Few figures have caused such widespread revulsion in recent years like Jimmy Savile so you can understand why impressionist Alistair McGowan may have had misgivings over playing him in a new theatre role.
McGowan is set to portray the prolific paedophile in the play An Audience With Jimmy Savile, a production billed as ