Yer watch the show called 3 girls. About the grooming gangs in Rotherham. To this day they are trying to cover up who was committing these crimes against children.
Johnny rotten, the lead of the band ‘The Sex Pistols’ brought up these rumours about him in the 1970s in a BBC interview, the bbc buried it and it never came out until after he died I believe. Disgusting
My grandad was a charge nurse in a hospital where Saville visited a few times and he disliked him as soon as he met him and knew there was something weird about him but when he tried to speak up about it to his boss, he was told to shut up or he'd be out of a job.
The captain of a cruise ship 🚢 ordered him off his ship at the next port. The parents of a young girl complained about him and the captain took their word over his.
@@cyberash3000 Jimmy Carr's jokes about sexual abuse aren't funny either. You type a comment, and put 'LOL' afterwards, people are gonna think you're joking. Maybe stay off the internet until you work it out?
A woman I worked with danced for Jimmy on Jim'll Fix It when she was a young teen. I remember her telling us she never had any inkling at all that there was something off about him until she actually went on the show. She said he was just so creepy that none of them in her dance troupe wanted to actually go on and perform. And this is why we hate the BBC. They knew how bad he was but kept it quiet for decades
My friends Father, as a young man, attended one of the nightclubs Saville rang in Leeds. He didn't know him personally but had a huge dislike for him - for being so creepy around girls. He gave him a wide berth bt never liked him on tv because of those things he experienced. He was not at all surprised when the truth came out.. apart from the extent of of it of course.
Really? We used to make jokes about how creepy he was and how he wanted the girls to sit on his "special chair". But i dont come from a rich background so maybe that is why we realised what he was.
He had a lot of information on a lot of very prominent people and if he got found out he would take them all down with him. Thats why his actions were covered up. They were all abusers.
Another detail that wasn't mentioned in this or in the comments from what I can see, is that, having the keys to the hospital, not only did he abuse sick children, disabled children, and dying children, but it goes one step further; a few nurses have come forward saying they saw him hanging around and going in and out of the morgue and suspected that he was molesting the corpses of dead children. But, of course, when they tried to tell their bosses about it, they were just told "be quiet or you'll lose your job".
I remember when after Saville died and the first reports of his crimes were coming out there were a lot of people who thought "I can't believe so many are trying to pick apart reputation for publicity" but then as more details were released, it slowly dawned on us all that one of the most famous people in the country was one of its worst criminals. It was shocking.
Just wait till you find out who else is up to the same thing as Jimmy ....examples ;all royal families world wide ...the Pope and cardinals in fact all high society .sad but true.
@@mrandrews3616 that's exactly what was said about the people who spoke out about Jimmy....and no I'm not self medicating lol... There's plenty of evidence that will never get general release to the public because the fact remains. ..do your own research.
@@robertkidd6270 or a relatively small collection of powerful people are involved in such activities. Blaming everyone who had anything to do with Saville is moronic.
@@mediavideos2176 not going say he definitely did the same as Saville but still doesn’t sit well with me that Jackson also paid off family’s of accusers
@@mediavideos2176 how do you work that one out, Micheal jackson was never protected by the media, elites or anyone, the elite pedophiles cover each others back, i.e. politicians and the like, they went for Michael Jackson like a pack of wolves, so it makes me question weather he did it, they tried to destroy him, we need to use critical thinking, and not follow the propaganda
@@mediavideos2176 oh really is that how it works, as clear cut as that is it, dont be so gullible, that is not the full picture, and im not particularly a MJ fan, i just say what i see, but thats your opinion, thats fare enough
It's hard to explain how "big" Saville was, especially in the 70s and 80s. He was every where, on BBC Radio 1 DJing, presenting the BBC1 chart show, Top of the Pops on TV, and Jim'll Fix It, on BBC1 on Saturday nights, and he was alway in the news for his charity work. He literally was a household name. Kids wanted to write to his show, "Dear Jim, please can you fix it for me to...." if you were lucky, you got your wish. I remember a Cub Scout Pack wanted him to fix it to eat a packed lunch on a roller-coaster, which the BBC fixed for them. And afterwards, having had your fixit, Saville would present you with a medal, saying Jim Fixed It For Me. Imagine Jeffery Epstein with the popularity of Carson, Conan, Leno, Letterman, and a splash of Andy Williams, all rolled into one. He had very high friends in even higher places.
He did a show on the BBC called Top of the Pops. Many of the stars that appeared on that tried to warn the BBC about him but they were silenced. Some of the others joined his 'gang' of perverts.
I worked at the BBC in the mid-80s. It was my first job,and I was a general assistant (basically, a runner). I worked in a department that often had well-known TV people visiting it. The supervisor said to me he got on with all of them,except Saville. He said that whenever he showed up in his department he would completely ignore him. He said something along the lines of "I know he's done a lot for charity;but he's a really nasty piece of work" He wouldn't say more (I was just a junior employee) but clearly this fact was generally known back then.
Jimmy Savile had a kids TV show called "Jim'll fix it" which is similar to make a wish, children would write into the show and ask for something they wanted and they'd try to make it happen, so he was trusted by children services.
Such a shame he died while they were starting to look into everything Ash. More than anyone EVER I'd have liked to have seen that smug grin wiped off his face.
Watched him my whole life on UK tv. Never liked him but never suspected what eventually came out after his death. One thing that always struck me that was he never genuinely laughed or showed real emotion. A cold, cruel sociopath. He came from my home town of Leeds and it was a well known fact that he enjoyed "visiting the morgue" when he volunteered as a worker at the local hospital - make of that what you will.
Yes, this was one of the worst crimes in the UK. I was just 10 years old at the time & it was heart breaking. I just couldn't understand how 2 kids my age could commit such a crime. There is also the murders of Sarah Payne & best friends Holly & Jessica
He was a whole lot like Epestine. They were both personal friends with the royal family. They were both part of that same powerful circle of child abusers. By the lack of news of anyone being charged and knowing that these people never stop abusing children it's logically impossible that those activities have stopped.
My mum worked as a night duty nurse at Stoke Mandeville hospital when he was there. He was given the code word “wandering hands” by the staff and as he went from ward to ward they would warn each other. When he was visiting a ward the nurses would “buzz” around him to ensure he was never alone with a patient or member of staff. She only told me this after he had died as they had all feared being sacked if they had spoken up before.
A good friend of mine was abuse sexually when he was small, he is an alcoholic these days. Struggles to deal with his anger about it. The damage this shit does is terrible
One of my best friends was molested as a young girl. I lost her to an OD 2 years ago. What happened to her killed her, just as sure as if the one who did it, shot her. It just took a couple decades, rather than an instant.
I have a friend that told me about that happening to him when he was little too he seems pretty outgoing and stuff but he does drink and smoke weed alot like every day it seems like he drinks cus he likes to drink though . but who knows maybe it cud be cause of that
Re victims taking money - bear in mind they probably realise that the allegation would be difficult to prove in Court and also going to trial would be stressful and bring more attention on the victims when they are feeling vulnerable. So they might see taking money as the only way of getting any justice for themselves with minimal further stress.
THIS. Also bear in mind that conviction rates were much lower in the 1950's, and there was no such thing as DNA testing. Someone would pretty much have to have caught him in the act for him to get convicted.
What is worrying is that this documentary doesn't talk enough the BBC's role in Savile's abusive activities. He was the main presenter of Top of the Pops (as well as Jim'll Fix it) over years and was one of many male abusers of the young girls that attended that pop show. It also doesn't investigate the role of people like Thatcher and other politicians like Edwina Currie who, as health minister, granted him access to Broadmoor hospital. I met him once on a charity event where he was the star and he was as creepy as hell. Vile man. Your reactions are spot on about him. Thank you for this.
As awful as this is to watch, I'm glad you did, it is important to learn and understand, especially when following your curiosity. Shameful piece of British history.
There’s even a video of him on RUclips touching a young Colleen Nolan ( the singer from the Nolan sisters ) on the music show top of the pops, he even flaunted his degeneracy in front of millions on tv. Sick!
The clip is on RUclips go and watch it, he only had his arm on her waist the same way every single top of the top presenter did, people are post reading something into it that simply isn't there, and this is the type of thing he was convicted over.
