Jimmy Savile
(1926-2011), Television and radio personalitySir James Wilson Vincent ('Jimmy') Savile
Sitter in 3 portraits
Savile hosted the hugely successful television programme Jim'll Fix It for twenty years from 1975. He also regularly presented the BBC TV music programme Top of the Pops and was a DJ on BBC Radio One from 1968. Since his death in 2011 his reputation has suffered significantly following a widespread investigation into his conduct.
Jimmy Savile on the set of 'Jim'll Fix It'
by Chris Steele-Perkins
bromide fibre print, 1975
NPG x128880
by Nicholas Posner
bromide fibre print, 26 June 1987
NPG x31018
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