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Louis Theroux’s new Jimmy Savile documentary is a horrible misstep

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Boyle K (2016) Louis Theroux’s new Jimmy Savile documentary is a horrible misstep. The Conversation. 03.10.2016. https://theconversation.com/louis-therouxs-new-jimmy-savile-documentary-is-a-horrible-misstep-66421

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First paragraph: The original BBC documentary by Louis Theroux in 2000 about Jimmy Savile, the former British TV star thought to have sexually abused at least 500 women and children, was uncomfortable viewing even before his crimes were common knowledge. Watching with the benefit of hindsight, one moment that really sticks out in When Louis Met Jimmy is when Theroux finds a notepad with his ex-directory phone number on it. “There’s nothing I cannot get,” Savile tells him. Access this article on The Conversation website: https://theconversation.com/louis-therouxs-new-jimmy-savile-documentary-is-a-horrible-misstep-66421

StatusPublished
Publication date online03/10/2016
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24585
PublisherThe Conversation Trust
Publisher URLhttps://theconversation.com/…le-misstep-66421
Place of publicationLondon
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