@@Hi-kq1vi Wasn't even a majority verdict even then, by 2014 it was starting to get to the metoo time of woman speaks man guilty. From wiki: In October 2013, Travis was charged (pleading not guilty) with 14 allegations of indecent assault and one of sexual assault between 1976 and 2008, relating to 11 female complainants aged between 15 and 29 at the time of the alleged offences.[4] The trial began in January 2014 at Southwark Crown Court. On 13 February, Travis was found not guilty on twelve counts, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on the remaining two counts. Following the verdict, Travis told reporters "I do not feel like there is a victory in any way, shape or form. On the contrary, I think you already know that I have been through a year and a half of hell on this."[5] On 24 February, it was reported that the prosecution was seeking a retrial on the two outstanding counts.[25] On 28 March 2014, it was reported that Travis would face another charge of indecent assault as well as the retrial on the two outstanding counts.[26] On 15 April, it was reported that he was facing another charge of indecent assault on a woman aged over 16 in 1995. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 24 April, when he denied the charges.[27] His trial began on 5 September at Southwark Crown Court.[6][28] On 23 September, Travis was found guilty by a majority verdict of 10-2 of indecently assaulting a female researcher working on the Mrs Merton Show in 1995. He was found not guilty of indecently assaulting another woman while he was appearing in a production of Aladdin in 1990.[29] The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a third charge from 2008, involving a journalist who visited his home.[30] On Friday 26 September 2014, he was sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years.[31] .............................................................. These people were very famous in their day, with plenty of camp followers, as all pop/ film/ dj stars do, any one of those followers when there is compensation in the offing can suddenly say they were assaulted.
I believe there is an episode about Rolf Harris a very similar story!!! I grew up watching Rolf Harris and now i feel guilty for liking him back then!!! Such aweful men!!
Rolf Harris had a TV series in which he taught children to swim. I do not think it has been repeated. I thought he looked at the teenage and pre-teen girls as if they were chocolates. Perhaps I was not the only one who thought that and that is why it has not been shown for many years but he still got to make other shows.
That was a very hard watch. There is a dark side to British society and hopefully, this going public will bring about change. The saddest part of this is that everyone knew but the few that spoke out got hit with legal action from his lawyers.
Hi Ash, looking wonderful as usual. I used to work at the BBC in the 80s ( I was a cameraman ) and Savile had few friends - nobody really liked him as he gave bad vibes. None of us ever suspected he was a child molester. Problem was, like all DJ's were naughty with young girls and having worked with a lot of them, I used to see young girls behaving very badly with DJs - its the 'Fame' thing of course, much like footballers: young men, lots of cash....But Savile was highly intelligent and supremely cunning: he had a lot of 'dirt' on a lot of powerful people. Nobody can really say how high up the BBC the rot went, all I know as a cameraman was that he was disliked and considered 'creepy' but we were innocent in those days : Paedophilia was an unknown word! His charity work gave him a shield and access to vulnerable people. While I was surprised by the news, I wasn't shocked. A very sad chapter of British life. Stay strong Ash, stay happy.
One of my friends was married to a Police officer in Yorkshire that tried for years to get him convicted in the 1990s/2000s, but every case fell apart after he was suspected of paying the victims off. This wasn't women, it was underage girls. Evil, vile man.
He was very powerful and had a lot of friends in very high places. He would threaten to take charity money away from hospitals if stories ever got out. He was depraved to the point he was a necrophiliac. cause there are stories of people seeing him in hospital morgues, he ever joked about it. He did believe that nobody would ever believe the victims. There's a video on youtube when he was presenting top of the pops and he was literally trying to feel up a woman on camera.
The hospital morgue thing is true, there were witnesses. He also locked himself in a room with his mother's corpse when she died, and didn't come out for days.
Hey Ashley, His acts were 'known' about within the powers that be. I have a friend who's father was a police sergeant in Scarborough where Jimmy Saville had a holiday home and was warned by his father to stay away from Saville. This was the 70's! I have another friend who helped run number 10 for a number of years when Margaret Thatcher was in power and saw Saville turn up many times to take tea with Thatcher. She was aware of rumours about Saville but apparently was more interested in the millions he raised for charity. I remember seeing Saville sat at York railway station on his own in his trademark tracksuit and sheepskin coat. He was sat on his own. I thought about saying hi to him but thankfully didn't! There was a big enquiry into Saville and everyone turning a blind eye as well as giving access to troubled/disabled kids. Classic case of his public power and fame covered all. :(
He requested his grave to face the sea, as his place of internment is on the North Yorkshire coast he also request concrete was to be poured on top of his coffin to deter his grave being interfered with. If thats not someone wanting to make it hard to get a DNA sample post mortem i don't know what is.
Probably also to deter graverobbers. Benny Hill had been dug up by graverobbers looking for valuables a few years earlier, and we all know Jimmy loved his gold jewellery.
30:41 That guy got it bang on! I grew up watching Jimmy Savile during the 80s/early 90s and even as a kid I thought there was something strange about him. He _was_ robotic, and he didn't ever show a warm heart, even when he was 'fixing it' for kids on his show - it was almost like he was dead inside, and you never really got the sense that he really cared. He said all the right things, but he didn't say them right, if you see what I mean? The only time you saw any hint of emotion, it was of anger, when a journalist would ask him something he wasn't happy to answer; even that was under the surface, but you could tell it was bubbling underneath. He'd also adopt an annoying habit of rarely giving an answer to a question, even to seemingly innocent questions, as if he'd decided to never really tell the truth about _anything._ I imagine that was him making sure he was _always_ with his guard up, in case something slipped out. I asked my mum about him a couple of years back and she insisted that she always thought he was a creepy guy, though I can't remember her ever saying that. Looking back, it seems strange that he gained the popularity he did, but then that was probably, in no small part, due to the smokescreen of all his charity 'work' etc. Terrifyingly, my local hospital, when I was a kid during that time, was Stoke Mandeville. 😬 Luckily I only ever visited twice and never had to stay overnight.
@@alexp3519 well done your mum 👍👍.. I think I was like 9/10 year old when sent it can’t really remember. We at the time were oblivious as a family to what he was
That disgusting man is the very reason i stopped watching the BBC because many complained about what they saw him do yet they all protected him. He kept in with the Royals too so he had protection. GRR! This has also been so downplayed with many victims not coming forward plus those that died too, it is so disgraceful and sick! Shame on those that never reported him and so sad for the victims.
Good Morning from the UK Ashley, this was very moving and I have to agree with you. If that first family had not accepted a cash bribe to stay quiet, then history may have turned out differently. Keep up the good work Ashley love your work, x
Yes but I think we have to bear in mind just how difficult pursuing the legal case would have been for the victims. I don’t think we can blame already traumatised individuals for not wanting their trauma dragged up and scrutinised publicly. Taking money may have been the only option with minimal further distress and still some sense of retribution
@@carameechan205 2023 is the earliest he can get parole, if he serves the full sentence he will not be released until 2031. I think he needs to to be kept locked up right until 2031 myself.
I met him as a child. There was something about him that made me shy away from him, but could never put my finger on what. I was lucky too that my Dad was with me, but of course, once all this came out once Saville died, I realised what I must have sensed.
I remember as young kid watching Jim'll Fix It and I found the way he kept touching the kids really creepy even then. I had no idea what a pedophile was at that age, but my mum was a social worker who dealt with kids and had drummed it into me that such touching between adults and children was inappropriate, so I always wondered why nobody told him off or said anything. The sister of one of my friends actually wrote into the program when she was 10. She didn't get a reply but when she was 15 the BBC contacted her and asked if she still wanted to be on the show. She said no because her interests had changed by that time. I suspect she had a lucky escape.
Really one of the most despicable people who have ever lived. A national discrace and disgusting at the way it was allowed to continue when people new what he was doing.
When Saville was buried, his family put are large ornate memorial on the burial plot. Many people when to it to pay their respects. When the news came out about what he had done, the memorial was taken away by Saville's family and replaced by something more subdued. When he was alive he was a much loved celebrity, so the news of his crimes devastated everyone. We all felt cheated. It's hard to put into words the hurt and anger felt by everyone against Saville, and the sorrow for his victims.
Horrid man, came to my place of work and kissed us women through the glass, thank goodness for the glass. He was bloody 'effing creepy! His visits were for charitable causes, he was a horrible person Ashley.
