As it happens, Jimmy Savile, O.B.E: His autobiography

by Jimmy Savile

188 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile, OBE, KCSG was an English disc jockey, television presenter, media personality and fundraiser. He hosted the BBC television show Jim'll Fix It and was the first and last presenter of the long-running BBC music chart show Top of the Pops. He was also involved in charity fundraising work. Almost a year after his death, numerous allegations of child sexual abuse and rape were made against him. (Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Stuart Yellop · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had we never learned the truth, this book would have disappeared. It offers nothing in terms of style, but we don't care for turns of phrase. What we know compels us to look for clues. Even the title is suspect. As the author says, any worthy goal is an uphill struggle, so 'love', in the case of Jimmy Savile, becomes a monstrous euphemism.

Savile hid in plain sight. There are phrases in the book that make one's skin crawl. Here's a quote from a trip to the USA: '[...] gleaming bodies of beach girls made the head turn, and I felt it officially criminal that the age of consent [...] is eighteen [...] everything matures quicker in the sunshine.' Bear in mind that, when he wrote this, Savile was 48.

After his death, some wondered why he was never prosecuted. This book explains it. A teenage girl stayed once in Savile's house. He brought her to the police and a female officer tried to book him. Despite the threat, Savile was calm, because: 'The officeress [sic] was dissuaded [...] were I to go, I would probably take half the station with me.'

Corruption kept him in the clear, but some might say that Savile was slave. Not so. This book proves that he was the master of his appetites. He seemed to regard his impulses - and his offences - as a game. His final words are: '[...] I train my men well and [...] we have not been found out. Which, after all, is the eleventh commandment, is it not?'

Let this be the final word on Jimmy Savile. He was never convicted, but the weight of testimony, including this document, makes any doubt unreasonable: Savile was a paedophile. Really, though, we have no right to be surprised - he'd been telling us for years.

[Hobb Whittons · Rating 5 out of 5]

The one and only Jimmy Savile!

[Angela Doyle · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s well written but he is so full of himself it’s nauseating especially in view of revelations that surfaced after his death

[Matthew Eyre · Rating 1 out of 5]

I give it one because there was no zero available But, and it's a big but, I read this in the school library when it first came out He was seen as a role model, British Rail famously used him for an advertising campaign because they thought he reached every demographic And yet, read this carefully- if anyone was hiding in plain sight it was Saville

[E. Liako · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 I wish that hell is real only so he can rot in it this was disgusting.