Gary Pankhurst who investigated Jimmy Savile's crimes has called Steve Coogan drama 'exploitative'.
The actor will play the disgraced late TV presenter in a new drama.
Loose Women's Coleen Nolan was invited by sex predator Jimmy Savile to his hotel room when she was just 14-years-old.
The close friendship between Savile and the royals made many viewers uncomfortable.
The Netflix programme features various uncomfortable archive interviews.
The 'Alan Partridge' star said it is important to talk about the late TV presenter's sexual abuse scandal to stop similar things happening in the future.
'Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story' examines archive footage of the TV presenter in an attempt to understand he managed to live as a sexual predator in the spotlight for so long.
Tess Daly's husband was left red-faced after he accidentally mistook confusing Jimmy Somerville for Jimmy Savile live on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.
Over the years, Theroux has encountered many extreme groups and controversial figures.
Labour MPs have accused Boris Johnson of inciting the protesters amid a row over Jimmy Savile.
During a bruising session of Prime Minister's Questions, Johnson accused Starmer of failing to prosecute Savile while head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The GMB presenter tweeted 'Boris Johnson told a disgusting lie in Parliament... he has to resign'.
The prime minister made a discredited claim that Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile.
Writer Neil McKay has said the victims are 'fully prepared' to visit the set of the drama.
The presenter said many children heard the rumours in playgrounds in the 80s.
The star said Savile knew she was just 14 at the time.
The mini-series will chart the life of Jimmy Savile who was exposed as a serial sex abuser after his death.
The documentary maker revealed he didn't get much sympathy from his family after incident
The new sitcom's opening episode didn't go down well with everybody.
The filmmaker appeared at the Edinburgh International Television Festival to discuss his most popular BBC Two outing.
TV talent boss Simon Cowell is going to don his detective gear in a new hard-hitting crime investigation series on ITV. The four-part series will re-examine the mysterious case of Carol Packman, who disappeared from her home in 1985 and has never been found, though her husband Russell Causley was later given a life sentence for her murder.
Freddie Starr’s estranged wife has appeared to make fresh claims that he abused her. Sophie claims Starr, 72, below performing a cheeky sketch during his heyday, flew off the handle while being investigated in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Jimmy Savile boasted he had a vasectomy so his victims could not get pregnant, a BBC documentary will claim tonight. A former medical secretary says the DJ made the claim after he raped her when she was 24. The woman, identified only as Pauline, was attacked by Savile, below, in Leeds when she was 24.
Louis Theroux – the provocative journalist and sophisticated filmmaker – is returning to BBC2 with two new documentaries, expected to air later this year. The first documentary, Drinking to Oblivion, will focus on alcohol addiction. Keeping with a medical theme, the second documentary, Brain Injury, will look at the issues facing the one million Brits living with the long-term effects of brain injuries.
One of seven new alleged sex abuse victims of paedophile Rolf Harris is said to be a disabled victim. It’s alleged the jailed former TV presenter, below, also molested a girl aged 13 at BBC headquarters in London in 1983. The woman who made the claims is one of seven new alleged victims Harris faces court over.