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Series 1: Jimmy Savile Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. In the year 2000, Louis Theroux spent two weeks attempting to get a glimpse of the man behind Jimmy. Louis Theroux, though, has created a remarkably self-denigrating new documentary, examining the extent to which he should feel responsible for Jimmy Savile escaping exposure as a.

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Voted one of the top 50 documentaries of all time by Channel 4, Louis Theroux spends a week with now-known pedophile and sex offender Jimmy Savile prior to his death and public disgrace. In this 2000 BAFTA-winning documentary, Theroux attempts to get behind the public persona and raises the now-substantiated rumors of pedophilia. Jimmy Savile first aired, Louis Theroux sets out to understand how a man who was at the center of British entertainment was able to get away with a long litany of horrendous crimes. In this Jimmy Savile documentary, Louis speaks with Savile's victims and scrutinizes moments from the original documentary and footage that has never been aired before. "Growing up in the 1980s," says Theroux now, "the idea that Jimmy Savile might be a paedophile or a necrophile, it occupied the same drawer as the idea that a pop star had his stomach pumped. Louis Theroux has spoken of how, as a child, he heard rumours about Jimmy Savile being a paedophile. The documentary presenter famously interviewed Savile as part of his When Louis.

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1 October 2016 By Louis Theroux BBC I was at my wedding in July 2012 when I learned that the DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile was to be unmasked as a sexual predator in an upcoming ITV. Louis Theroux sets out to understand how a man at the centre of British entertainment and charitable fundraising for decades was able to get away with a long litany of crimes. More 75 mins 9pm. 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. Documentary maker Louis Theroux joined the Loose Women for the very first time to talk about his incredible career.

Louis Theroux says Jimmy Savile documentary was the 'most upsetting event' of his career

Louis Theroux's Mindhouse Secures Sky 'Lockerbie' Doc As Co-Founders Talk Moving Into Scripted, "Leaning Into The U.S. Market" & The BBC's Controversial Jimmy Savile Drama. By Max. Mon 9 Oct 2023 05.00 EDT I have vivid memories of the day Jimmy Savile died: 29 October 2011, the day before my 41st birthday and two days before he would have turned 85. According to him, the. Sun 2 Oct 2016 at 04:41. Film-maker Louis Theroux has spoken of his uncomfortable interviews with the victims of Jimmy Savile after failing to expose the entertainer as a sexual predator during. Louis Theroux has revealed that if he could have one last conversation with anyone it would be Jimmy Savile, confronting the DJ and sexual predator with one of his victims to make him answer for his crimes. The documentary maker told The Big Issue there was nothing he could have said during his encounter with Savile that would have made him honest.

Louis Theroux Asked By Jimmy Savile Victim If He Feels He Was Also 'Groomed' By Entertainer

Louis Theroux on getting close to the people (and dogs) he interviews, and what Jimmy Savile told him Sat 22 Mar 2014 20.05 EDT You have a beard today, but in your new series, LA Stories,. 19:15, 16 Oct 2023 Updated 09:33, 17 Oct 2023 | | Bookmark Jimmy Savile managed to fool the nation with his eccentric TV persona and endless fundraising. But behind closed doors, the disgraced.