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A new BBC2 sitcom has featured a Jimmy Savile impression - despite the prolific paedophile DJ 'hiding in plain sight' at the corporation for six decades.
The three-part series Mammoth, starring Mike Bubbins, tells the story of a PE teacher who is accidentally frozen in time in 1979 before being brought back to life in the present day.
In the first episode, the main character Toby Mammoth quips 'I have fixed it for you', in a chilling echo of the paedophile's children's show Jim'll Fix It.
The children's entertainer was revealed as one of Britain's most prolific sexual predators after his death aged 84 in 2011.
The Dame Janet Smith review later found that the BBC missed opportunities to stop his 'monstrous' abuse because of a 'culture of fear' at the corporation.
Mammoth, starring Mike Bubbins (right), features an uncomfortable Jimmy Savile impression
Jimmy Saville is believed to have preyed on roughly 500 victims, aged from five to 75 years old
The BBC are claimed to have forced out journalists who tried to uncover Savile's horrific abuse because bosses regarded them as 'traitors'.
Savile was able to commit crimes in settings such as his BBC dressing room, where he got away with abusing victims right under the noses of colleagues.
When the scandal unfolded in 2012 - after Savile's death - the BBC was slammed for allowing a culture of sexual abuse during the 'Savile years'.
A leaked draft of an internal BBC report from 2016 read: 'Given the hierarchical structure, the impracticability of complaining to anyone other than a line manager and the weakness of the personnel department, the only option for a victim of inappropriate behaviour during the Savile years was to put up with it or leave.'
It is now believed that Savile preyed on roughly 500 victims, aged from five to 75 years old.
The BBC has been contacted for comment.
How Savile abuse was hidden and divided the BBC
May 2010 - Former BBC director-general George Entwistle is sent an e-mail telling him about the 'real truth' about paedophile Jimmy Savile
October 2011 - Jimmy Savile dies and Entwistle is warned again that he had a 'darker side' - but Entwistle didn't read it
December 2011 - Newsnight shelves its investigation into Jimmy Savile
Christmas 2011 - The BBC runs several tributes to the late TV host
October 2, 2012 - ITV runs its investigation into the DJ's abuse claims - sparking a host of allegations against Savile and eventually leading to a police investigation
October 2, 2012 - Jeremy Paxman has furious stand-off with his Newsnight bosses because he disbelieves editor Peter Rippon's blog into why he dropped the Savile abuse investigation
November 10, 2012 - BBC director general George Entwhistle resigns
December 19, 2012 - Peter Rippon replaced as editor of Newsnight
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