History Creator / JimmySavile

Jimmy Savile (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality whose career began as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined Creator/TheBBC in 1964, regularly presenting shows between the 1970s and 1990s, through which he became known for his eccentricities. The shows also acted as a forum for philanthropic work for various hospitals that led to him receiving many honours that have all been posthumously rescinded.

His death on 29th October 2011 led to a two-hour tribute programme that aired on the BBC. A year later, Creator/{{ITV}} broadcast a documentary about Savile that triggered a police investigation into the biggest sexual abuse scandal in British history.

* CrossOver: Appeared in a special mini-episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans "A Fix with Sontarans"]], along with a child who wanted to appear in an episode of his favorite show. It has since been banned from inclusion in [=DVDs=].

* UnderminedByReality: The posthumous revelations of Savile's crimes as one of the U.K.'s most prolific sex criminals has ruined the reputations of all the shows he helped present — ''Series/TopOfThePops'', ''Clunk Click'', and ''Jim'll Fix It'' were all aimed at children or teens, and he used them to find victims. The scope of his crimes, which he was never tried for in his lifetime, effectively undermined the ''entire [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]]!''

* LongRunners: Started as a radio presenter in the 1950s, became a regular host on the pop concert show ''Top Of The Pops'' from 1964-1984, had a travel series in the early 1970s, a children's wish fulfilment show from 1975-1994, and was still appearing on TV until the 2000s. Episodes of shows he appeared in are no longer aired.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality whose career began as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined Creator/TheBBC in 1964, regularly presenting shows between the 1970s and 1990s, through which he became known for his eccentricities. The shows also acted as a forum for philanthropic work for various hospitals that led to him receiving many honours that have all been posthumously rescinded.

* FriendToAllChildren: ''Jim'll Fix It'' portrayed this image, a show that helped children fulfil their dreams and wishes. [[HarsherInHindsight In hindsight, it seems a lot darker and less friendly.]]

* FriendToAllChildren: ''Jim'll Fix It'' portrayed this image, a show that helped children fulfil their dreams and wishes.

* DepravedKidsShowHost: He engineered his shows to enable him to abuse as many children as possible.
* FriendToAllChildren: ''Jim'll Fix It'' portrayed this image, a show that helped children fulfil their dreams and wishes. In reality, however, he was most certainly not.

* FriendToAllChildren: ''Jim'll Fix It'' portrayed this image, a show that helped children fulfil their dreams and wishes.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality whose career began as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined TheBBC in 1964, regularly presenting shows between the 1970s and 1990s, through which he became known for his eccentricities. The shows also acted as a forum for philanthropic work for various hospitals that led to him receiving many honours that have all been posthumously rescinded.

* CrossOver: Appeared in a special mini-episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans "A Fix with Sontarans"]], along with a child who wanted to appear in an episode of his favorite show. It has since been banned from inclusion in DVDs and, presumably, download.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality who got his start working as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined TheBBC in 1964 and became a presenter of the variety music programme ''Series/TopOfThePops'', hosting regularly until the early 80's, and making occasional guest appearances (such as the last weekly edition in 2006). Savile hosted two other shows from the 70's to the 90's, first ''Clunk Click'', a Saturday night chat show and then ''Jim'll Fix It'', in which he fulfilled wishes for children in need. Through these shows, he became noted for his eccentricities. Savile was a tall, strong man with long white hair who always wore jogging suits and kept in shape with sports. (Despite his sporting image, he was a notorious cigar smoker.) He also enjoyed clowning around in front of people, making silly faces or joking about.

''Jim'll Fix It'' contributed to Savile's image as a philanthropist. He was instrumental in raising funds for several hospitals, including Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury and Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. For his efforts, he enjoyed close links with Britain's social and political establishment, and received numerous honours including a knighthood and an OBE. All this gave Savile the reputation of a flamboyant CloudCuckooLander with a heart of gold, who easily won the people over with charm and amusement and could withstand doing and saying cringingly outrageous things. His death on 29 October 2011 was initially met with an outpouring of national grief. The BBC aired a two hour tribute programme dedicated to his life and accomplishments.

