Savile was exposed as a paedophile in 2012 and the following year a joint Scotland Yard and NSPCC report branded him one of the UK's most prolific known sexual predators. It's estimated he sexually assaulted hundreds of women and children in a campaign of abuse lasting more than 50 years.

When did Savile get exposed?

Exposure Update: The Jimmy Savile Investigation was shown on ITV on 21 November 2012. In March 2013, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary reported that 214 of the complaints that had been made against Savile after his death would have been criminal offences if they had been reported at the time.

How many victims did Jimmy Savile have?

It looked into decades of claims of sexual abuse against him and led to further allegations of abuse and a string of public inquiries. It is now believed he preyed on around 500 vulnerable victims as young as two years old.