The Reckoning - Jimmy Savile

[naomi24]

The first episode of this four-part series will air on Monday 9 October on BBC One.   When news of this account of his life was first published I said I wouldn't watch but I think I will - if I can stand it.  How about you?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66987497

[ichkeria]

Well I just watched the first episode.

What an extraordinary performance by Steve Coogan

[Toorak]

I agree - and absolutely chilling. What a horror.

[bobbie22]

I watched the first part.  I think that Steve coogan is an excellent actor but I don't think I will watch any more.  The story is absolutely revolting.    It's unbelievable that anyone could be so awful,  and I remember watching him on tv.    I never liked him

[bobbie22]

Jimmy saville should be forgotten about 

[dave50]

Most of the shots of scarborough, weren't scarborough. 

[elliemay1]

There is no way I could ever watch it, I never liked him and I find the whole thing revolting, as others have said he shouldn't be given any further mention

[ichkeria]

How do we know that "the duchess" was so suspicious of him?

Didn't Gemma Jones once play the "Duchess" of Duke Street?

[Maydup]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would want to watch this. 

[Ken4155]

^

And yet you've recorded 'The Long Shadow' (another true story based on a person evil incarnate) and you're "looking forward to it." You must have a sliding scale of heinous behaviour, Maydup - what is it, anything above an '8' and you won't watch?

I've watched the first 2 episodes and will watch the remaining episodes. 

 

[Mozz71]

I will watch it, not as enjoyment, but to see if the BBC are willing to take a little responsibility for what happened.

[Ken4155]

Dave50, i think most of the seaside scenes were filmed at a remote beach in Wales.

[jno]

Ken, I think Savile's crimes were of a different order of repulsiveness than Sutcliffe's.

[jno]

Mozz, I haven't seen it but the answer may be "not a lot"

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/09/the-reckoning-review-steve-coogan-is-chillingly-brilliant-as-jimmy-savile-bbc

[Mozz71]

That's disappointing, because otherwise it's the BBC making money out of their cover-up. I will watch it on iPlayer and see for myself.

[Maydup]

Good point Ken. I did watch Long Shadow and I did enjoy it. The difference for me is that Long Shadow was about the detective work and the hunt for a serial killer, and less about the man himself where as The Reckoning is a re-enactment of the life and behaviour of a sexual predator. Worst still, a celebrity and one who was never brought to justice. I just can't face it.

[Mozz71]

I had to turn it off after half hour. Steve Coogan is astonishing. And that makes it so hard to watch, it's almost as if it's a documentary rather than a drama.

[douglas9401]

There can be few surprises in the programme. Why would anyone who knows they'll be upset by it put themself through it?

[ichkeria]

It'll be nice also to get comments from people who actually watch it. It is a sort of drama documentary of course, as most of it is reconstructed from real incidents. And it does have real victims' testimonies in parts.

[10ClarionSt]

dave50 @ 23.04:

"Most of the shots of scarborough, weren't Scarborough"

And Ken says they were shot on a remote beach in Wales. Actually, it wasn't that remote. It was Llandudno. No question. You can see the Little Orme in the background when he's jogging along the promenade.

[dave50]

I wonder why it wasn't shot in Scarborough, I know where he lived and it was nothing like that was shown.