Then, a year after Savile's death, Creator/{{ITV}} broadcast a documentary featuring five women who claimed to have been molested by Savile when they were children. The documentary led to a cascade of accusations that Savile sexually abused hundreds of children over his forty year career, using his philanthropic endeavours to gain access to more victims and his celebrity clout to avoid investigation. Eventually, over 480 allegations were made against Savile, making him [[DepravedKidsShowHost the most prolific sex offender in British history]]. News of Savile's secret depravity forced institutions like the BBC to the NHS to examine how they failed to deal with accusations during and after his lifetime, and led to the launch of Operation Yewtree, a national police investigation into other celebrity paedophiles.

In light of the nature and scope of the scandal, all awards bestowed upon him that did not expire with his death, have since been rescinded by the organisations which had awarded them.

* FriendToAllChildren: ''Jim'll Fix It'' portrayed this image, a show that helped children fulfil their dreams and wishes...and gave Saville access to potential victims.

[[caption-width-right:258:The real-life DepravedKidsShowHost.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Savile's death was met with national mourning before his criminal acts became known.

* CrossOver: Appeared in a special mini-episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans "A Fix with Sontarans"]], along with a child who wanted to appear in an episode of his favorite show. It has since been banned from inclusion in DVD's and, presumably, download.
* FriendToAllChildren: He had this image when he presented ''Jim'll Fix It'', a show that helped children fulfill their dreams and wishes...and gave Savile access to potential victims.
* LongRunners: Started as a radio presenter in the 1950s, became a regular host on the pop concert show ''Top Of The Pops'' from 1964-1984, had a travel series in the early 1970s, a children's wish fulfilment show from 1975-1994, and was still appearing on TV until the 2000s.
* UnPerson: After the truth was revealed, Savile was stripped of all of his awards that could be rescinded, and hospital wings and buildings bearing his name were changed. TheBBC banned all episodes of ''Clunk Click'' and ''Jim'll Fix It'', as well as a good chunk of ''TopOfThePops'' episodes when he was the presenter. His ornate headstone stood for only nineteen days before it was removed, broken apart, and sent to a landfill; Savile now lies in an unmarked grave.

* AlliterativeTitle: ''Clunk Click'' was the name of a pop music show he presented.
** Also a reference to Savile's road safety {{PSA}}s.
* BrokenPedestal: More like ''shattered''. Savile's death was met with national mourning before his criminal acts became known.

* '''WouldHurtAChild'''

* FriendToAllChildren: He had this image when he presented ''Jim'll Fix It'', a show that helped children fulfill their dreams and wishes.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: As if the aforementioned alleged necrophilia wasn't enough, one of the creepiest allegations is that Savile collected glass eyes from corpses in a mortuary and used them as jewellery.

* AnythingThatMoves: Savile's primary victims were young girls and women, but he is known to have also attacked boys and grown adults. [[ILoveTheDead And then there are the necrophilia allegations]]...
* BannedEpisode: Despite having presented on the BBC for forty years, the corporation will never rerun most of its programmes featuring Savile -- and what little footage that does make it to air will be heavily edited to protect the identities of possible victims.

* FriendToAllChildren: He had this image when he presented ''Jim'll Fix It'', a show that helped children fulfill their dreams and wishes. Savile's interviews imply in hindsight that [[WouldHurtAChild this was merely a facade to get close to potential targets]].

* SarcasticConfession: Actually made several of these during his later TV appearances, which people interpreted at the time as Savile engaging in ComedicSociopathy. It wasn't until much later that they realized he was being horrifyingly ''literal''.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality who got his start working as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined TheBBC in 1964 and became a presenter of the variety music programme ''Series/TopOfThePops'', hosting regularly until the early 80's, and making occasional guest appearances (such as the last weekly edition in 2006). Savile hosted two other shows from the 70's to the 90's, first ''Clunk, Click'', a Saturday night chat show and then ''Jim'll Fix It'', in which he fulfilled wishes for children in need. Through these shows, he became noted for his eccentricities. Savile was a tall, strong man with long white hair who always wore jogging suits and kept in shape with sports. (Despite his sporting image, he was a notorious cigar smoker.) He also enjoyed clowning around in front of people, making silly faces or joking about.

