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Mr Anon 12:04 Tue Oct 10
The Reckoning- BBC

All 4 parts available on Iplayer. A grim difficult watch, but have to say Coogan absolutely nailed it. Would absolutely be nailed on for a BAFTA it wasn't for the subject matter.

Lee Trundle 12:11 Tue Oct 10
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The BBC still milking Savile for money/views doesn't sit right with me.

Thankfully, I don't pay for the BBC licence anymore.

claypole 12:25 Tue Oct 10
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Ahaaa!!

twoleftfeet 12:31 Tue Oct 10
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Rolf Harris next 👍

El Scorchio 1:21 Tue Oct 10
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It looks really good. Coogan will of course nail it.

Agree re: the BBC making money off the back of it. They should pay anything they make to some sort of charitable fund seen as they at least part created this.

SecondOpinion 1:31 Tue Oct 10
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BBC didn't make this, they commisioned the series.
ITV Studios were the production company.

Lee Trundle 1:32 Tue Oct 10
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Who said the BBC made it?

SecondOpinion 1:33 Tue Oct 10
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Steve, the bloke in the pub last night

Lee Trundle 1:34 Tue Oct 10
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hahaha!

Fauxstralian 2:20 Tue Oct 10
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Watched it and will stick with it. Coogan is great as the creepy cunt
Hopefully there is an exploration of the BBC's culpability
And we get to see Saviles bosum pals ... Thatcher & Prince (as was) Charles

Manuel 6:14 Tue Oct 10
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Coogan is indeed a great actor, so despite this no doubt being a difficult watch, I will no doubt get onto it at some point.

twoleftfeet 7:08 Tue Oct 10
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Faux

Everyone was friends with him, from all sides of the political divides and all sorts of celebrities so to pick out just those 2 is a little disingenuous of you.

Fauxstralian 8:47 Tue Oct 10
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Everyone?
MOST people thought he was a creepy weirdo

The PM of the day had him to Chequers for Christmas ... Thatcher & Savile at dinner , now there is a prospect
That and the friendship with the now King was what made him bullet proof.

62Hammer 9:37 Tue Oct 10
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Started to watch, but he's such a vile character, there's so much to get angry about, I just didn't think I wanted to stick it out for four hours - especially as there was no justice at the end of it.
There were people who were fooled by him, and people who weren't and let him get away with it. Two different types.

Leonard Hatred 1:45 Wed Oct 11
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Just finished binge watching all four episodes this evening.

Coogan is absolutely brilliant.

arsene york-hunt 4:23 Wed Oct 11
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Next up?

Dramas about Gary Glitter, Michael Jackson, Rolf Harris and Pete Townsend

solidbond 6:58 Wed Oct 11
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Thatcher loved a paedo Savile wasn’t the only one in her circle of close friends

Leonard Hatred 10:04 Wed Oct 11
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Townshend is not a nonce

Mike Oxsaw 10:18 Wed Oct 11
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Looking back on the whole Savile thing, it seems that those far closer to the ends of the educational spectrum were far less able to accept that he was a nonce than those with a more balanced education.

He wanted to record an episode of Savile's Travels where I was doing my apprenticeship; the management announced it with aplomb and glee and were absolutely aghast with disbelief when every single worker there basically said "If he sets a foot in here, we're walking out." It was an open secret even back in 1973.

I believe they did eventually record the show at stupid o'clock with a scripted actor playing the part of a telephone engineer.

yngwies Cat 12:19 Wed Oct 11
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Townsend, was just 'doing research

Luke Alan Partridge trying to watch; 'Driving Miss Daisy' but hitting the Bangkok Lady Boys chanel instead.

yngwies Cat 12:20 Wed Oct 11
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