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BBC's controversial Jimmy Savile drama chronicling his life and predatory behaviour has been delayed amid public backlash over the project.
Filming on The Reckoning, which stars Steve Coogan as Savile, started in November 2021 and ended in January 2022.
The four-part series was expected to hit screens this year. But it can now be revealed that the Corporation has chosen to push the premiere back until 2024.
Sources say the BBC are in such a panic that they're going through the footage with a fine-tooth comb to ensure it's perfect.
'The sensitivities are such that the BBC know they absolutely have to get this 100 per cent right,' the source said.
'The four-part drama is being edited in such a meticulous and careful way, so as not to create further pain and suffering for the victims of Savile.'
BBC's controversial Jimmy Savile drama chronicling his life and predatory behaviour has been delayed amid public backlash over the project
Filming on The Reckoning, which stars Steve Coogan as Savile, started in November 2021 and ended in January 2022. Pictured: Savile in 1973
The paedophile's hunting grounds were often the sets of BBC productions, including Top Of The Pops, serving as the greatest stain on the network's history.
The Reckoning has been produced by leading dramatist Jeff Pope and is based on the book In Plain Sight by Dan Davies, who had the co-operation of some of Savile's victims.
Organisations for the survivors of sexual abuse blasted the BBC for making 'entertainment' out of Savile's crimes.
He died aged 84 in 2011.
Coogan, 55, who famously portrays fictional comedic character Alan Partridge, explained upon accepting the role the decision was not one 'I took lightly'.
'Neil McKay has written an intelligent script tackling sensitively a horrific story which, however harrowing, needs to be told.
