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'''James Wilson Vincent "Jimmy" Savile''' ([[31 October (people)|31 October]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]-[[29 October (people)|29 October]] [[2011 (people)|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15053431|title=Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile|date of source=29 October 2011|website name=BBC News|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref>) was the host of ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'', and thus a participant in ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]''. | '''James Wilson Vincent "Jimmy" Savile''' ([[31 October (people)|31 October]] [[1926 (people)|1926]]-[[29 October (people)|29 October]] [[2011 (people)|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15053431|title=Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile|date of source=29 October 2011|website name=BBC News|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref>) was the host of ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'', and thus a participant in ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]''. | ||
He was one of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s main personalities — particularly popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In the autumn of 2012, a year after his death, [[ITV]] [[journalist]]s broke the news that he was a serial paedophile, and had abused his position as a popular BBC television personality throughout his long career.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/24/jimmy-savile-bbc-story-so-far Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Saville and the BBC: the story so far". ''The Guardian''. 24 October 2012.]</ref> | He was one of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s main personalities — particularly popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In the autumn of 2012, a year after his death, [[ITV]] [[journalist]]s broke the news that he was a serial paedophile, and had abused his position as a popular BBC television personality throughout his long career.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/24/jimmy-savile-bbc-story-so-far Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Saville and the BBC: the story so far". ''The Guardian''. 24 October 2012.]</ref> | ||
The BBC's response to this revelation, as well as a subsequent act of incompetent journalism related to the Savile investigation, led directly to the resignation of the newly-installed [[Director-General of the BBC|Director-General]] [[George Entwistle]]. | The BBC's response to this revelation, as well as a subsequent act of incompetent journalism related to the Savile investigation, led directly to the resignation of the newly-installed [[Director-General of the BBC|Director-General]] [[George Entwistle]]. | ||
Revision as of 03:18, 10 July 2017
James Wilson Vincent "Jimmy" Savile (31 October 1926-29 October 2011[1]) was the host of Jim'll Fix It, and thus a participant in A Fix with Sontarans.
He was one of the BBC's main personalities — particularly popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In the autumn of 2012, a year after his death, ITV journalists broke the news that he was a serial paedophile, and had abused his position as a popular BBC television personality throughout his long career.[2]
The BBC's response to this revelation, as well as a subsequent act of incompetent journalism related to the Savile investigation, led directly to the resignation of the newly-installed Director-General George Entwistle.
It also led to A Fix with Sontarans being deleted from later pressings of the DVD release of The Two Doctors, which had included it since the DVD's original 2003 release.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile. BBC News (29 October 2011). Retrieved on 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Rushe, Dominic. "Jimmy Saville and the BBC: the story so far". The Guardian. 24 October 2012.
- ↑ Doctor Who News, "The Two Doctors: revised release clarification", 22 September, 2014; accessed 22 September, 2014
External link
- Jimmy Savile at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile: Jimmy Savile at BBC News (2016)
