Bafta nominee Steve Coogan has opened up on what it was like to play Jimmy Saville and the controversy ... of the serial sex offender in BBC’s The Reckoning. Speaking on the red carpet at ...

A new TV drama sees Steve Coogan play Jimmy Savile, one of the UK's most notorious paedophiles. Millions knew Jimmy Savile as an eccentric TV star but the dark truth was he was a prolific abuser.

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Grim-faced Steve Coogan dons blond wig to play paedo Jimmy Savile in TV drama ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF.

Steve Coogan takes on the role of former ... Recent roles include portraying Jimmy Savile in the BBC One series The Reckoning, Paddy Meyers in Joker: Folie à Deux, and The Lost King.