Justice can’t be brought to him but it should be brought to those who took part in these abuse cases and for those who helped cover it up within the hospitals, schools, government, police and the BBC!!! I knew you’d find this a hard watch but it’s great your shining a light on the abuse of kids that not only happens in Britain but all over the world by the so called upper class and people with power
To be honest, it wasn’t just kids he was after (although that’s perhaps his worst and most common crime). My next door neighbour when I was a kid was a mental health nurse at Broadmoor hospital for the criminally insane at the time when the government shamelessly put him in charge for no apparent reason. She was in her 40s at the time and he groped her backside. When she reported it to her bosses she was silenced very quickly. There was a general feeling at the time of “If you make a formal complaint against some of Jimmy’s weird behaviour your career will come to an abrupt end”. I know of a guy who lived in my area who was a mental health nurse at Broadmoor when Saville was in charge. It was when they still had female patients. He claims that he remembers Saville inviting Rolf Harris to visit during the scheduled bath time where they watched heavily medicated female patient/inmates bathe. Again, nobody could challenge him without fear of their career ending. Edwina Curry was health minister at the time and signed the approval to the decision to put him in charge of the high security hospital, despite him having no experience or qualifications that would have made him suitable. I have to ask the question as to why he got the job. Who did he have a hold over who could swing the appointment for him? He had a hold over people in high places, of that I am sure. Did he know them to be fellow paedophiles? Did he have the power to destroy them? I don’t know. When people tried to publicly expose him, such as John Lydon of the Sex Pistols and PIL, or comedians like Jerry Sadowitz, their were black-balled from appearing on the BBC or, in the case of Sadowitz, threatened with legal action. Again, Savile had people high-up protecting him. As a kid I didn’t like him. We all thought he was weird. We all wrote in asking to be on the Jim’ll Fix It show. It wasn’t because we liked him but because there was a chance of being on telly and getting a wish fulfilled. Apart from his catch-phrases and general on-screen bonhomie he didn’t even seem to have any discernible talent, yet he was never off TV and fuelled his good image with his tireless charity work which, as Sadowitz claimed in the 1980s on in of his live albums, was to protect his image “in case his case came up.” Probably some truth in that.
It was a very hard thing to swallow given so many people looked up to the public persona of this guy during his lifetime. As Children, we were all encouraged to write to his show to try and get onto it & I did myself. In retrospect I can only say Thank God my letter was ignored!
I was a kid when Savile was on TV and he always gave me creepy vibes. But because of all of his charity work he was able to convince people that he was a really good guy who genuinely cared about people. Even the premise of his most famous show 'Jim'll Fix It' was that Savile would make wishes come true for children and deserving people. But it was all a big part of his cover of convincing people that he was just a harmless eccentric. He was knighted not just by the Queen but also got a knighthood from the Catholic Church (I can see the jokes coming about that). The sad thing is that people in power knew what he was doing and did nothing. When it all came out it after Savile's death it was revealed that the BBC where he had worked for years knew everything that went on but covered it up. The real tragedy is that the British establishment let his victims down in such a big way and that they never got justice.
also you noticed how it was an independent commercial TV channel that did this documentary , ITV, BBC and channel 4 who was pushing the guys content for decades just crickets
the bbc did have a programme on it that they were going to broadcast (panorama) but he died a couple of days before it was supposed to air. they pulled it and replaced it with a tribute show and that episode of panorama was never aired. it's utterly vile.
The 'liking/not liking' kids thing was more like a double bluff. He had the public persona of liking them, then when the cameras turned off it was 'get these brats off me', but then when no one's around, clearly he liked them a little too much.
Ashley The BBC knew all about him for many years. In the mid 1970's I attended a boarding school. One of my friends Dad worked for the BBC at quite a senior level. Well on one occasion when I was staying with my friend during the summer holidays in 1974 Saville's name came up and my friends Mum told me in no uncertain terms what he was like. Also another acquaintance who worked in the British Railways advertising department in the 1980's told me that when Saville was fronting the 'This Is The Age of The Train' advertising campaign British Railways were well aware of the situation. So much so that BR had a clause in the contract that they had with Saville which would allow them to drop him immediately like a proverbial "Hot Potato" and terminate the contract if the truth about him became public knowledge. Also British Railways provided a number of "Minders" to "Supervise Saville" whilst he was working for BR! It is just like the Jeffrey Epstein affair (This is remarkably similar to the Saville affair. Powerful friends like Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew etc etc) Jimmy Saville had very powerful friends who protected him from any unwelcome attention from the authorities. Unfortunately he is an on going National Disgrace.
Hi Ashley, thanks for your reaction. what a dreadful topic. it's absolutely heart braking. I see that some people (no criticism of them) are suggesting you react to the James Bulger Murder. Be warned, you will find it very hard to get this out of your mind once you have seen it. Why put this stuff into your mind and hurt your beautiful gentle heart. Once it;s there you can't erase it darlin. Don't dwell in this darkness, there is nothing you can do for those who have suffered. Instead focus on the positives like you do in so many of your reaction videos. Bless You.
I am glad you did this one as important that people see these things so they don’t happen again. As adults we need to be better in our communities and be aware of the fact there are evil people out there. A very sad story that shows how power, corruption and lies exist in society and money can crush almost everything. Take care and let’s all stay vigilant and stand up to protect the vulnerable
Here I am again! When my nearly 31 year old son wanted to act in advertisements etc at aged 10. I would not let him be chaperoned by any stranger, I was vilified for this however but my child was my child, who I love!
@@AshleysReview I would never entrusted him, physically, emotionally, soulfully into anybodies grubby hands. I knew nothing of peodofiles (think I've spelt it correctly). Grew up in an extremely Roman Catholic background (not that's any excuse). Southern Irish Mum, Dad Mancunian, fought his way through a difficult life (poor, never knew where his home was) but said he would never go to bed hungry again.... and he kept his promise.... don't know where I am going with this Ashley, too deep!!!!
Ashley, they settle because the pain of going through a trial was too much for them to face. Savile could afford the best lawyers and there was no guarantee of a conviction and then they still had to re endure the pain again in public. I can understand why they would take the payoff. The justice system doesn’t serve victims of sexual abuse 😔
Sorry one of my comments disappeared I think youtube didn’t like it lol x I was saying he had so much power and influence even gangsters as friends that victims feared of reprisals if they’d spoke out too
What you don’t seem to comprehend is that children and teens lived a much more sheltered life things weren’t discussed. When I was about nine I had a stalker and it all came ahead when some famous people were visiting our village and the cars were backed up and a man tried to get me in his car and when I wouldn’t the car behind with a woman in it tried to get me in, luckily my sister pulled me out. I cannot say more because the famous people on horseback probably weren’t involved but you never know. Children had no rights at all back then, nobody would believe you. I had a teacher who I witnessed abusing on trips etc but it’s only been in recent years he has been punished. (1970s, early 80s)
Way back in the early 1960s, my grandmother worked at Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle, the company that gave Savile his break in TV. She wasn't surprised by this; his show was very popular but Savile gave all the staff the creeps even then, and the show was pulled without explanation one week and he never returned. You have to wonder if management got wind of his proclivities and quietly got rid of the problem before it caused embarrassment.
It happens all over society and is always covered up or goes unreported. I remember there was also football coaches that did it at major premier league clubs and a case in rotherham where it was immigrants from pakistan.
There had been rumours about him over many years but because of his celebrity and friendship with members of the British royal family it was kept quite
My brother's ex wife move to the outskirts of Leeds. She said every shop / store showed a picture of Jimmy Savile and everyone knew him when he died. After the truth came out about him, all the pictures of him disappeared and nobody had heard of him.
You should also watch both Louis Theroux docs on him. First ones from his Louis meets series (made years before the news came out) and he talks to him and the others from a couple years ago recapping on it, parts talking about how he couldn’t see how clear it was
@@daniellenothmann7534 Watch this man's interviews and find how smug he was and felt safe in his knowledge. I have no names to purjer myself with sorry. Just the man's own words and now the truth of him out.
My mum told me to never apply to go on his show "Jim'll fix it" because of rumours she'd heard at the time from someone who had come across him and obviously suspected him of being a paedophile.
It's one of the worst examples of a failure of justice in recent times. Thankfully however, as a direct result of this, the British police now take cases of historic abuse, as well as current abuse, much more seriously. I'm a law student here in the UK and that much at least makes me glad. There are still a lot more out there though that need to be put away. Love your videos by the way :-)
The sickest of the sick! Predator, abuser, who felt he was above the law. But you’re right, that 1st family taking the money over justice was simply disgusting! ‘Creepy’ does not adequately cover the crimes of this foul human being! 🤬
I think the BBC should have the arse sued off them. It's been proven time and time again the executives knew about what was going on. They actually shipped girls in for him. It was The same for Gary Glitter.
