Ep. 56 Exposing Savile - Part Two

Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones think they have everything they need to finally expose Jimmy Savile’s abhorrent crimes. But as their transmission date gets nearer, their BBC bosses start to pull back.This is the story of how the BBC came to drop the Newsnight investigation into Savile and the seismic consequences of that decision.This is the second part of a two-episode story.Read all about it:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/02/jimmy-savile-bbc-journalists-risked-jobs-reveal-truth https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-10-04/watch-the-itv-documentary-on-jimmy-savile/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victim-Zero-Jimmy-Savile-Tried/dp/1786060299https://www.channel4.com/news/by/jackie-long/blogs/my-friend-liz-mackean-a-forensic-journalist-who-had-time-for-people-who-others-ignoredhttps://www.channel4.com/news/hunted-russia-gay-dispatches-channel-4-video Special thanks to Liz MacKean's family for their support.This show is a co-production of Studio to be. Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Soobin KimTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we’ll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs. There’ll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more. So if you’re curious about the fun, complicated detective work that goes into doing great investigative journalism- then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.