Tag Archives: Jimmy Savile

Line Of Duty

Posted on April 25, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

So 8pm on Sunday night and in an hour, I will be tuning into Line of Duty (season 6 episode 6). The writing, the acting and the drama itself are brilliant. And the fact that five of the six series … Continue reading →

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Cyril Smith MP : Nice One Cyril

Posted on March 8, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

One of the odd things about Blogging is the assumption that my readers are as much political anoraks as I am …or as old. Take Cyril Smith…Liberal MP for Rochdale in the north of England. Rochdale is a seat that … Continue reading →

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Fact And Fiction: Child Abuse

Posted on November 5, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Do you watch the BBC Series “New Tricks” which ended its run last week? One of those “Cold Case” type police procedurals where retired veteran detectives solve old cases. Oddly last week’s programme centred on a Scottish “childrens home” where … Continue reading →

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If You Can Remember The 1960s…..

Posted on October 29, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

As they say…….if you can remember the 1960s, you were not really there. It seems to me that my earliest memories of pop culture were around 1960 in Coalisland, County Tyrone. My older cousin/Godmother Bernadette, would listen to “Housewive’s Choice” … Continue reading →

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BBC At War…With BBC

Posted on October 23, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am not sure what the current chaos in the BBC proves. No news organisation likes being the story. Sky News looked at times………extremely uncomfortable …when reporting on the Phone Hacking Scandal. And the BBC has at times looked uncomfortable … Continue reading →

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Savile Row

Posted on October 11, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Has anyone else noticed that last week News Channels were routinely referring to “Sir Jimmy Savile” and this week they are merely referring to “Savile”? Indeed even the officer heading the police inquiry seems to have informally stripped Jimmy Savile of … Continue reading →

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(Jimmy) Savile Inquiry

Posted on October 2, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

There are many uncomfortable aspects to the allegations surrounding Jimmy Savile which have been emerging in the past 48 hours. The first is that Jimmy Savile is dead and neither he or his alleged victims will get any Justice. Jimmy … Continue reading →

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