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The BBC’s controversial Jimmy Savile drama The Reckoning will be handed its long-awaited premiere in the autumn, while it has unveiled more cast and a first-look image.
Joining Coogan are BAFTA-winner Gemma Jones (Marvellous), Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley), Mark Lewis Jones (Outlander) and Mark Stanley (Happy Valley).
The BBC has also unveiled a first-look image (top), in which Coogan portraying the posthumously-outed serial sex offender can be seen smoking one of his famous cigars ponderously staring out the window.
Produced by ITV Studios, penned by Neil McKay and EP’d by Jeff Pope, the four-part series will trace Savile’s life through the decades. He was one of the BBC’s most popular presenters when alive but in death was outed as using his involvement in multiple organizations, such as the BBC, hospitals, prisons, and charities, to legitimise himself, forging friendships in showbusiness, politics, journalism, the Catholic Church and even the Royal family to cement his position as a serial abuser.
The series has been considered controversial and attracted some criticism for the way in which it could dredge up old memories for Savile’s hundreds of victims, coming at a time when the BBC has also greenlit a drama series on the tragic Grenfell fire. Speaking recently to press, BBC content boss Charlotte Moore said the broadcaster will not “censor” respected writers who want to make shows about these controversial subjects, while former BBC Drama Director Piers Wenger, who greenlit The Reckoning, previously claimed there is a “public interest” in making the show. Today, the BBC said The Reckoning will “use drama’s unique ability to place events in their emotional and historical context.”
The BBC today confirmed
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Actor and comedian Steve Coogan has been seen in the first official picture from a new TV drama, where he portrays the depraved TV presenter Jimmy Savile. The 57-year-old Alan Partridge star transforms into the BBC star in a new BBC One drama, The Reckoning.
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