Jimmy Savile docudrama tells a story that needs to be told | Television

While I agree with Lucy Mangan (The Reckoning review, 9 October) that Steve Coogan is chillingly brilliant as Jimmy Savile, I feel differently about the lack of justification for making the drama.

First, the involvement and support by those who survived Savile’s violent predation cannot be second guessed by others. The value for them in being involved may be all the justification needed.

Many young people, and indeed international audiences, won’t have known Savile. Any drama that depicts, so clearly, a predator able to groom a nation for decades, and one who was never challenged by those in authority who suspected him, is a hugely valuable warning from history, and a story that should always be told.
Helen Walker
London

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