Henry Zebrowski

But as it went with almost everything in Jimmy Savile's life, his time as a Bevan boy is full of lies and half-truths.

Tellingly, Jimmy was always cagey when journalists would try to establish a timeline about his stint in the mines.

You wouldn't allow them.

Anything.

When asked to be specific about years, Savile would get defensive and menacing.

He would say, how the fuck would I know?

1642.

And it would always be, every time he was like, it was always, how the fuck would I know?

1642.

And it's so, the way he talked was like he was shooting bullets at you.

And it's scary to even fucking watch.

You understood it 20 years before Anton LaVey even thought about it.

Yeah, that's what you... Theologically.

When you were a kid, like, man, I really want to be a comedian when I grow up.

I can't wait to be proved wrong theologically.

Jimmy also claimed to have worked at three different coal mines in Yorkshire.

But a former Bevan boy and Bevan boy advocate named Warwick Taylor, who hated Jimmy Savile, he said that Savile's claim was preposterous because very few, if any, Bevan boys worked multiple mines during their service.

Saville service, if he did indeed finish it, likely ended after the standard 18 months.

But Saville greatly exaggerated his time and constantly changed how long he spent in the mines.

And I think to your point, Ed, I think he eventually did realize that giving an aggressive answer was better than lying, because sometimes he would say that he worked in the mines for four years.