This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop the BBC from making a dramatisation of Jimmy Saville
Jimmy Saville was a prolific pedophile & hurt hundreds of people - physically and emotionally. He should not be remembered for the benefit of the BBC's ratings. The victims should be allowed to move on without fear of reminders on TV, and the jokes and jibes that come with it.
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Neither the BBC or any other media platform should be allowed to resurrect the stories while the victims are still alive and still healing, for the benefit of tv ratings. Once he was recognised as a prolific pedophile, he should not have any further airtime. It was only the last 5-10 years that victims finally got their closure so this documentary will open up the wounds again that fo many of us have tried to forget.
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