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Steve Coogan, known for portraying comedy character Alan Partridge, will play serial sex offender Savile– one-time TV personality and historically one of the UK’s most prolific sexual predators and paedophiles – in a new BBC drama,and the impact he had on his victims – four of which have waived their anonymity and feature in the series.known for portraying comedy character Alan Partridge
, will play serial sex offender Savile – who died in October 2011 aged 84, having never been brought to justice for his crimes., told the Radio Times: “I had several lunches with him during filming and it was someone who looked like Jimmy Savile but sounded like Steve. “When we had victims on set – at their request and with all safeguarding support in place – Steve would come round the corner and you could feel the intake of breath because it was such an extraordinary similarity.Jimmy Savile abused hundreds of people
Mr Coogan previously described playing the character as a “tightrope” and said it was not a decision he “took lightly” because “it’s fraught with pitfalls”., said: “When I asked Steve to do it, he didn’t immediately say yes, but talked to his family and friends and they divided into two camps – you absolutely must do this, and you absolutely must not.“There was no one in the middle and it was that polarity that made him want to take it on.
The executive producer also said he “passionately” believes that stories such as Savile’s have to be explored, but added that every scene had “multiple decisions of taste and tone”, which led to it taking three years to land on screen.about serial killer Stephen Port, who drugged and raped four men before dumping their bodies near his home in Barking, east London.The extent of Savile’s crimes only emerged after his death and he is now believed to be one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders.
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