Steve Coogan to play paedo Jimmy Savile in new BBC drama The Reckoning
dailystar.co.ukBBC One drama The Reckoning will be written and produced by Jeff Pope and Neil McKay, the duo responsible for true crime dramas Appropriate Adult (based on Fred West's crimes) and The Moorside (based on the Shannon Matthews case)."To play Jimmy Savile was not a decision I took lightly," says Steve. "Neil McKay has written an intelligent script tackling sensitively an horrific story which - however harrowing - needs to be told," he added.The mini-series will trace the life of Jimmy Savile, a man who rose from working-class origins to become one of the biggest stars of British television, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations of extensive and horrific abuse.The story will trace Savile.
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