{"id":2186,"date":"2012-10-30T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2012-10-28T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T22:28:45","slug":"former-bbc-director-generals-office-allegedly-warned-about-savile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2012\/10\/30\/former-bbc-director-generals-office-allegedly-warned-about-savile\/","title":{"rendered":"Former BBC Director General&#8217;s Office Allegedly Warned About Savile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3560,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.sky.com\\\/story\\\/1003750\\\/jimmy-savile-thompsons-office-was-warned&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20150907203922\\\/http:\\\/\\\/news.sky.com\\\/story\\\/1003750\\\/jimmy-savile-thompsons-office-was-warned&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 00:51:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 19:08:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 18:59:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-30 15:47:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 04:47:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 23:00:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 23:00:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Staff working for the\u00a0ex BBC Director General Mark Thompson\u00a0were allegedly warned about Jimmy Savile on two occasions by two separate sources, Sky News has reported. 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