- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 6, 2022
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It is clearly intended for an international audience and for UK viewers too young to remember when Savile was a fixture on the airwaves. And, as an overview of the scandalous licence he was given to prey on vulnerable young people, it is horrifically thorough.
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I found the second of this two-parter the more compelling. Part one feels like an extended curtain-raiser.
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The nearly three-hour running time is a measured, relentless march of contemporary footage, present-day interviews with people who worked with or knew him, the investigative journalists who eventually unearthed the evidence behind the rumours – the years and years of rumours – and one of his victims – from the years and years of victims.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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May 3, 2022Unflinching and brutal but really well done. Important messages for everyone.
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May 2, 2022It's in the second part that this mini-series picks up the pace in this compelling and disturbing tale of abuse, power & cover-ups.
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Apr 14, 2022