Disgraced radio and TV personality Jimmy Savile is about to have a Netflix documentary series released looking at his crimes.
The vile paedophile died in 2011 aged 84, but it wasn’t until after his death that the real nature of his monstrous deeds arrived in the public consciousness.
Once thought of as an advocate for children, Savile made a career out of being a reliable and trustworthy face - much of his efforts focused on fundraising and he regularly appeared on the likes of Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It.
Estimates reckon that Savile raised some £40 million during his life, much of which went into the Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he volunteered as a porter.
It would later transpire that Savile had used this position to sexually abuse more than 60 people in the facility's care, including severely unwell eight-year-olds.
The Netflix docuseries promises to lift the lid on how a public figure could maintain such a dark and twisted secret life.
On its official website, Netflix said: “TV star Jimmy Savile charmed a nation with his eccentricity and philanthropy. But sexual abuse allegations expose a shocking unseen side of his persona.”
When does Jimmy Savile: a British Horror Story start?
Jimmy Savile: British Horror Story is a two-part documentary starts streaming on Wednesday, April 6 2022, on Netflix.
The show is expected to include chilling archive footage and a gruesome insight into his crimes.
The show is expected to cover Savile as a national celebrity and his award of a knighthood in contrast to the crime he committed.
It will discuss the crimes he committed, highlighted in the joint Metropolitan Police and NSPCC report “Giving Victims a Voice”.
The documentary is due to be released before another Savile based show, a drama from the BBC called the Reckoning, which will star Steve Coogan as Savile.
What crimes did Jimmy Savile commit?
Of the 60 people he is known to have abused in Stoke Mandeville, 19 were patients, 13 were visitors of patients, 11 were visitors related to fundraising and two were volunteers.
11 of the victims were under the age of 16.
An ITV documentary looked into decades' worth of claims about Savile after his death.
The probe led to more people making allegations, with some 500 vulnerable people now thought to have been prayed on.
It is thought he may have preyed on a victim as young as two-years-old. The first record of his abuse is in 1955 during his time managing a dance hall.
As well as Stoke Mandeville, he also volunteered as a porter at Leeds General Infirmary.
It is thought he began abusing people with the help of his fame in 1965.
In 2009, he was interviewed under caution at Duncroft School, Surrey - the Crown Prosecution Service said there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute.
