Unseen Early 80's Footage of Jimmy Savile Being A Perv

This footage was recorded by the BBC VT department but never meant to be seen by the public. It was part of a annual "Christmas Tapes" that were recorded for fun by BBC VT department, for BBC staff.

It just shows the sort of behavior that was allowed to carry on at the time.

[stud]

She's not his type. She's not dead or under the age of ten.

[alantaylor]

I'm 46 and my earliest memories of JS was my Mum saying 'That guy's a pervert'.
Always listen to your Mums folks.

[elephantscantjump]

As a child i always sensed he was a creep, but never thought the same about Rolf Harris .

[EnglishMike]

Thing is, this was considered pretty normal behavior for men back when this was filmed. The walk-on music is called "The Stripper" (used as an accompaniment to a striptease) and the camera lingers on her backside, so it's the entire interaction was set up to be between a lecherous man and a hot young woman. Savile was just doing what the audience and crew was expecting him to do.

If this was all Savile did, he would have just been one of dozens of male entertainers who often behaved highly inappropriately around young women, in public. After all, you've seen this exact type of interaction played for laughs on The Benny Hill Show from that era dozens of times. Assuming this clip had aired after 9pm, nobody would have even phoned in to the BBC to complain.

What makes Savile stand out from the crowd back then was the fact that he did this, and much much worse, with young children.

FWIW: my sister said she always knew there was something creepy about Savile.

[davidnewbold]

that woman had nothing to fear she was too old for him

[sirierieott]

The BBC at it's finest - protecting the criminals while punishing the whistleblowers.

[Etcher]

My dad wouldn't let us watch Jim'll Fix It when we were kids (I was born in 77). He used to say "that weirdo should be in jail". We watched it anyway. Like so many, many things my dad said that I rolled my eyes at back in the day he was spot on.

[alexbowman]

A classic psychopath, detached from guilt and feigning human emotions. Allowed to carry on from powerful friends and inner knowledge to blackmail the establishment.

[turnerthemanc]

What did Jimmy Saville love about 29 year olds?
There are 20 of them.

[Fcutdlady]

Its easy to look back at this with modern eyes . I was abused in the late 70s and early 80s as a young child here in ireland . There was no support or help for any victim of abuse . If you came forward It just was pushed under the rug . People tried to report jimmy savile both in hospitals and to the BBC . Nothing was done . That wasn't unusual back then . I'm so so so glad things have changed

[FlashMeterRed]

That's the entire production staff being "a perv"

[Mick_Ts_Chick]

As an American, I've just found out in the past year or so about this horror story of a person. How appalling! It's bad enough he was a kiddie diddler, but that he also abused handicapped and incapacitated victims is beyond atrocious. And the BBC being in on the coverup is just like, WTF??? I read they banned the Sweet's song Turn it Down because it said "for God's sake" in the lyrics. Is it just me or are their priorities just a teensy bit out of whack? Makes you hope there's a special place in hell for him and his type!

[siranom]

how many people at the BBC knew about his antics and how highly were these people ranked

[elledurnan]

My mum always said “ there’s something dark about that man “

My mum was amazing.

[mistofoles]

He used to be DJ on TOP OF THE POPS too - I remember seeing an interview once when they asked him about his favourite bands...He said he preferred Cream over the Small Faces...

[Bongwater]

they had her walk out to stripper music, that pretty much set the tone...

[nickatic]

The reason I posted this video wasn't really to do with JS's behaviour in the clip but more to do with the fact that his employers, The BBC, seemed to support his perverted antics.

[janebrown]

He only got his job because BeeB decided to be patronising "we've got too many plummy accents - let's find a Northerner" for the masses. Bad caĺl.

[paulcosadinos]

Check out the Jonny rotten interview where he talks about savile.

[vickywilliams]

Even as a child, I found him creepy. And his behaviour was no secret. But money obviously spoke very loudly.