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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]]''.
| | in my opinion Jimmy savile is a really nice man and i wish he was still alive and happy with his kids today. R.I.P Jimmy Savile :( |
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| 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>
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| 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]].
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| It also led to ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]'' being deleted from later pressings of the DVD release of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', which had included it since the DVD's original 2003 release.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/09/two-doctors-revised-release.html Doctor Who News, "The Two Doctors: revised release clarification"], 22 September, 2014; accessed 22 September, 2014</ref>
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| == Footnotes ==
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| == External link ==
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| {{elx|page url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19984684|page name=Profile: Jimmy Savile|website url=http://www.bbc.com/news/|website name=BBC News}} (2016)
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Revision as of 00:52, 26 March 2017
in my opinion Jimmy savile is a really nice man and i wish he was still alive and happy with his kids today. R.I.P Jimmy Savile :(