Something that wasn't mentioned were the medallion and ring that Savil wore often. They contained glass eyes from people who had died at one of the hospitals he worked at. He would volunteer to take the bodies to the morgue and take them when no one was looking. A truly sick man.
Hi Ashley, I posted in another video you made about how respectful you were compared to an other reactor who was basically offensive to her UK viewers. I loved your reaction to my comment I as result subbed to you and reached this video. sad to say Saville was considered a hero and legend in his day. I personally never liked him though i did watch the jim will fix it shows. what we thought then was great TV of letting kids follow a dream suddenly turned to same kids being abused in the dressing rooms. He was a vile person.
I always thought he was weird, there was something about him that gave me the creeps. My parents fostered for nearly 40 years and a lot of the children came from abuse, sexual and physical as well as mental. My adopted brother, who is also autistic, had been abused by his natural Father. When it came to court they went to pick his father up he had hung himself. The easy way out!
I worked at Stoke Mandeville Hospital briefly in 1985. It was well known that he was to be avoided. The hospital was where the paraolympics where founded and Saville used that cache to hide his crimes.
If the victims had come forward before he died they just would not be believed and a lot were fearful of him and the dirty secrets they held and how would an already fragile and vulnerable person be able to stand the out poring of hate from those that didn't know what he was really like.
I'm a sexual abuse survivor. I was abused back in those times, in 1980 till 1984 and things where very different back then. Child sexual abuse was never heard of or discussed on tv or on the news. We only ever heard of stranger danger. In fact the first child help line was only set up a couple of years after my abuse came out. I also had a lucky escape from Jimmy Savile. But that's another story.
Hey, you should check out the 2 Louis Theroux documentaries about Jimmy Saville. The first one is set whilst he's alive and the second deals with after the evidence comes out after his death and how Louis felt afterwards.
The BBC knew exactly what was going on and the police knew exactly what was going on and they did nothing about it. He abused hundreds and hundreds of victims for decades and it only came out about 8 years ago. A couple months after he died there was a one off tribute episode of Jim'll fix it broadcasted as a tribute to Jimmy savile. I watched it recently and it made me feel sick
I will omit all the expletives and other similar words, terms, etc, because I really like your channel; I love your reactions, and I don’t want your channel to be made “dirty” in that way. However, since you’ve seen this documentary, I’m sure you know well how much I would love to say what I really think; it goes without saying. This being said: It is hard for someone who is not a UK-native to grasp just how deeply JS (I feel sick even typing his name now) was ingrained in the minds of Uk culture in general, and especially, in children’s culture. I remember from an early age, that he just “creeped me out”. I could never pinpoint what it was, other than a feeling that “something was not right”. Of course I was far too young to know anything about the subject involved, and what he really did. For many years, he hosted a kid’s TV program called “Jim will fix it”, where kids could write in, and if say, they had health problems, or a troubled background, they could ask him to “fix it” for them to have a ‘wish come true’, like going to Disney, or meeting their favourite soccer team, say. I remember thinking, as I watched, “why is he so weird? Why is he sitting so near those kids, in that creepy way?” And stuff like that. But because he had everyone from Princes Diana and Prince Charles, to Margaret Thatcher, Michael Jackson (?) and on and on, down as his “good friends”, and he combined this with being very smart (he was a high ranking member of MENSA; and raised millions upon millions for big charities; even Police Forces, so he essentially had them ‘in his pocket’), nobody could - or even wanted to - touch him, because the money was rolling in. So as you now know, the bottom line is that he was never caught until after his death, which is a tragedy, truly. One of the sickest people where ever known about - worldwide - got away with it, his whole life. Un-be-liveable. It wasn’t shown in this film. But I saw another documentary, from soon after he died, exposing him. He presented some of the biggest ‘young people’s’ TV shows going, like ‘Top of The Pops’ (a long running show all about pop music, with live bands, the countdown of the ‘billboard charts’ equivalent in the UK). And there are multiple, crystal clear shots of him groping young, teenage girls….. in the open…. Live…. On national TV. He knew he would get away with it, so he didn’t give a …. . He was untouchable, until he died. Just typing this has made me quite nauseous. But the world needs to know that, by horrific, I mean that he was, horrific. Ev3n now I fear that outside the UK he is seen as a gross, British perv from back in the day. No. He was much worse. He was one of the sickest people, with global reach, power, money and connections, that must serve as a reminder, never to underestimate, or forget, what has gone before, and what can happen, if things are left unchecked. I still pray for every one of his victims (even though I’m not religious, in the classical sense). And sorry for the rant. But seeing this documentary opened many gates and bought back many memories…….. 😔
Hey Fam!!! I’m so livid that no one believed the victims. I really wish justice was served properly. This sh*t makes me so mad. 🤬
You should look at the scandal of grooming gangs.
Brave to review, he was protected by powerful and sadly still alive, corrupt organisations. 🇬🇧 🙏
He was protected by the bbc the goverment an the royal family . england is so corrupt . love ur reactions.. one love...
Yer watch the show called 3 girls. About the grooming gangs in Rotherham. To this day they are trying to cover up who was committing these crimes against children.
The BBC is responsible Ashley
Johnny rotten, the lead of the band ‘The Sex Pistols’ brought up these rumours about him in the 1970s in a BBC interview, the bbc buried it and it never came out until after he died I believe. Disgusting
Yes they censored Johnny Rotten when he spoke out against Savile.
He should have written a song about him
yes you are so right god gless jonny rotten no one liscend to him
@@countofdownable god bless John ❤️
Our bbc national tv station is just a propaganda machine , they covered it all up ,
My grandad was a charge nurse in a hospital where Saville visited a few times and he disliked him as soon as he met him and knew there was something weird about him but when he tried to speak up about it to his boss, he was told to shut up or he'd be out of a job.
people tell me i give off a jimmy saville vibe, when i worked in childrens care. but i never abused anyone lol
The captain of a cruise ship 🚢 ordered him off his ship at the next port. The parents of a young girl complained about him and the captain took their word over his.
@Luke Mills i wasnt joking.
@Luke Mills ruclips.net/video/ZzkTewpzjss/видео.html&ab_channel=JimmyCarr here is jimmy car, please enjoy all his jokes about sexual abuse.
@@cyberash3000 Jimmy Carr's jokes about sexual abuse aren't funny either. You type a comment, and put 'LOL' afterwards, people are gonna think you're joking. Maybe stay off the internet until you work it out?
A woman I worked with danced for Jimmy on Jim'll Fix It when she was a young teen. I remember her telling us she never had any inkling at all that there was something off about him until she actually went on the show. She said he was just so creepy that none of them in her dance troupe wanted to actually go on and perform.
And this is why we hate the BBC. They knew how bad he was but kept it quiet for decades
My friends Father, as a young man, attended one of the nightclubs Saville rang in Leeds. He didn't know him personally but had a huge dislike for him - for being so creepy around girls. He gave him a wide berth bt never liked him on tv because of those things he experienced. He was not at all surprised when the truth came out.. apart from the extent of of it of course.
Except Legs and Co I assume.
Really? We used to make jokes about how creepy he was and how he wanted the girls to sit on his "special chair". But i dont come from a rich background so maybe that is why we realised what he was.
I was taught by a women who worked at the BBC when he was around and the stories she told us... Absolutely disgusting man
@@vickishaw6053 Let me guess, no evidence? And nobody said a thing against him when he was alive.
A very dark episode in recent British history. Sadly he’s not the only person in a position of power and influence who has done this.
He had a lot of information on a lot of very prominent people and if he got found out he would take them all down with him. Thats why his actions were covered up. They were all abusers.
Yep saville knew everyone from celebs the rich judges barristers mp,s just a shame 3 years before he died the police should have investigated him more
Exactly. Ashley's comparison to Epstein is very apt I think for exactly those reasons.
Another detail that wasn't mentioned in this or in the comments from what I can see, is that, having the keys to the hospital, not only did he abuse sick children, disabled children, and dying children, but it goes one step further; a few nurses have come forward saying they saw him hanging around and going in and out of the morgue and suspected that he was molesting the corpses of dead children. But, of course, when they tried to tell their bosses about it, they were just told "be quiet or you'll lose your job".
