#43

Oh yes, that was it.

#44

Streamed it off the interwebs fopps. Do we know if he ever stopped being a paedo? Maybe in his head if he hadn’t been ‘practising’ (for want of a better word) he didn’t think of himself as a paedo anymore? Who knows man!

#45

Seems from the documentary he saw himself as an ‘opportunist’ rather than a paedophile.

Was a really horrendous watch.

#46

But that’s exactly where there’s a gap between “Man is obviously weird” and “Man is involved in high-up paedo conspiracy”, that allowed him to get away with it.

#48

Fucking hell. I did not know that.

#50

Something that has been a little missed as well is the possibility Saville’s connections were actively helping him because they were paedophiles as well. I know Theroux’s documentary was being specific, but there’s a strong possibility Saville was aided by people who knew what he was doing. Such as those nicked in Operation Yewtree, but there could be a lot of people who won’t ever be held accountable.

For example the ex-mayor for Scarborough, Peter Jaconelli. He died before the Saville stuff became known but they were friends and apparently in it together. The Jaconellis are a family in Scarborough that have owned a lot of business including an ice cream shop on the beach. The (young) staff there would joke about how they shouldn’t lean over the counters
 If he was still alive he’d be facing many allegations of child abuse.

Also been rumoured Jaconelli, other local politicians, and some members of the richer business orientated families were part of a paedophile ring. You would think that would result in the local newspaper investigating, but these people effectively own the paper.

#52

I hadn’t really thought about it like that, but I think there are some good points. I thought the focus on women in the doc was trying to allow their voices to be heard, but yep, I think there should have been more scrutiny on the men who were working with him or at the BBC.

But there’s probably also a good reason why there was no access to any of the men who worked with him tbh.

#53

Just watched it and he also says ‘it’s worked a treat’ in stopping the press pursuing the rumours.

#55

It was 75 mins. There was plenty he could have got into I agree but as a piece which works as a companion to the original programme I thought it was fascinating.

#56

watched this last night, some pretty grim viewing. almost in tears at the end with that women talking about savile and her grandfather, jesus christ.

#57

Negative - there’s a bit where Saville makes a really weird remark to Louis while in a car/train. Roughly this:

Jimmy: I used to be a wrestler.
Louis: A wrestler?
Jimmy: Yep. I was feared in girls’ schools up and down the country.
Louis: What?
Jimmy: Nothing. That’s what’s known as a joke. Next question.