Watching it, it feels like you are stepping out onto the fish-and-chips-scattered coast of Seventies Scarborough, where Savile had a home, or the gaudy set of Top of the Pops. And Coogan is pitch ...

In the BBC drama, Savile (played by Steve Coogan) refers to Elvis as a ''true gent'' before ... "I feel an overwhelming sense of revulsion about Jimmy Savile and the way he operated, but I put ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Brown vividly recalls her visceral reaction to Steve Coogan ... and in full costume, Coogan was unmistakably the image of Jimmy Savile, the BBC presenter who repeatedly abused ...

Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in 'The Reckoning'. CREDIT: BBC/ITV Studios/Matt Squire Steve Coogan’s portrayal of Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning has been praised as “absolutely convincing” by ...

Utterly convincing, almost terrifyingly real as Jimmy Savile (and as I'm typing just realised "vile" is in his name)'. A third said: 'Steve Coogan's portrayal of Savile in the BBC series The ...

Steve Coogan has reaffirmed that the BBC made the “correct choice” in producing a drama about disgraced presenter Jimmy Savile. “It is controversial and I understand that,” Coogan said.

Can a drama about Jimmy Savile be justified? (Picture: BBC/ITV Studios/Matt Squire) With Steve Coogan leading the cast of The Reckoning as the notorious DJ – who committed countless sexual ...

People have been left astonished by the chilling moment Steve Coogan met Jimmy Savile. In light of four-part series The Reckoning being released on BBC, historic clips of Savile’s interviews ...

He added: “I think it would have been wrong and untrue to not show it.” Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile in ‘The Reckoning’ (BBC) Coogan went on: “Personally, my involvement – because I’ ...

Steve Coogan can be seen sporting one of Jimmy Savile’s trademark tracksuits with a cigar in hand BBC/ITV Studios/Matt Squire Using drama’s unique ability to place events in their emotional ...

Steve Coogan has defended his controversial forthcoming series, in which he plays paedophile and disgraced TV personality Jimmy Savile. The four-part BBC drama, titled The Reckoning, will depict ...

Recommended Jimmy Savile victims to speak in new BBC Drama starring Steve Coogan Louis Theroux says TV bosses are too scared of offending people – his own back catalogue proves his point BBC ...