The Reckoning
Screenplay:
Neil McKayCinematography:
Ashley RoweComposer:
Niall ByrneCast:
Steve Coogan, Gemma Jones, Mark Stanley, Robert Emms, Michael Jibson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Siobhan Finneran, Mark Lewis Jones, Faye McKeever, Adrian Wheeler, Cameron Ashplant, Sandra James-Young (more)Plots(1)
Top of the Pops made Savile a household name. His growing influence within the BBC and at a range of institutions enabled him to act with apparent impunity. This episode explores the appalling impact of his crimes and the difficulties faced by those who tried to raise the alarm. (BBC iPlayer)
Cast
Steve Coogan
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Gemma Jones
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Last Tango in Halifax (2012) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Mark Stanley
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Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Broken (2017) (series)
Criminal: UK (2019) (series)
Robert Emms
UK
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Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Happy Valley (2014) (series)
Andor (2022) (series)
Michael Jibson
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Julian Rhind-Tutt
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
Siobhan Finneran
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Happy Valley (2014) (series)
Time (2021) (series)
Mark Lewis Jones
UK
Best series:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Faye McKeever
UK
Best series:
Time (2021) (series)
Unforgiven (2009) (series)
Shameless (2004) (series)
Cameron Ashplant
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Gentleman Jack (2019) (series)
Ridley Road (2021) (series)
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022) (series)
Sandra James-Young
Best series:
Top Boy (2011) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Criminal Justice (2008) (series)
Seeta Indrani
UK
Best series:
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
The Catherine Tate Show (2004) (series)
Catastrophe (2015) (series)
Fode Simbo
Best series:
Andor (2022) (series)
Little Women (2017) (series)
Hijack (2023) (series)
Amy Trigg
Best series:
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Feel Good (2020) (series)
Casualty (1986) (series)
Michael Nardone
UK
Best series:
The Fortress (2010) (series)
This Is England '90 (2015) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Peter Wight
UK
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The Crown (2016) (series)
Silk (2011) (series)
Life on Mars (2006) (series)
Henry Goodman
UK
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Genius (2017) (series)
Watership Down (2018) (series)
Capital City (1989) (series)
Pearce Quigley
UK
Best series:
Detectorists (2014) (series)
Queer as Folk (2000) (series)
The Gentlemen (2024) (series)
Jimmy Savile (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
Line of Duty (2012) (series) - a.f.