Jim'll fiddle it

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Childline was set up in 1986.

It appears that not only were some institutions deliberately ignoring what was going on, they seemed to be encouraging Savile, or at least allowing him free unsupervised access to children.  If you had watched the documentary Pitternator you would already be aware of that.  It is absolutely shocking.

As I keep saying rumours are rumours.

As Ian Hislop said so brilliantly last week, knowledge means that you hear from the person it happened to or a witness and that’s what the ITV documentary showed me.

Up until then, I’ve heard rumours about the royal family, politicians, about TV presenters and my view about rumours is the vast majority of the rumours are untrue.



So I didn’t know anything.

Esther Rantzen - who is said to be currently absolutely furious

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jim...er-1384838

There is now speculation that a number of Savile's friends and associates will be arrested shortly.

A follow up documentary from ITV is expected to be screened in the next month or so.  200 victims so far have come forward, there is talk that the number may well exceed 1000, and as it's well known that the vast majority of people who experiance sexual abuse as a child never come forward, it is thought these numbers will simply represent the tip of the ice berg.

Savile has been branded one of the most prolific sex attackers of all time by the NSPCC

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jim...ry-1390992