The Reckoning is a forthcoming true crime television drama about the life of, and horrific offences committed by, the British DJ and television personality

Jimmy Savile Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Jim'll Fix It''. During his lifetime, he was well known ...

, with

Steve Coogan Stephen John Coogan (; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is most known for creating original characters such as Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which ...

portraying Savile.

Premise

The four-part series is a biographical account of the life of the infamous

. After he died, it came to light that he had been a prolific predator and sex offender. The series covers Savile's upbringing, career and

sexual offences Sex and the law deals with the regulation by law of human sexual activity. Sex laws vary from one place or jurisdiction to another, and have varied over time. Unlawful sexual acts are called sex crimes. Some laws regarding sexual activity are ...

Cast

Gemma Jones Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the ''Bridget Jones'' series (2001–2016), the ''Harry Potter'' series ( ...

as Agnes Kelly *

Robert Emms Robert Emms (born Robert James MacPherson; 20 May 1986) is an English film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series ''Atlantis'', and Leonid Toptunov in HBO's Miniseries ''Chernobyl'' ...

Ray Teret Raymond Teret (24 October 1941 – 5 May 2021) was an English radio disc jockey who started his career in the 1960s. In December 2014 he was convicted of rape and indecent assault, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...

'', stated that, as it was commissioned by the

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(the corporation that was accused of turning a blind eye to Savile's crimes), it felt "less an act of contrition than of exploitation." Similarly, Pragya Argawal, writing in ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'' stated: However, Ben Lawrence writing in ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was fo ...

'', said that the victims deserved "better than the kneejerk hysteria that has surfaced about ''The Reckoning''", and that "... the question is not whether we should make a drama like ''The Reckoning'', but how we do so." Steve Coogan himself announced that playing Savile was not a decision that "... (he) took lightly." "Neil McKay has written an intelligent script tackling sensitively an horrific story which - however harrowing - needs to be told." Work on the production started in early October 2021, and has been noted filming in the north west of England and in North Wales. In light of the controversy surrounding the series and the events regarding the

death of Queen Elizabeth II On 8 September 2022, at 15:10 BST, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and the longest-reigning British monarch, died of old age at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. The Queen's death wa ...

, the drama was first expected to be broadcast by the BBC in 2022, before being pushed back to 2024 and then later pushed forward to 2023. At the time, a source said, “The four-part drama is being edited in such a meticulous and careful way, so as not to create more pain and suffering for Savile’s victims.”

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reckoning (2022 Tv Series), The 2023 British television series debuts 2020s British crime drama television series BBC crime drama television shows 2020s British television miniseries English-language television shows Television shows set in England Jimmy Savile