Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

Netflix, 2022

"It is to the enormous credit of director Rowan Deacon and the production team responsible that it so clearly lays out Savile’s enormity and in doing so makes us confront some deeply troubling questions."

★★★★ The Telegraph
"(a) meticulous piecing together of the Savile phenomenon"

★★★★ The Guardian
"A slick and devastating portrait of Savile’s evil life”

The Independent

Jimmy Savile had a 50-year career in the entertainment industry in Britain. He raised millions for charity, was knighted by the Queen and achieved national treasure status. When he died in 2011 his funeral was broadcast live on television. Since his death, independent investigations and those made by Scotland Yard uncovered that Savile had been a prolific and predatory sex offender, abusing hundreds of people, some as young as 5. To date, more than 450 allegations of sexual assault and abuse have been made against him. The documentary examines, through extensive archive footage, Savile’s relationship with the British people, the establishment and the media to understand how he managed to deceive an entire nation for so long.