[arista]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...tive-bbc-drama

Coming soon.


I think Steve can Pull it off.


[The Alan Partridge star said the decision to
portray Savile on screen was not
one he “took lightly” but the series
had “an intelligent script tackling sensitively
an horrific story which – however harrowing – needs
to be told”.]

[joeysteele]

Not sure how I feel about this.
Perhaps a bit too early to be doing this.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Not sure how I feel about this.
Perhaps a bit too early to be doing this.

No it needs to be told.



He went on Ch4's Celebrity Big Brother, as a day guest
they had trouble getting him to leave

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by arista

No it needs to be told.



He went on Ch4's Celebrity Big Brother, as a day guest
they had trouble getting him to leave

Had trouble getting him to leave???? Seriously How?.

I actually rewatched that CBB some time ago,and people think some of the housemates had a feeling he was a creep. Pete Burns said something along the lines of "he's got secrets he'll take to his grave" , which is so disturbing now .

[Niamh.]

That will be a difficult watch. I really Steve Coogan though

[bots]

im not a Coogan fan, so if it leaves me wanting to punch him, that's just fine

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

im not a Coogan fan, so if it leaves me wanting to punch him, that's just fine

aww what did he ever do to you?

[Cherie]

He was great in Stephen ..think he is perfect for the part

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Cherie

He was great in Stephen ..think he is perfect for the part

Oh he was Cherie ~ I was shocked by how utterly believeable he was and i think he has guts to take this role on ~ i feel an award coming.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by hijaxers

Oh he was Cherie ~ I was shocked by how utterly believeable he was and i think he has guts to take this role on ~ i feel an award coming.

I don’t think I’d be happy going up onstage to collect an award for being JS to be honest


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[Zizu]

I have zero interest in anything to do with that repulsively disgusting creature .

( SaVILE not Coogan )
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[user104658]

I don't think this needs a BBC drama in all honesty. A docu-drama is one thing (documentary with dramatised parts) but this doesn't feel necessary at all. Slightly gross, if anything.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I don't think this needs a BBC drama in all honesty. A docu-drama is one thing (documentary with dramatised parts) but this doesn't feel necessary at all. Slightly gross, if anything.

Well they can not show him Raping that little girl
Of course
(At the time, a BBC worker interrupted him and was told to get out the room)


But they can show him behind the scenes
how devious he really was

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

Well they can not show him Raping that little girl
Of course
(At the time, a BBC worker interrupted him and was told to get out the room)


But they can show him behind the scenes
how devious he really was

Why do we have to know about his deviant ways though ..

It’s bad enough that he did what he did and got away with it tbh


The negatives are that showing his strategies will only give other like minded perverts ideas , surely .

What are the positives ?

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[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Why do we have to know about his deviant ways though ..

It’s bad enough that he did what he did and got away with it tbh


The negatives are that showing his strategies will only give other like minded perverts ideas , surely .

What are the positives ?

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Maybe they will focus in the many times he could have been stopped

[Mystic Mock]

It's not my kinda thing tbh.

I'm sure that Steve Coogan will do a good performance though.

[arista]

[joeysteele]

I'd like to know how his victims feel about this.
Presumably and hopefully they'll have been properly consulted on this.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I'd like to know how his victims feel about this.
Presumably and hopefully they'll have been properly consulted on this.

not a chance in hell

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I'd like to know how his victims feel about this.
Presumably and hopefully they'll have been properly consulted on this.

That's if anyone bothered to have enough empathy to actually consult them . More often than not when producers want to make a drama about real life trauma they care very little about the families or victim's involved.

When that disrespectful movie about Sharon Tate's murder was made , the director/ people involved never gave a crap about how upsetting it was for the sister . it wasn't handled sensitively at all.


So I'm not sure this Savile drama is a good idea, but we'll see .

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

https://www.independent.ie/entertain...-40889964.html

Alan Partridge star Coogan said: “To play Jimmy Savile was not a decision I took lightly.

“Neil McKay has written an intelligent script tackling sensitively a horrific story which, however harrowing, needs to be told.”

The makers of the programme were “working closely with many people whose lives were impacted by Savile to ensure their stories are told with sensitivity and respect”, the BBC said in a statement.

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

That's if anyone bothered to have enough empathy to actually consult them . More often than not when producers want to make a drama about real life trauma they care very little about the families or victim's involved.

When that disrespectful movie about Sharon Tate's murder was made , the director/ people involved never gave a crap about how upsetting it was for the sister . it wasn't handled sensitively at all.


So I'm not sure this Savile drama is a good idea, but we'll see .

.

[Beso]

Disgraceful, but like Meghan and harry shows, I will be watching.

[Beso]

They should make it a saturday night game show..

Call it, good game, good game.

Let's bring jimmy back..its what britain deserves.

[Strictly Jake]

Yeah I don't agree with them making this. It's unnecessary and might cause a lot of upset for the families affected.

Plus I actually worry for coogan. You know how you get the mad heads who think that soaps are really and are horrible to actors that play a villain in a soap. He might be given a hard time afterwards

[arista]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Yeah I don't agree with them making this. It's unnecessary and might cause a lot of upset for the families affected.

Plus I actually worry for coogan. You know how you get the mad heads who think that soaps are really and are horrible to actors that play a villain in a soap. He might be given a hard time afterwards

I think it's brave of him.
And I think he can play him well.

Very Talented Performer.