Steve Coogan
Jimmy Savile
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- 1. S1 E1 Oct 9, 2023
- In the early 60s, Jimmy Savile became famous as a DJ in the dance halls of Leeds and Manchester.
- 2. S1 E2 Oct 9, 2023
- Explores the difficulties faced by those who tried to raise the alarm about Savile.
- 3. S1 E3 Oct 9, 2023
- At the peak of his fame and influence, Savile hosted "Jim'll Fix It" on BBC One.
The Reckoning is a British docudrama television miniseries that depicts the career and sexual crimes of British media personality Jimmy Savile, portrayed by Steve Coogan, from the early 1960s to his death in 2011. It is based in part on the book In Plain Sight: the Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies.
- Niall Byrne
- Crime drama
- United Kingdom
Oct 7, 2023 · Entertainment reporter. A new TV drama sees actor Steve Coogan portray one of the most notorious paedophiles and sex offenders in British criminal history: Jimmy Savile. The TV presenter...
Oct 10, 2023 · Entertainment reporter. Steve Coogan has been praised for his portrayal of Jimmy Savile, after the first episode of BBC drama The Reckoning was shown on TV on Monday. The series depicts the...
The Reckoning: With Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien. The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.
- Drama
- 37 sec
- 2023-10-09
- 32
Steve Coogan and The Reckoning creators on their Jimmy Savile drama: ‘There was the potential for catastrophic failure if we got it wrong’. The four-part BBC One series explores how...
- Ellie Harrison
Sep 26, 2021 · Comedian and actor Steve Coogan is to play the disgraced late TV personality Jimmy Savile in a new BBC One drama. The Reckoning, a mini-series, will tell the story of the presenter's rise...
Oct 6, 2023 · With Steve Coogan’s cunningly unctuous Savile and Fenella Woolgar’s icily strategic Thatcher matching each other for full body-capture acting, these superb scenes in the third of the four...
