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Jimmy Savile makes chilling claims as he’s unaware he’s being recorded in resurfaced clip

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Updated 12:51 11 Oct 2023 GMT+1Published 12:44 11 Oct 2023 GMT+1

Jimmy Savile makes chilling claims as he’s unaware he’s being recorded in resurfaced clip

Jimmy Savile opened up about his dark past during his documentary with Louis Theroux

Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers

Jimmy Savile was once caught making a chilling admission while shooting a documentary.

Unaware that he was being filmed, the paedophile opened up about his close relationship with police and his dark past:

Back in 2000, Louis Theroux travelled to Leeds to spend time with the then British icon for his doc When Louis Met... Jimmy.

While their relationship didn't get off to the best of starts, the journalist was able to get close to Savile, even directly asking him about rumours he was a paedophile.

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But one of the most telling moments in the entire documentary came when Theroux wasn't even in the room.

Savile had just taken the presenter and cameraman for dinner at his favourite local restaurant, The Flying Pizza, and returned home to watch some telly.

Jimmy Savile opened up about his dark past when he was secretly recorded.
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Tired after the day's proceedings, Theroux calls it a night, and heads to bed, while his camera operator stays up, and continues to film.

Seemingly unaware that he is being recorded, Savile becomes very candid, speaking about his time in the dance halls and clubs of Manchester and Leeds.

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And it takes a very dark turn when he opens up about how he used to deal with troublemakers.

"In the dance halls, I invented zero tolerance, wouldn't stand for any nonsense whatsoever, ever, ever, ever, ever," he claims.

"I was always in trouble with the law for being heavy handed, always, but I couldn't care less about that.

"I never threw anyone out, I tied them up, and put them down in the bloody boiler house until I was ready for them, nearly two o'clock in the f**king morning and they were, 'Please', to get out.

Savile said lads would beg to be let go.
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"Oh aye, b*****ks to them. We'd tie them up and when we'd come back I was the judge, jury, and executioner."

He went on: "You know, if a cooper came and said, 'You were a bit heavy with that kid or those two guys', I'd say, 'Your daughter comes in here, she's 16, she's not supposed to come into town but she does, presumably, you'd like me to look after her, if you don't want me to look after her, tell me and I'll let them dirty s**gs do what they want to her'. 'Alright, Jim, alright'.

"Alright then, don't give me a f**king hard time then. I never got nicked (laughs) and I've never altered."

The eerie admission has resurfaced following the release of BBC's news four-part drama The Reckoning, which sees Steve Coogan play Savile.

The first episode opens with Savile working as a DJ in a dance hall in Manchester, and having to deal with a lad who's tried to get in for free.

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Despite the kid's complaint to the police that he's been beaten by Savile's heavies, the copper doesn't believe him.

You can catch The Reckoning on iPlayer now.

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: UK News, TV and Film, Louis Theroux, Jimmy Savile, True Crime, Documentaries

Dominic Smithers
Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers is LADbible's Editorial Lead. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a degree in French and History, he went on to write for the Manchester Evening News, the Accrington Observer and the Macclesfield Express. So as you can imagine, he’s spent many a night wondering just how useful that second language has been. But c'est la vie.

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