A NEW BBC drama explores the relationship between Jimmy Savile and his mother Agnes.
Here we take a look into the lives of Savile’s late mother Agnes and his father Vincent.
Who was Jimmy Savile’s mother Agnes?
Disgraced DJ and TV star Jimmy Savile was born on October 31, 1926, in Leeds, to parents Agnes and Vincent.
Savile was the youngest of Agnes’ seven children.
He had two older brothers, John and Vincent and four sisters – Marjory, Christina, Joan and Mary.
The Reckoning which aired in October 2023, and traces the life of evil Savile, see’s Bridget Jones’s Diary actress Gemma Jones portray Agnes in the first two episodes of the series.
In the show it is suggested that he called her The Duchess.
In one scene Agnes is portrayed telling a priest in confession: ”It’s my fault he is like he is. I worry that there’s some terrible darkness in him. A mother should love her child unconditionally — and I don’t.”
In an article for The Guardian, author Dan Davies, who wrote In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile, said: “Agnes Savile exerted an extraordinary hold over her seventh and youngest child… he described himself as ‘a not-again child’, because he was unplanned and, very possibly, unloved.
“His mother’s approval was of enormous significance to Savile, in life and, I believe, well beyond her death in 1972.”
Agnes Savile attended Buckingham Palace with her son to collect his OBE in 1971.
Not too long after this, Agnes died, aged 85.
Who was Jimmy Savile’s father Vincent?
Jimmy Savile’s father, Vincent Joseph Marie Savile, was a bookmaker’s clerk and insurance agent.
He married Agnes in 1911, and as mentioned above, the couple had seven children together.
Vincent died in 1953, aged 67.
What were Jimmy Savile’s crimes?
After Savile’s death, in October 2011 aged 84, sickening tales of abuse spanning decades began to emerge.
More than 1,000 people came forward claiming they were abused by the fiend.
Savile’s sick abuse was kept under wraps – allowing him to embark on a reign of terror spanning 50 years.
However, in 2012, the disgraced DJ was first exposed as a paedophile and Operation Yewtree was launched after a fresh flood of allegations were made.
It emerged that evil Savile sexually abused more than 400 people, most of them children but some as old as 75 and mostly female.
The fiend used his position at the BBC and his charity work to gain access to victims, including at Stoke Mandeville, Leeds General Infirmary and secure units Rampton and Broadmoor.
Following this, a joint Scotland Yard and NSPCC report branded him one of the UK’s most prolific known sexual predators.
Savile died before he could be ever brought to justice for the horrific crimes committed.
