Savile Doc With USD 260,000 Budget Wins TV Award

One of England’s Independent Television (ITV) Documentaries about Jimmy Savile in their Exposure series – The Other Side of Jimmy Savile – has won a RTS TV Journalism award. Its producer also revealed that the programme only cost GBP 170,000 (USD 260,000) despite taking 10 months and going through clearance by lawyers.

The Guardian has the story here with interesting background comparing the BBC’s failure to go with the story in the same way. 2.5 million viewers including timeshifting online and an hour later for a programme shown at 11.15pm was definitely the initial vindication for ITV sticking with the story in the public interest.

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Figures: xe.com