I remember when after Saville died and the first reports of his crimes were coming out there were a lot of people who thought "I can't believe so many are trying to pick apart reputation for publicity" but then as more details were released, it slowly dawned on us all that one of the most famous people in the country was one of its worst criminals. It was shocking.
I remember his niece and girlfriend on a program saying it was all lies.
Just wait till you find out who else is up to the same thing as Jimmy ....examples ;all royal families world wide ...the Pope and cardinals in fact all high society .sad but true.
@@robertkidd6270 Are you self medicating?
@@mrandrews3616 that's exactly what was said about the people who spoke out about Jimmy....and no I'm not self medicating lol...
There's plenty of evidence that will never get general release to the public because the fact remains. ..do your own research.
@@robertkidd6270 or a relatively small collection of powerful people are involved in such activities. Blaming everyone who had anything to do with Saville is moronic.
Yea Ashley his crimes came to light after he’d died, though most suspected he was a wrongun. He was protected by powerful people
Same with Michael Jackson.
@@mediavideos2176 not going say he definitely did the same as Saville but still doesn’t sit well with me that Jackson also paid off family’s of accusers
@@mediavideos2176 how do you work that one out, Micheal jackson was never protected by the media, elites or anyone, the elite pedophiles cover each others back, i.e. politicians and the like, they went for Michael Jackson like a pack of wolves, so it makes me question weather he did it, they tried to destroy him, we need to use critical thinking, and not follow the propaganda
@@willmartin4474 If he paid of the accusers he defo did it.
@@mediavideos2176 oh really is that how it works, as clear cut as that is it, dont be so gullible, that is not the full picture, and im not particularly a MJ fan, i just say what i see, but thats your opinion, thats fare enough
He's not the only celebrity who got away with it ,,and some still at it today ,
Not forgetting the worst of the lot of them, namely Charlie Chaplin, he got away with it big time.
It's hard to explain how "big" Saville was, especially in the 70s and 80s. He was every where, on BBC Radio 1 DJing, presenting the BBC1 chart show, Top of the Pops on TV, and Jim'll Fix It, on BBC1 on Saturday nights, and he was alway in the news for his charity work.
He literally was a household name.
Kids wanted to write to his show, "Dear Jim, please can you fix it for me to...." if you were lucky, you got your wish. I remember a Cub Scout Pack wanted him to fix it to eat a packed lunch on a roller-coaster, which the BBC fixed for them. And afterwards, having had your fixit, Saville would present you with a medal, saying Jim Fixed It For Me.
Imagine Jeffery Epstein with the popularity of Carson, Conan, Leno, Letterman, and a splash of Andy Williams, all rolled into one.
He had very high friends in even higher places.
He did a show on the BBC called Top of the Pops. Many of the stars that appeared on that tried to warn the BBC about him but they were silenced. Some of the others joined his 'gang' of perverts.
People in high places knew .powerful people . And all covered for him
I worked at the BBC in the mid-80s. It was my first job,and I was a general assistant (basically, a runner). I worked in a department that often had well-known TV people visiting it. The supervisor said to me he got on with all of them,except Saville. He said that whenever he showed up in his department he would completely ignore him. He said something along the lines of "I know he's done a lot for charity;but he's a really nasty piece of work" He wouldn't say more (I was just a junior employee) but clearly this fact was generally known back then.
I've got a friend who poses as an 11 year old girl/boy decoy to catch predators. In 6 hours there were hundreds of men in the Inbox. Sickening
Jimmy Savile had a kids TV show called "Jim'll fix it" which is similar to make a wish, children would write into the show and ask for something they wanted and they'd try to make it happen, so he was trusted by children services.
I wrote to him luckily I didn't post it
Such a shame he died while they were starting to look into everything Ash. More than anyone EVER I'd have liked to have seen that smug grin wiped off his face.
That's wasn't a coincidence that was deliberate they covered up what he did for years🤢🤮
@@Thechampissammy Yep. It’s very suspicious. Almost like he was Epsteined so he couldn’t give the names of other important people at those “parties”.
Not a shame. Main stream media and establishment are peo#os . Fukc the BBC SCUM.
Watched him my whole life on UK tv. Never liked him but never suspected what eventually came out after his death. One thing that always struck me that was he never genuinely laughed or showed real emotion. A cold, cruel sociopath. He came from my home town of Leeds and it was a well known fact that he enjoyed "visiting the morgue" when he volunteered as a worker at the local hospital - make of that what you will.
Will you do more crimes that shook Britain? James bulger is the one you should watch next
She definitely needs watch/react to more British crime. James Bulger case was another sickening story
Still breaks my heart and I was a kid when it happened.
Yes, this was one of the worst crimes in the UK. I was just 10 years old at the time & it was heart breaking. I just couldn't understand how 2 kids my age could commit such a crime. There is also the murders of Sarah Payne & best friends Holly & Jessica
@@boffgirl me too, 1993.. I was 14 even at the time I couldn’t believe what I was watching on the news. It was barbaric what happened to him
I think the moors murders was totally vile. As with all murders , but when it involves children it’s shocking.😩
He was a whole lot like Epestine. They were both personal friends with the royal family. They were both part of that same powerful circle of child abusers. By the lack of news of anyone being charged and knowing that these people never stop abusing children it's logically impossible that those activities have stopped.
He was a evil man, his money kept him from justice.
And the establishment who covered this monster up !
BBC hierarchy! They knew !😱
My mum worked as a night duty nurse at Stoke Mandeville hospital when he was there. He was given the code word “wandering hands” by the staff and as he went from ward to ward they would warn each other. When he was visiting a ward the nurses would “buzz” around him to ensure he was never alone with a patient or member of staff. She only told me this after he had died as they had all feared being sacked if they had spoken up before.
At least someone tried to protect the kids. The number of people who ignored what he did is baffling.
Jesus that's awful man :(
It just goes to show ,it's not what you know ,it's who you know..he and many more celebrities got away with child abuse for years and some still are
A good friend of mine was abuse sexually when he was small, he is an alcoholic these days. Struggles to deal with his anger about it. The damage this shit does is terrible
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One of my best friends was molested as a young girl. I lost her to an OD 2 years ago. What happened to her killed her, just as sure as if the one who did it, shot her. It just took a couple decades, rather than an instant.
I have a friend that told me about that happening to him when he was little too he seems pretty outgoing and stuff but he does drink and smoke weed alot like every day it seems like he drinks cus he likes to drink though . but who knows maybe it cud be cause of that
@@Bobe_Kyrant.42 I've never met an alcoholic who drinks because they enjoy the drink.
The BBC and thoes that worked at the BBC knew about it also at the hospitals these people should be named and shamed and marked as what they deserve.
Re victims taking money - bear in mind they probably realise that the allegation would be difficult to prove in Court and also going to trial would be stressful and bring more attention on the victims when they are feeling vulnerable.
So they might see taking money as the only way of getting any justice for themselves with minimal further stress.
THIS. Also bear in mind that conviction rates were much lower in the 1950's, and there was no such thing as DNA testing. Someone would pretty much have to have caught him in the act for him to get convicted.
It all was covered up by the BBC.
What is worrying is that this documentary doesn't talk enough the BBC's role in Savile's abusive activities. He was the main presenter of Top of the Pops (as well as Jim'll Fix it) over years and was one of many male abusers of the young girls that attended that pop show. It also doesn't investigate the role of people like Thatcher and other politicians like Edwina Currie who, as health minister, granted him access to Broadmoor hospital. I met him once on a charity event where he was the star and he was as creepy as hell. Vile man.
Your reactions are spot on about him. Thank you for this.
Plus Prince Charles was really close to Saville. It raises more questions than answers
There's a new documentary called Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story on Netflix, btw.
As awful as this is to watch, I'm glad you did, it is important to learn and understand, especially when following your curiosity. Shameful piece of British history.
Vile person, thankyou for reviewing this I've never seen this documentary till now x
My blood boils when I see his face
There’s even a video of him on RUclips touching a young Colleen Nolan ( the singer from the Nolan sisters ) on the music show top of the pops, he even flaunted his degeneracy in front of millions on tv. Sick!
The clip is on RUclips go and watch it, he only had his arm on her waist the same way every single top of the top presenter did, people are post reading something into it that simply isn't there, and this is the type of thing he was convicted over.
He used to grab the girls in the audience, not the only one mind you-DLT was another one.
@@Hi-kq1vi And DLT was accused, but was alive so could go to court, and was found not guilty on all charges.
