BBC Denies Burying Jimmy Saville Sex Abuse

The BBC has strongly denied claims that Top Of The Pops presenter, the late Jimmy Savile, was involved in sexually activities with children in his dressing room on their premises. 

Accused of covering up claims that Savile sexually abused young girls on their property to maintain their own reputation, the incidents are reported to have happened in the 1970s when the presenter was recording ‘Clunk Click’.

It is claimed that a Newsnight investigation was buried held reports into Savile’s past including that of a pupil at Duncroft Approved School in Staines. The presenter was a regular visitor to the school, where it is claimed he molested a public in his dressing room when she was 14 or 15 years of age. Also within in the program are thought to be claims from other women who were abused by Savile.

The Daily Telegraph have also reported that the Newsnight documentary contains reports that two other celebrities, both of whom are still alive, we involved in similar acts. A BBC Source featured in The Daily Telegraph is quoted as saying "The extreme nature of the claims about Savile meant that the Newsnight report was going to seriously compromise the lavish BBC tributes scheduled to run later the same month.

Newsnight dropped the program last December following Savile’s death two months earlier and reports that it would clash with scheduled programming to commemorate Savile’s career. Now strongly denying any truth in the currently circulating rumours, the BBC have taken a very strong stance against the story.
Newsnight editor Pete Rippon said the program was dropped as it could not be “sustained”.

"It is absolutely untrue that the Newsnight investigation was dropped for anything other than editorial reasons," said Rippon.

"We have been very clear from the start that the piece was not broadcast because the story we were pursuing could not be substantiated. To say otherwise is false and very damaging to the BBC and individuals.

"To allege that we are withholding evidence from the police is also damaging and false. The notion that internal pressure was applied appears to be a malicious rumour."

A BBC spokesperson also said "Any suggestion that a story was dropped for anything other than editorial reasons is completely untrue.

"The BBC gathers information on hundreds of stories and not all make it to air. In this case the angle we were pursuing could not be substantiated."

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