Telly's most-hated star

How perverted presenter Jimmy Savile courted the establishment and got away with decades of abuse...

- CAREN CLARK, SEAN MARLAND

Savile: Portrait of a Predator Thursday, 9pm ITV

The evil crimes of Jimmy Savile shocked Britain when they were finally uncovered in 2012.

Powerful documentary Savile: Portrait of a Predator examines how the serial rapist escaped justice for more than five decades and features those who investigated Savile after his death 10 years ago, with journalist Meirion Jones explaining ho ow the star courted establishment figures such as Prince Charles to give him an air of respectability.