[TV] Coogan as Saville on BBC One

[Lenny Rider]

BAFTA?

Regardless of the subject matter his performance has been superb.

Clearly a little bit more to him than Alan Partridge.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Sorry, but to me Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile just sounds exactly like Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson in 24hr Hour Party People

 

[medwayseagull reborn]

Sorry, but to me Steve Coogan as Jimmy Savile just sounds exactly like Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson in 24hr Hour Party People

I assume you have watched him as Savile before reaching that conclusion.

 

[Hotchilidog]

An incredibly disturbing performance.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I assume you have watched him as Savile before reaching that conclusion.

Watched episode one. Too damned creepy to watch anymore of the same beyond that. And like I said, his voice portrayal is identical in both

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Not watching it, I am not a rubber neck fool, we know what he did, people are still committing similar offences, nothing can be learnt from this show.

 

[Badger Boy]

Not watching it, I am not a rubber neck fool, we know what he did, people are still committing similar offences, nothing can be learnt from this show.

Not with that attitude, no.

 

[HangletonGull]

Think he was amazing in it but don’t think he will get a bafta for it as the subject

 

[HeaviestTed]

Isn’t something I’d like to watch tbh

 

[SAC]

Very sensitively done and well-acted by Coogan. Uncomfortable to watch, but then it should be.

 

[Nicks]

Think he was amazing in it but don’t think he will get a bafta for it as the subject

He deserves some sort of badge surely

 

[Change at Barnham]

His last name must be one of the most regularly misspelt names ever.

 

[AlbionBro]

The BBC has wasted license payers money on Jimmy Savile publicity, i fear they will never learn. Why any of you chaps would watch this is beyond me.

 

[faoileán]

Watched episode one. Too damned creepy to watch anymore of the same beyond that. And like I said, his voice portrayal is identical in both

Errr... no it isn't, he's doing a Lancashire/Salford accent for Tony Wilson and a Yorkshire/Leeds accent for Saville. Not all northerners sound the same. His portrayal of Saville is incredibly well observed both in terms of vocal tics and mannerisms. With Wilson he was only really going for a light hearted representation.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Tried to watch it but it was confusing.
Started in the present, kept flashing back to the past, then back to the present and back to the past again.
It was all a bit now then, now then

 

[faoileán]

Not watching it, I am not a rubber neck fool, we know what he did, people are still committing similar offences, nothing can be learnt from this show.

What a daft statement; how would you know that nothing can be learnt from it? Having actually watched it I was thinking exactly the opposite; there is so much to learn from it in terms of allowing the cult of celebrity blind people into trusting them. The late 60s and the 70s were the early days of that culture and people like Saville got away with it...

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Haven't watched it yet and wasn't planning too but it sounds like his performance might be worth it alone.

 

[faoileán]

The BBC has wasted license payers money on Jimmy Savile publicity, i fear they will never learn. Why any of you chaps would watch this is beyond me.

How extraordinary that you think "publicity" is a motivation for someone who is dead...

 

[Deadly Danson]

The BBC has wasted license payers money on Jimmy Savile publicity, i fear they will never learn. Why any of you chaps would watch this is beyond me.

What an odd comment. Are you one of those people who claim that BBC waste tax payers money making stuff you don't like or understand?

 

[METALMICKY]

Brilliant performance by Coogan and chilling. As ever your overriding thought is how on earth he got away with it for so long?