Jimmy Savile’s survivors will meet Steve Coogan while he's dressed in character in the midst of filming the controversial BBC Drama The Reckoning.
, with the BBC coming under fire for dramatising the horror and being accused of ‘hypocrisy’.
‘It’s clearly going to be strange. But they wanted to do it, they’re fully prepared, so it will be interesting,’ he said. ‘The team are working closely with many people whose lives were impacted by Savile to ensure their stories are told with sensitivity and respect.’McKay previously invited the relatives of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady’s victims to witness Maxine Peake and Sean Harris playing the Moors Murderers in a two-part ITV drama in 2016.
‘It will examine the impact his appalling crimes had on his victims and the powerlessness many felt when they tried to raise the alarm.’
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