They all did the crowd interaction.
@@zaftra DLT was found guilty of a sexual assault he committed in the 1990's at the BBC in 2014.
@@Hi-kq1vi Wasn't even a majority verdict even then, by 2014 it was starting to get to the metoo time of woman speaks man guilty.
From wiki:
In October 2013, Travis was charged (pleading not guilty) with 14 allegations of indecent assault and one of sexual assault between 1976 and 2008, relating to 11 female complainants aged between 15 and 29 at the time of the alleged offences.[4] The trial began in January 2014 at Southwark Crown Court. On 13 February, Travis was found not guilty on twelve counts, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on the remaining two counts. Following the verdict, Travis told reporters "I do not feel like there is a victory in any way, shape or form. On the contrary, I think you already know that I have been through a year and a half of hell on this."[5] On 24 February, it was reported that the prosecution was seeking a retrial on the two outstanding counts.[25]
On 28 March 2014, it was reported that Travis would face another charge of indecent assault as well as the retrial on the two outstanding counts.[26] On 15 April, it was reported that he was facing another charge of indecent assault on a woman aged over 16 in 1995. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 24 April, when he denied the charges.[27] His trial began on 5 September at Southwark Crown Court.[6][28] On 23 September, Travis was found guilty by a majority verdict of 10-2 of indecently assaulting a female researcher working on the Mrs Merton Show in 1995. He was found not guilty of indecently assaulting another woman while he was appearing in a production of Aladdin in 1990.[29] The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a third charge from 2008, involving a journalist who visited his home.[30] On Friday 26 September 2014, he was sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years.[31]
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These people were very famous in their day, with plenty of camp followers, as all pop/ film/ dj stars do, any one of those followers when there is compensation in the offing can suddenly say they were assaulted.
I believe there is an episode about Rolf Harris a very similar story!!! I grew up watching Rolf Harris and now i feel guilty for liking him back then!!! Such aweful men!!
Rolf Harris had a TV series in which he taught children to swim. I do not think it has been repeated. I thought he looked at the teenage and pre-teen girls as if they were chocolates. Perhaps I was not the only one who thought that and that is why it has not been shown for many years but he still got to make other shows.
That was a very hard watch. There is a dark side to British society and hopefully, this going public will bring about change.
The saddest part of this is that everyone knew but the few that spoke out got hit with legal action from his lawyers.
That dark side is always the super rich elite
They are all ,in high society, upto the exact same thing as Jimmy.
That is why nothing was or will be done to stop it.
Until very very soon.
@@robertkidd6270 They do it to please their god.
@@annother3350 you hit the nail on the head beautiful.
@@annother3350 no it is also normal everday families.
Hi Ash, looking wonderful as usual. I used to work at the BBC in the 80s ( I was a cameraman ) and Savile had few friends - nobody really liked him as he gave bad vibes. None of us ever suspected he was a child molester. Problem was, like all DJ's were naughty with young girls and having worked with a lot of them, I used to see young girls behaving very badly with DJs - its the 'Fame' thing of course, much like footballers: young men, lots of cash....But Savile was highly intelligent and supremely cunning: he had a lot of 'dirt' on a lot of powerful people. Nobody can really say how high up the BBC the rot went, all I know as a cameraman was that he was disliked and considered 'creepy' but we were innocent in those days : Paedophilia was an unknown word! His charity work gave him a shield and access to vulnerable people. While I was surprised by the news, I wasn't shocked.
A very sad chapter of British life. Stay strong Ash, stay happy.
One of my friends was married to a Police officer in Yorkshire that tried for years to get him convicted in the 1990s/2000s, but every case fell apart after he was suspected of paying the victims off. This wasn't women, it was underage girls. Evil, vile man.
He was very powerful and had a lot of friends in very high places. He would threaten to take charity money away from hospitals if stories ever got out. He was depraved to the point he was a necrophiliac. cause there are stories of people seeing him in hospital morgues, he ever joked about it. He did believe that nobody would ever believe the victims.
There's a video on youtube when he was presenting top of the pops and he was literally trying to feel up a woman on camera.
The hospital morgue thing is true, there were witnesses. He also locked himself in a room with his mother's corpse when she died, and didn't come out for days.
Hey Ashley,
His acts were 'known' about within the powers that be. I have a friend who's father was a police sergeant in Scarborough where Jimmy Saville had a holiday home and was warned by his father to stay away from Saville. This was the 70's!
I have another friend who helped run number 10 for a number of years when Margaret Thatcher was in power and saw Saville turn up many times to take tea with Thatcher. She was aware of rumours about Saville but apparently was more interested in the millions he raised for charity.
I remember seeing Saville sat at York railway station on his own in his trademark tracksuit and sheepskin coat. He was sat on his own. I thought about saying hi to him but thankfully didn't!
There was a big enquiry into Saville and everyone turning a blind eye as well as giving access to troubled/disabled kids. Classic case of his public power and fame covered all. :(
Oh yeah... BBC needs to be taking down as well.
Anyone who tries to take down the BBC will face the full force of the Establishment. Just look at what happened to Tommy Robinson
@Lydon j Wow, BBC is that powerful?
@@AshleysReview YES
@@AshleysReview Yes they are! They have the backing of all social media companies as well as all main stream media, Police and political parties.
@@AshleysReview Look into the grooming gangs in the UK and see what happens to anyone who dare speak of it.
He requested his grave to face the sea, as his place of internment is on the North Yorkshire coast he also request concrete was to be poured on top of his coffin to deter his grave being interfered with. If thats not someone wanting to make it hard to get a DNA sample post mortem i don't know what is.
Probably also to deter graverobbers. Benny Hill had been dug up by graverobbers looking for valuables a few years earlier, and we all know Jimmy loved his gold jewellery.
At least his gravestone got removed from his grave.
Familial DNA from a relative could still confirm stuff. It's been used decades after the criminal had died in the US , to solve cold cases.
30:41 That guy got it bang on! I grew up watching Jimmy Savile during the 80s/early 90s and even as a kid I thought there was something strange about him. He _was_ robotic, and he didn't ever show a warm heart, even when he was 'fixing it' for kids on his show - it was almost like he was dead inside, and you never really got the sense that he really cared.
He said all the right things, but he didn't say them right, if you see what I mean? The only time you saw any hint of emotion, it was of anger, when a journalist would ask him something he wasn't happy to answer; even that was under the surface, but you could tell it was bubbling underneath.
He'd also adopt an annoying habit of rarely giving an answer to a question, even to seemingly innocent questions, as if he'd decided to never really tell the truth about _anything._ I imagine that was him making sure he was _always_ with his guard up, in case something slipped out.
I asked my mum about him a couple of years back and she insisted that she always thought he was a creepy guy, though I can't remember her ever saying that. Looking back, it seems strange that he gained the popularity he did, but then that was probably, in no small part, due to the smokescreen of all his charity 'work' etc.
Terrifyingly, my local hospital, when I was a kid during that time, was Stoke Mandeville. 😬 Luckily I only ever visited twice and never had to stay overnight.
Hate him with a passion, grew up as a kid watching him on tv. I even wrote to him to come on his tv show I’m so glad he didn’t answer my letter
As my mum did with my sister, she then changed her mind at the last minute and never sent it
@@alexp3519 well done your mum 👍👍.. I think I was like 9/10 year old when sent it can’t really remember. We at the time were oblivious as a family to what he was
Very much so I'm so thankful she did
That disgusting man is the very reason i stopped watching the BBC because many complained about what they saw him do yet they all protected him. He kept in with the Royals too so he had protection. GRR! This has also been so downplayed with many victims not coming forward plus those that died too, it is so disgraceful and sick! Shame on those that never reported him and so sad for the victims.
Good Morning from the UK Ashley, this was very moving and I have to agree with you. If that first family had not accepted a cash bribe to stay quiet, then history may have turned out differently. Keep up the good work Ashley love your work, x
Yes but I think we have to bear in mind just how difficult pursuing the legal case would have been for the victims. I don’t think we can blame already traumatised individuals for not wanting their trauma dragged up and scrutinised publicly. Taking money may have been the only option with minimal further distress and still some sense of retribution
Check out Rolf Harris or Garry Glitter in the series Crimes that shook Britain.
And to think glitter has just been released from prison ..beggars belief it really does
Rolf Harris was a real shock 😲 as he wasn't creepy like Savile.
@@heathergibson2108 Glitter has not been released from prison at all, he will not be released until 2023 at the earliest.
