Ep 76: Investigating Jimmy Savile with Meirion Jones, Part 2

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Laura continues her conversation with Meirion Jones, who along with Liz MacKean, investigated Jimmy Savile when they worked for the BBC. Together they lifted the lid on Savile’s prolific and serial sexual offending behaviour targeting the most vulnerable in society. Meirion takes us behind the scenes of his and Liz’s complex BBC Newsnight investigation, including how the BBC shut down the investigation and the subsequent cover up by the BBC, the health service, the West Yorkshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Laura and Meirion discuss the scale of Savile’s offending, the ecosystem that supported and enabled him and what the lessons are from this case. Trigger warning: This case is deeply disturbing, and this episode is a difficult listen but an important conversation. Listener discretion is advised. You can follow along on Laura’s Instagram @crimeanalyst TikTok @crimeanalystpod and Twitter @thecrimeanalyst. #VictimsMatter #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #TrueCrime #Podcast #Grooming #SexOffender #Behaviour #Pedophile #Investigation #BBC #Misogyny #JimmyllFixIt #JimmySavile #Netflix Clipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrc_uQnVRdUhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0BvDdrbIy5cgXgZ2SnSae5?si=7MEpS2eaSuGEilnsvA04TQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaGJCvq-Oec Articlehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/20/liz-mackean-obituary Thank you to my sponsor Storyworth: Give all the “fathers” in your life a meaningful gift you can both cherish for years to come - StoryWorth! Right now, for a limited time, you can save $10 on your first purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/crimeanalyst Leave a Review If you want to support my work and Crime Analyst and if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review here: https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	At the time the full extent of his crimes became clear in October 2012.
0:35.0	Jimmy Savile was still revered as a British institution.
0:39.0	His name was emblazoned throughout hospitals across the UK.
0:43.0	Streets were named after him. But during the weeks that followed,
0:47.0	over a year after his death in 2011, Savile was revealed as one of Britain's most prolific sexual abusers.
0:54.0	That is a complete flage of funcissism.
1:01.0	For those that don't know him,
1:05.0	it's hard to articulate exactly how famous Savile was in the UK.
1:09.0	His bleached hair, gold jewelry and outlandish clothes were cultivated to make him stick
1:15.0	in the collective memory of the British people.
1:17.0	When he rose to fame in the 1980s, most UK presenters spoke stiffly in perfect English.
1:24.0	And as an unrefined minor from a working-class area,
1:27.0	Savile felt like a fresh genuine voice.
1:30.0	He became as established as the likes of Oprah Winfrey or David Letterman,
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