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<\/p>\nBBC's The Reckoning re-enacts how disgraced DJ and TV star\u00a0Jimmy Savile met with Elvis Presley.<\/p>\n
Here we take a look in more detail at how Savile and Elvis Presley met and what was said about their meeting.<\/p>\n
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In new BBC drama The Reckoning, there are re-enactments of some of Savile's evil deeds shown in the show, as the producers work to expose how he was able to use celebrity connections to evade justice.<\/p>\n
The show follows the life and crimes of\u00a0radio and TV show host\u00a0Jimmy Savile,\u00a0who was exposed as a paedophile after his death.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
During the first episode, Steve Coogan, who plays the evil star, can be seen discussing a photo of Savile alongside the late singer.<\/p>\n
According to reports and as dramatised in the show, the disgraced DJ travelled to LA to meet with Elvis Presley in 1960 – and it was there he presented him with a Gold Disc for hit song It's Now Or Never.<\/p>\n According to reports, disgraced Savile recalled presenting the Gold Disc to Elvis while he was filming 'Wild In The Country' in Hollywood.<\/p>\n He was reported as having said: ''I actually didn't have an appointment or even an address when I arrived in LA with that framed disc under my arm.<\/p>\n ''I just had a scrap of paper with a phone number of the Elvis Presley office in Paramount Studios, so I dialled the number and someone answered. 'I've just popped over from England with this Gold record for Elvis.''<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In the BBC drama, Savile (played by Steve Coogan) refers to Elvis as a ''true gent'' before recalling how the late singer danced around the studio.<\/p>\n Speaking about the role, Coogan told the\u00a0BBC\u00a0: "I've played a number of real people and in some ways I didn't treat him any differently.<\/p>\n "I feel an overwhelming sense of revulsion about Jimmy Savile and the way he operated, but I put my personal revulsion to one side to play him convincingly because the risk with not doing that is him coming across as a sort of pantomime villain, which would lack credibility and therefore not do this justice.<\/p>\n "It had to be grounded and believable. In terms of performance, I like to take physical things – the way someone dresses, the way they talk, and the way they move – and assimilate all that to try and find who they are and use that as a way to get inside their skin."<\/p>\n The King of Rock and Roll passed away in August 1977, aged just 42.<\/p>\n Savile died aged 84 in 2011 and\u00a0was never prosecuted\u00a0for any of his crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RR-P1617_COMP-1.jpg\")
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