Marcus Parks

He was so addicted to being recognized in public that they said he was, anytime he was outside of the UK, he was like a scared little boy.

He was afraid because nobody knew who he was and he needed people to know who he was.

Yeah, if he came to America, he's just a creepy fucking old man.

Yeah, that's what he was when he came to America.

They knew who he was at the Vatican.

Now, both the British audiences and the people at the BBC agreed that Jimmy Savile looked odd.

But when it came to his bosses at the Beeb, Savile was also, even though he looked incredibly strange, he was also the most professional of all the presenters.

He was the one that the producers didn't have to watch or tell what to do.

Where every other host had to be briefed by a producer before every taping, Savile could go on air without so much as a word.

And the man in charge atop of the pops at the BBC came to, as he put it, believe in Jimmy Savile.

Savile was trusted, and the freedom earned by his competence was twisted into something evil almost immediately.

I'm going to say this as an executive producer.

Yeah, he was.

Did he host it all the way to the show's end?

No, he was one of the fourth.

I can't remember what year he stopped hosting.

Like presenting on it.

I mean, because at one point he just looked too old.

Yeah, he was like frightening.

Yeah, he's like already, you know, he's already in his late 30s when the show starts.