@@georgebarnes8163 2023?! Should be locked up longer than that! xxx
@@carameechan205 2023 is the earliest he can get parole, if he serves the full sentence he will not be released until 2031. I think he needs to to be kept locked up right until 2031 myself.
I met him as a child. There was something about him that made me shy away from him, but could never put my finger on what. I was lucky too that my Dad was with me, but of course, once all this came out once Saville died, I realised what I must have sensed.
I remember as young kid watching Jim'll Fix It and I found the way he kept touching the kids really creepy even then. I had no idea what a pedophile was at that age, but my mum was a social worker who dealt with kids and had drummed it into me that such touching between adults and children was inappropriate, so I always wondered why nobody told him off or said anything.
The sister of one of my friends actually wrote into the program when she was 10. She didn't get a reply but when she was 15 the BBC contacted her and asked if she still wanted to be on the show. She said no because her interests had changed by that time. I suspect she had a lucky escape.
Really one of the most despicable people who have ever lived. A national discrace and disgusting at the way it was allowed to continue when people new what he was doing.
When Saville was buried, his family put are large ornate memorial on the burial plot. Many people when to it to pay their respects.
When the news came out about what he had done, the memorial was taken away by Saville's family and replaced by something more subdued.
When he was alive he was a much loved celebrity, so the news of his crimes devastated everyone. We all felt cheated. It's hard to put into words the hurt and anger felt by everyone against Saville, and the sorrow for his victims.
Horrid man, came to my place of work and kissed us women through the glass, thank goodness for the glass. He was bloody 'effing creepy! His visits were for charitable causes, he was a horrible person Ashley.
Justice can’t be brought to him but it should be brought to those who took part in these abuse cases and for those who helped cover it up within the hospitals, schools, government, police and the BBC!!!
I knew you’d find this a hard watch but it’s great your shining a light on the abuse of kids that not only happens in Britain but all over the world by the so called upper class and people with power
My nan used to say "I wouldn't leave my kids with that man" way before all this come out. He always gave me the creeps when I seen him on TV as a kid.
To be honest, it wasn’t just kids he was after (although that’s perhaps his worst and most common crime). My next door neighbour when I was a kid was a mental health nurse at Broadmoor hospital for the criminally insane at the time when the government shamelessly put him in charge for no apparent reason. She was in her 40s at the time and he groped her backside. When she reported it to her bosses she was silenced very quickly. There was a general feeling at the time of “If you make a formal complaint against some of Jimmy’s weird behaviour your career will come to an abrupt end”.
I know of a guy who lived in my area who was a mental health nurse at Broadmoor when Saville was in charge. It was when they still had female patients. He claims that he remembers Saville inviting Rolf Harris to visit during the scheduled bath time where they watched heavily medicated female patient/inmates bathe. Again, nobody could challenge him without fear of their career ending.
Edwina Curry was health minister at the time and signed the approval to the decision to put him in charge of the high security hospital, despite him having no experience or qualifications that would have made him suitable. I have to ask the question as to why he got the job. Who did he have a hold over who could swing the appointment for him? He had a hold over people in high places, of that I am sure. Did he know them to be fellow paedophiles? Did he have the power to destroy them? I don’t know.
When people tried to publicly expose him, such as John Lydon of the Sex Pistols and PIL, or comedians like Jerry Sadowitz, their were black-balled from appearing on the BBC or, in the case of Sadowitz, threatened with legal action. Again, Savile had people high-up protecting him.
As a kid I didn’t like him. We all thought he was weird. We all wrote in asking to be on the Jim’ll Fix It show. It wasn’t because we liked him but because there was a chance of being on telly and getting a wish fulfilled. Apart from his catch-phrases and general on-screen bonhomie he didn’t even seem to have any discernible talent, yet he was never off TV and fuelled his good image with his tireless charity work which, as Sadowitz claimed in the 1980s on in of his live albums, was to protect his image “in case his case came up.” Probably some truth in that.
It was a very hard thing to swallow given so many people looked up to the public persona of this guy during his lifetime. As Children, we were all encouraged to write to his show to try and get onto it & I did myself. In retrospect I can only say Thank God my letter was ignored!
I was a kid when Savile was on TV and he always gave me creepy vibes. But because of all of his charity work he was able to convince people that he was a really good guy who genuinely cared about people.
Even the premise of his most famous show 'Jim'll Fix It' was that Savile would make wishes come true for children and deserving people.
But it was all a big part of his cover of convincing people that he was just a harmless eccentric.
He was knighted not just by the Queen but also got a knighthood from the Catholic Church (I can see the jokes coming about that).
The sad thing is that people in power knew what he was doing and did nothing.
When it all came out it after Savile's death it was revealed that the BBC where he had worked for years knew everything that went on but covered it up.
The real tragedy is that the British establishment let his victims down in such a big way and that they never got justice.
Ashley, at 4:05 you talk about the victims... you are a very caring person to have thought of the victims so early on in the documentary. Thank you.
also you noticed how it was an independent commercial TV channel that did this documentary , ITV, BBC and channel 4 who was pushing the guys content for decades just crickets
the bbc did have a programme on it that they were going to broadcast (panorama) but he died a couple of days before it was supposed to air. they pulled it and replaced it with a tribute show and that episode of panorama was never aired. it's utterly vile.
The 'liking/not liking' kids thing was more like a double bluff. He had the public persona of liking them, then when the cameras turned off it was 'get these brats off me', but then when no one's around, clearly he liked them a little too much.
he was friends with Royalty.
Ashley The BBC knew all about him for many years.
In the mid 1970's I attended a boarding school. One of my friends Dad worked for the BBC at quite a senior level. Well on one occasion when I was staying with my friend during the summer holidays in 1974 Saville's name came up and my friends Mum told me in no uncertain terms what he was like.
Also another acquaintance who worked in the British Railways advertising department in the 1980's told me that when Saville was fronting the 'This Is The Age of The Train' advertising campaign British Railways were well aware of the situation. So much so that BR had a clause in the contract that they had with Saville which would allow them to drop him immediately like a proverbial "Hot Potato" and terminate the contract if the truth about him became public knowledge.
Also British Railways provided a number of "Minders" to "Supervise Saville" whilst he was working for BR!
It is just like the Jeffrey Epstein affair (This is remarkably similar to the Saville affair. Powerful friends like Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew etc etc)
Jimmy Saville had very powerful friends who protected him from any unwelcome attention from the authorities.
Unfortunately he is an on going National Disgrace.
Hi Ashley, thanks for your reaction. what a dreadful topic. it's absolutely heart braking. I see that some people (no criticism of them) are suggesting you react to the James Bulger Murder. Be warned, you will find it very hard to get this out of your mind once you have seen it. Why put this stuff into your mind and hurt your beautiful gentle heart. Once it;s there you can't erase it darlin. Don't dwell in this darkness, there is nothing you can do for those who have suffered. Instead focus on the positives like you do in so many of your reaction videos. Bless You.
I am glad you did this one as important that people see these things so they don’t happen again. As adults we need to be better in our communities and be aware of the fact there are evil people out there. A very sad story that shows how power, corruption and lies exist in society and money can crush almost everything. Take care and let’s all stay vigilant and stand up to protect the vulnerable
Here I am again! When my nearly 31 year old son wanted to act in advertisements etc at aged 10. I would not let him be chaperoned by any stranger, I was vilified for this however but my child was my child, who I love!
Thank goodness you didn’t. ❤️❤️
@@AshleysReview I would never entrusted him, physically, emotionally, soulfully into anybodies grubby hands. I knew nothing of peodofiles (think I've spelt it correctly). Grew up in an extremely Roman Catholic background (not that's any excuse).
Southern Irish Mum, Dad Mancunian, fought his way through a difficult life (poor, never knew where his home was) but said he would never go to bed hungry again.... and he kept his promise.... don't know where I am going with this Ashley, too deep!!!!
@@karonmorrison2531 That’s how every parent should act! Kudos to you!
Seeing how you came to this topic from football chants, I think it's safe to say that those chants were tame now you know the story!!
Very tame
Ashley, they settle because the pain of going through a trial was too much for them to face. Savile could afford the best lawyers and there was no guarantee of a conviction and then they still had to re endure the pain again in public. I can understand why they would take the payoff. The justice system doesn’t serve victims of sexual abuse 😔
Ashley doesn't realise this fiend was protected by the so called twisted establishment😢😢
Judges were involved too, this was huge.
