The inquiry into alleged child abuse by Jimmy Savile is now a formal criminal investigation, with more than 200 potential victims, Scotland Yard reveals.
As the BBC launch an inquiry into their cultural practices in previous decades Business Correspondent Sarah Smith has been looking at her own experience there in the 1990s in a new light.
The BBC reveals it has appointed former high court judge Dame Janet Smith and Nick Pollard, former head of Sky News, to lead two inquires into Jimmy Savile.
From mental health institutions to children’s home, and covering a period of nearly 50 years, the investigation into Sir Jimmy Savile grows more complicated by the day. So what is alleged?
Why did so many individuals and institutions ignore the warnings about Jimmy Savile? Was it the tyranny of celebrity? Or an outdated, male-dominated culture that was happy to turn a blind eye?
As the BBC and government struggle to contain the fury surrounding Jimmy Savile, the head of child protection agency Ceop tells Channel 4 News there could be a probe into the police’s response.
Scotland Yard is pursuing 340 lines of inquiry in the Jimmy Savile abuse case, including 40 potential victims.
BBC Director General George Entwistle announces two inquiries into the scandal surrounding allegations of abuse involving the late DJ Jimmy Savile.
A former Radio 1 researcher tells Channel 4 News that during a meeting, Jimmy Savile said he “had just had 14-year-old girls” in his trailer.
A former Broadmoor Hospital patient makes abuse claims against Jimmy Savile, and says that staff who knew about it should be held to account.
Police investigating allegations that the TV presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused young girls have begun inquiries into two hospitals following claims he molested a brain-damaged patient.
The headstone on Sir Jimmy Savile’s grave in Scarborough has been removed following a request from his family that it be taken away “out of respect for public opinion”.
Jon Snow
As rumours emerge about Jimmy Savile and the showbiz industry’s culture of sexism, Jon Snow recalls his own experience of the television industry in the 1970s – and how much has changed.
Police are looking at 120 lines of inquiry and as many as 25 victims in relation to the Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims, Scotland Yard has said.
There were already rumours about Sir Jimmy Savile when he became my first ever interviewee in 1988.