Marcus Parks

She wanted to be Lola.

Yeah.

But it works the same way with Jimmy Savile, is that people wanted to believe that Jimmy Savile was a good man, that there was a man in Britain who was charitable, who really only cared about helping other people, and was not an absolute monster.

Now, even though accusations of sexual misconduct had followed Jimmy Savile wherever he went from the moment he entered the entertainment industry, Savile was unfortunately incredibly good at his job.

The British people found him entertaining, and he had an innate understanding of what teenagers like to see and what they like to hear.

And so a BBC producer contacted Jimmy Savile in late 1963 about being a presenter on the first episode of a music countdown show called Top of the Pops that was aimed directly at British teens.

really can't be overstated just how big of a cultural impact the top of the pops had on not just the uk but on the entire western world performances made by both british and american artists on top of the pops could be cultural watersheds and the show itself remained relevant for decades

well into the 1990s, and it started in 1964.

I mean, just a few examples of some of the great performances.

David Bowie brought glam rock to the masses when he performed Starman on top of the Pops in 1972.

When he draped his arm around Mick Ronson, it changed the way people thought about male relationships in the UK.

And he never did anything wrong.

Boy George.

He pushed the boundaries of gender when Culture Club made their debut on Top of the Pops 10 years after David Bowie.

Hell, even the Spice Girls.

who I will legitimately defend as an important pop group, they broke through on Top of the Pops.

But lurking in the background of hundreds of incredible performances that influenced generation after generation of British musicians was Jimmy Savile.

And Jimmy perverted one of mankind's greatest accomplishments, musical expression, to constantly feed his most carnal desires.

I just can't believe Carson Daly wasn't the rapist.

Wrong hair.