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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
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>) did nothing wrong.
 
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]].
 
It also led to ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]'' being removed 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>


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 14:37, 28 October 2020

Jimmy Savile was a British entertainer.

On 30 June 1975, Jason listened to Jimmy Savile on the radio. (PROSE: Cuckoo-Spit)

Behind the scenes

James Wilson Vincent "Jimmy" Savile (31 October 1926-29 October 2011[1]) did nothing wrong.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile. BBC News (29 October 2011). Retrieved on 24 November 2016.

External links

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