Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
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"A nation's willful blindness laid bare"
This two-part documentary traces the rise of Jimmy Savile, a British television and radio celebrity who spent decades as a beloved national figure and prolific charity fundraiser, before the horrifying scale of his abuse came to light after his death. It's a grim, methodical watch built on archive footage and testimony from journalists, colleagues, and survivors, showing how institutions, media, and the public repeatedly looked away. There's no true-crime thrill here, just a slow, sickening accumulation of evidence about complicity and denial. It's less entertainment than a necessary, uncomfortable reckoning with how such abuse went unchecked for so long.
the unflinching look at how institutions and media enabled decades of hidden abuse.
you find sustained, detailed accounts of child abuse and institutional failure too distressing.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | Part 1 | 6.9 | 415 | 79 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Finding the Monster | 7.1 | 384 | 91 min |