This led to extensive media coverage and a substantial and rapidly growing body of witness statements and sexual abuse claims, including accusations against public bodies for covering up or failure of duty. In October 2012, almost a year after his death, an ITV documentary examined claims of sexual abuse by Savile. He was praised in obituaries for his personal qualities and his work raising an estimated £40 million for charities.

In 2006, he introduced the last edition of Top of the Pops. He was awarded the OBE in 1971 and was knighted in 1990. In 2009, he was described by The Guardian as a 'prodigious philanthropist' and was honoured for his charity work. During his lifetime, he was known for fund-raising and supporting charities and hospitals, in particular Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. From 1975 until 1994, he presented Jim'll Fix It, an early Saturday evening television programme which arranged for the wishes of viewers, mainly children, to come true. At the BBC, he presented the first edition of Top of the Pops in 1964 and broadcast on Radio 1 from 1968. A significant part of his career and public life involved working with children and young people, including visiting schools and hospital wards. His media career started as a disc jockey at Radio Luxembourg in 1958 and on Tyne Tees Television in 1960, and he developed a reputation for eccentricity and flamboyance. In his 20s, he was a professional wrestler. He began a career playing records in, and later managing, dance halls. Savile took legal action against some accusers.Īs a teenager during the Second World War, Savile worked in coal mines as a Bevin Boy and reportedly sustained spinal injuries. There had been allegations during his lifetime, but they were dismissed and accusers ignored or disbelieved. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender and possibly one of Britain's most prolific.

During his lifetime, he was well known in the United Kingdom for his eccentric image and his charitable work. Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG ( / ˈ s æ v ɪ l/ 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ and television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It.

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