Sorry one of my comments disappeared I think youtube didn’t like it lol x
I was saying he had so much power and influence even gangsters as friends that victims feared of reprisals if they’d spoke out too
What you don’t seem to comprehend is that children and teens lived a much more sheltered life things weren’t discussed. When I was about nine I had a stalker and it all came ahead when some famous people were visiting our village and the cars were backed up and a man tried to get me in his car and when I wouldn’t the car behind with a woman in it tried to get me in, luckily my sister pulled me out. I cannot say more because the famous people on horseback probably weren’t involved but you never know. Children had no rights at all back then, nobody would believe you. I had a teacher who I witnessed abusing on trips etc but it’s only been in recent years he has been punished. (1970s, early 80s)
Way back in the early 1960s, my grandmother worked at Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle, the company that gave Savile his break in TV. She wasn't surprised by this; his show was very popular but Savile gave all the staff the creeps even then, and the show was pulled without explanation one week and he never returned. You have to wonder if management got wind of his proclivities and quietly got rid of the problem before it caused embarrassment.
Seville had too many friends in high places, it made him untouchable while he was alive.
Your observations and comments are spot on. If only people had refused to be bought off all those years previous!
It happens all over society and is always covered up or goes unreported. I remember there was also football coaches that did it at major premier league clubs and a case in rotherham where it was immigrants from pakistan.
There had been rumours about him over many years but because of his celebrity and friendship with members of the British royal family it was kept quite
A very very sad story. can't watch beyond about 10 minutes. Breaks my heart
I understand ❤️❤️
@@AshleysReview thank you x
My brother's ex wife move to the outskirts of Leeds. She said every shop / store showed a picture of Jimmy Savile and everyone knew him when he died. After the truth came out about him, all the pictures of him disappeared and nobody had heard of him.
Please do more crimes that shook Britain x
You should also watch both Louis Theroux docs on him. First ones from his Louis meets series (made years before the news came out) and he talks to him and the others from a couple years ago recapping on it, parts talking about how he couldn’t see how clear it was
I'm pretty sure that, long before his death, the author Val Mcdermid based one the villains in her Wire in the Blood books on Saville
Great crime writer!
There is a lot more about this man I've heard and why he felt protected. It is out there if you look. Supply and demand comes to mind.
What else have you learned about this man?? Any docs that you would recommend watching?
@@daniellenothmann7534 Watch this man's interviews and find how smug he was and felt safe in his knowledge. I have no names to purjer myself with sorry. Just the man's own words and now the truth of him out.
The shit BBC new about it and covered it up.
My mum told me to never apply to go on his show "Jim'll fix it" because of rumours she'd heard at the time from someone who had come across him and obviously suspected him of being a paedophile.
It's one of the worst examples of a failure of justice in recent times. Thankfully however, as a direct result of this, the British police now take cases of historic abuse, as well as current abuse, much more seriously. I'm a law student here in the UK and that much at least makes me glad. There are still a lot more out there though that need to be put away. Love your videos by the way :-)
The sickest of the sick! Predator, abuser, who felt he was above the law. But you’re right, that 1st family taking the money over justice was simply disgusting! ‘Creepy’ does not adequately cover the crimes of this foul human being! 🤬
Should have watched "when louis met jimmy" instead. Mesmeric documentary is that.
I was very young like around 4 (I live in Leeds) and I remember loads of people upset and watching it on TV
Oh god not him 😬 can't wait to see your reaction
Jimmy Saville is a perfect example of how just because somebody seems nice doesn't mean they are.
I think the BBC should have the arse sued off them. It's been proven time and time again the executives knew about what was going on. They actually shipped girls in for him. It was The same for Gary Glitter.
I agree
Something that wasn't mentioned were the medallion and ring that Savil wore often. They contained glass eyes from people who had died at one of the hospitals he worked at. He would volunteer to take the bodies to the morgue and take them when no one was looking. A truly sick man.
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Hi Ashley, I posted in another video you made about how respectful you were compared to an other reactor who was basically offensive to her UK viewers. I loved your reaction to my comment I as result subbed to you and reached this video. sad to say Saville was considered a hero and legend in his day. I personally never liked him though i did watch the jim will fix it shows. what we thought then was great TV of letting kids follow a dream suddenly turned to same kids being abused in the dressing rooms. He was a vile person.
I always thought he was weird, there was something about him that gave me the creeps. My parents fostered for nearly 40 years and a lot of the children came from abuse, sexual and physical as well as mental. My adopted brother, who is also autistic, had been abused by his natural Father. When it came to court they went to pick his father up he had hung himself. The easy way out!
I worked at Stoke Mandeville Hospital briefly in 1985. It was well known that he was to be avoided.
The hospital was where the paraolympics where founded and Saville used that cache to hide his crimes.
If the victims had come forward before he died they just would not be believed and a lot were fearful of him and the dirty secrets they held and how would an already fragile and vulnerable person be able to stand the out poring of hate from those that didn't know what he was really like.
I'm a sexual abuse survivor. I was abused back in those times, in 1980 till 1984 and things where very different back then. Child sexual abuse was never heard of or discussed on tv or on the news. We only ever heard of stranger danger. In fact the first child help line was only set up a couple of years after my abuse came out.
I also had a lucky escape from Jimmy Savile. But that's another story.
Hey, you should check out the 2 Louis Theroux documentaries about Jimmy Saville. The first one is set whilst he's alive and the second deals with after the evidence comes out after his death and how Louis felt afterwards.
The BBC knew exactly what was going on and the police knew exactly what was going on and they did nothing about it. He abused hundreds and hundreds of victims for decades and it only came out about 8 years ago. A couple months after he died there was a one off tribute episode of Jim'll fix it broadcasted as a tribute to Jimmy savile. I watched it recently and it made me feel sick
A true hero of the BBC, check out Martin Bashir another quality human! Haha
Conspired against Princess Diana! Bastard!
Sensationalist shit !
I will omit all the expletives and other similar words, terms, etc, because I really like your channel; I love your reactions, and I don’t want your channel to be made “dirty” in that way. However, since you’ve seen this documentary, I’m sure you know well how much I would love to say what I really think; it goes without saying. This being said:
It is hard for someone who is not a UK-native to grasp just how deeply JS (I feel sick even typing his name now) was ingrained in the minds of Uk culture in general, and especially, in children’s culture. I remember from an early age, that he just “creeped me out”. I could never pinpoint what it was, other than a feeling that “something was not right”. Of course I was far too young to know anything about the subject involved, and what he really did.
For many years, he hosted a kid’s TV program called “Jim will fix it”, where kids could write in, and if say, they had health problems, or a troubled background, they could ask him to “fix it” for them to have a ‘wish come true’, like going to Disney, or meeting their favourite soccer team, say. I remember thinking, as I watched, “why is he so weird? Why is he sitting so near those kids, in that creepy way?” And stuff like that.
But because he had everyone from Princes Diana and Prince Charles, to Margaret Thatcher, Michael Jackson (?) and on and on, down as his “good friends”, and he combined this with being very smart (he was a high ranking member of MENSA; and raised millions upon millions for big charities; even Police Forces, so he essentially had them ‘in his pocket’), nobody could - or even wanted to - touch him, because the money was rolling in.
So as you now know, the bottom line is that he was never caught until after his death, which is a tragedy, truly. One of the sickest people where ever known about - worldwide - got away with it, his whole life. Un-be-liveable. It wasn’t shown in this film. But I saw another documentary, from soon after he died, exposing him. He presented some of the biggest ‘young people’s’ TV shows going, like ‘Top of The Pops’ (a long running show all about pop music, with live bands, the countdown of the ‘billboard charts’ equivalent in the UK). And there are multiple, crystal clear shots of him groping young, teenage girls….. in the open…. Live…. On national TV. He knew he would get away with it, so he didn’t give a …. . He was untouchable, until he died.
Just typing this has made me quite nauseous. But the world needs to know that, by horrific, I mean that he was, horrific. Ev3n now I fear that outside the UK he is seen as a gross, British perv from back in the day. No. He was much worse. He was one of the sickest people, with global reach, power, money and connections, that must serve as a reminder, never to underestimate, or forget, what has gone before, and what can happen, if things are left unchecked. I still pray for every one of his victims (even though I’m not religious, in the classical sense). And sorry for the rant. But seeing this documentary opened many gates and bought back many memories…….. 😔