Steve Coogan’s “skin-crawlingly creepy” performance has been described as BAFTA-worthy. Several viewers of new drama series The Reckoning have said they were left ‘feeling sick’ after watching Steve Coogan’s portrayal of Jimmy Savile. Last night (9 October), the first episode of the four-part show aired on BBC One. The series looks at the life and […]

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“If you sweep things under the carpet, then you are liable to have those things happen again because you haven’t learned from them.” New BBC four-part drama The Reckoning will detail the life of Jimmy Savile, here portrayed by two-time Oscar-nominee Steve Coogan. The BBC’s official synopsis for the mini-series tells us that we can […]

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Savile appeared on Big Brother in 2006 The disgusting comments Jimmy Savile made when he went into the Big Brother are a harrowing reminder of how repulsive he was. The serial sexual abuser and paedophile is back in the national conversation ahead of the release of the upcoming BBC drama The Reckoning. The series will look at […]

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The four-part series will air its first episode very soon. The trailer for the new BBC drama The Reckoning has just dropped featuring Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile. The series consists of four episodes and stars the Alan Partridge actor as the disgraced entertainer. The drama has been written by Neil McKay (Appropriate Adult, See […]

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He says he’s pored over the evidence and come to one conclusion The man who exposed Jimmy Saville for his sick crimes says he has a new theory about the infamous Madeleine McCann disappearance. Investigative journalist Mark Williams-Thomas has set his sights on the mysterious episode that has dominated front pages since 2007 – and says […]

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Starmer was mobbed in London on Monday evening. UK Labour leader Keir Starmer was rescued from angry demonstrators by police on Monday evening, after swarms of protestors surrounded him in central London. Footage captured during the incident shows Starmer being led into a police car next to the Houses of Parliament. Protestors could be heard […]

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