Henry Zebrowski

Salvo was such a character that he earned a nickname, The Duke, which seems to be where he got his nickname for his mother, The Duchess.

That tells you, that's a... You want to do a little bit more detective work?

Just the voice.

Yeah, the voice.

He was funny.

You see?

And Jimmy Savile was not funny ever.

No.

Well, eventually, Jimmy Savile became a favorite of the Daily Express journalists who covered these races.

And when Savile got to chatting with him one day after he dropped out of a race, they loved his banter so much that they offered him a job as a live race commentator, the color guy.

As it turned out, Savile was a natural broadcaster, and his clipped, gruff Yorkshire accent stood out against the posh voices normally heard on British broadcasts.

Savile soon earned his first connections to the BBC through this gig.

BBC, of course, was and still is the ultimate seat of media power in Great Britain.

You get into the BBC, you can do anything you want.

No, he was on Top of the Pops.

Okay.

When he got the job.

Yeah, yeah.

He was Top of the Pops.

He was a DJ on Radio Luxembourg.