05-10-12, 03:16 PM
I think from the BBC's standpoint they wanted to protect an 'asset'. Damaging him would also be damaging to them, after all he was the Top of the Pop's frontman for years and must have represented a considerable investment. I'm going to say a very Un-PC thing here, but in good faith. Television is full gay people, and by the attitudes of the day homosexuals were often considered to be sexually deviant.
Given that, is it possible that even Saville's activity was known about and considered to be merely his own particular deviance?
Given that, is it possible that even Saville's activity was known about and considered to be merely his own particular deviance?