# Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022)

> A two-part Netflix docuseries that examines the posthumous exposure of Jimmy Savile, the beloved British TV presenter whose hidden abuse came to light after his death.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/122257

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 2
- Episode runtime: 80 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Jimmy Savile, Terry Wogan, Mark Lawson, King Charles III of the United Kingdom, Gary Glitter, Andrew Neil, Roger Ordish, Meirion Jones
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18970454/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: sober, melancholic, alarming, unsettling, serious

## What critics say

Critics broadly agree the docuseries is a harrowing, carefully sourced account of how a beloved broadcaster's abuse went unchecked, though some viewers found its sensational framing uneasy.

## Synopsis

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022) is a British true crime documentary miniseries produced by 72 Films and released on Netflix. Across two roughly 80-minute episodes, the series follows the unraveling of the reputation of Jimmy Savile, one of the United Kingdom's most beloved television personalities, after his death in 2011 triggered an investigation into hundreds of allegations of sexual assault and abuse. Archive footage of Savile appears alongside interviews with journalists and investigators such as Meirion Jones, Mark Lawson and Andrew Neil, with the broadcaster Terry Wogan and King Charles III also appearing in archival material. The engine of the story is the slow accumulation of testimony, as the programme weighs how a national icon could hide in plain sight while institutions failed to act. The tone is sober, melancholic and alarming, with a deliberate focus on victims and on the trust a public places in its media and systems. This is a limited series rather than an ongoing run, a single-season docuseries that suits viewers drawn to investigative true crime and documentaries about British institutional failure. Fans of Making a Murderer, Leaving Neverland and The Thin Blue Line will find resonance in its forensic patience and its unflinching look at abuse hidden behind public fame.

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