* AlliterativeTitle: ''Clunk, Click'' was the name of a pop music show he presented.

* UnPerson: After the truth was revealed, Savile was stripped of all of his awards that could be rescinded, and hospital wings and buildings bearing his name were changed. TheBBC banned all episodes of ''Clunk, Click'' and ''Jim'll Fix It'', as well as a good chunk of ''TopOfThePops'' episodes when he was the presenter. His ornate headstone stood for only nineteen days before it was removed, broken apart, and sent to a landfill; Savile now lies in an unmarked grave.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (full name James Wilson Vincent Savile; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality who got his start working as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined the BBC in 1964 and became a presenter of the variety music programme ''Series/TopOfThePops'', hosting regularly until the early 80's, and making occasional guest appearances (such as the last weekly edition in 2006). Savile hosted two other shows from the 70's to the 90's, first ''Clunk, Click'', a Saturday night chat show and then ''Jim'll Fix It'', in which he fulfilled wishes for children in need. Through these shows, he became noted for his eccentricities. Savile was a tall, strong man with long white hair who always wore jogging suits and kept in shape with sports. (Despite his sporting image, he was a notorious cigar smoker.) Savile also enjoyed clowning around in front of people, making silly faces or joking about.

''Jim'll Fix It'' contributed to Savile's image as a philanthropist. He was instrumental in raising funds for several hospitals, including Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury and Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. For his efforts, he enjoyed close links with Britain's social and political establishment, and received numerous honours including a knighthood and an OBE. All this gave Savile the reputation of a flamboyant CloudCuckooLander with a heart of gold, who easily won the people over with charm and amusement and could withstand doing and saying cringingly outrageous things. Savile's death on 29 October 2011 was initially met with an outpouring of national grief. The BBC aired a two hour tribute programme dedicated to his life and accomplishments.

A Creator/LouisTheroux {{documentary}} featuring Saville in the last years of Saville's life, hinted at a darker, more sinister side. Then, a year after Savile's death, Creator/{{ITV}} broadcast a documentary featuring five women who claimed to have been molested by Savile when they were children. The documentary led to a cascade of accusations that Savile sexually abused hundreds of children over his forty year career, using his philanthropic endeavours to gain access to more victims and his celebrity clout to avoid investigation. News of Savile's secret depravity forced institutions like TheBBC to the NHS to examine how they failed to dealt with accusations during and after his lifetime, and led to the launch of Operation Yewtree, a national police investigation into other celebrity paedophiles.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (full name James Wilson Vincent Savile; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who got his start working as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined the BBC in 1964 and became a presenter of the variety music programme ''Series/TopOfThePops'', hosting regularly until the early 80's, and making occasional guest appearances (such as the last weekly edition in 2006). Savile hosted two other shows from the 70's to the 90's, first ''Clunk, Click'', a Saturday night chat show and then ''Jim'll Fix It'', in which he fulfilled wishes for children in need. Through these shows, he became noted for his eccentricities. Savile was a tall, strong man with long white hair who always wore jogging suits and kept in shape with sports. (Despite his sporting image, he was a notorious cigar smoker.) Savile also enjoyed clowning around in front of people, making silly faces or joking about.

'''Jimmy Savile''' (full name James Wilson Vincent Savile) got his start working as a deejay at dance halls in his native Leeds. He joined the BBC in 1964 and became a presenter of the variety music programme ''Series/TopOfThePops'', hosting regularly until the early 80's, and making occasional guest appearances (such as the last weekly edition in 2006). Savile hosted two other shows from the 70's to the 90's, first ''Clunk, Click'', a Saturday night chat show and then ''Jim'll Fix It'', in which he fulfilled wishes for children in need. Through these shows, he became noted for his eccentricities. Savile was a tall, strong man with long white hair who always wore jogging suits and kept in shape with sports. (Despite his sporting image, he was a notorious cigar smoker.) Savile also enjoyed clowning around in front of people, making silly faces or joking about.

* AnythingThatMoves: Savile's primary victims were young girls and women, but is known to have also molested or raped boys and grown adults. [[ILoveTheDead And then there are the necrophilia allegations]]...