those who suffered at the hands of these predatory men, this documentary reveals how this was allowed to happen. Did entertainment bosses turn a blind eye to the offences? Were the authorities slow to react? And did the Br...
Louis Theroux: Savile
Character: Self (archive footage)
Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend....
Pop Go the Sixties!
Character: Self - Host
1 - Credits > 2 - Who - I Can See For Miles > 3 - Adam Faith - What Do You Want > 4 - Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby > 5 - Sandie Shaw - Always Something There to Remind Me > 6 - Sandie Shaw - Wiedehopf Im Mai > 7 - Marmalade - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da > 8 - The Ascot Dancers - Satisfaction > 9 - Kinks - Days > 10 - H. Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest > 11 - Hollies - He Ain't Heavy > 12 - Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back to Happiness > 13 - Tom Jones - Delilah > 14 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who H...
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Character: Jimmy
Gerry and Fred Marsden, Les McGuire, and Les "Chad" Chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early-1960s Liverpool Beat Scene. Art students by day and musicians by night, the boys' big break comes by winning a local talent contest. But first, they must retrieve their instruments, which have been mistakenly carried to the airport....
Just for Fun
Character: Self - DJ
When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party....
Pop Gear
Character: Self - Host
A compilation of proto-music videos featuring leading British rock bands of the 60s, including The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and Herman's Hermits....
Faking It: Jimmy Savile
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV special in which experts in body language, linguistics, and forensic psychology examine Jimmy Savile, one of Britain's most prolific sexual predators....
The Other side of Jimmy Savile
Character: Self (archive Footage)
Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas conducts an in-depth investigation into allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused vulnerable teenage girls at the height of his fame....
Update: The Jimmy Savile Investigation
Character: Self (archive footage)
After ITV released their documentary “The Other Side of Jimmy Savile“, they received a huge response which lead to more people coming forward with stories of abuse committed by Savile. This lead to a new documentary being released almost two months later in which Mark Williams-Thomas gets in touch with some of these people that came forward and tracks the progress of the current police investigation into these claims of sexual abuse....
Jimmy Savile: The People Who Knew
Character: Self (archive footage)
Savile abused hundreds of people, many of them children. Hear exclusive testimonies from those who knew the shocking truth....
Abused: The Untold Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Interviews with victims of sexual abuse, including some offences committed by the disk jockey and TV host Sir Jimmy Savile, talk about their long struggle to be heard and believed....
Farewell, FAB 208
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An affectionate look at Radio Luxembourg, launched in 1933 and for decades the only commercial pop music station broadcasting in the UK - and then only at night. Generations grew up listening to it under the bedclothes. But last year 208 went off the airwaves and now it can only be reached by satellite. This nostalgic portrait of "the station of the stars" talks to some of its former DJs including Jimmy Savile ,Noel Edmonds , Pete Murray , David "Kid" Jensen and Tony "Your Royal Ruler" Prince, a...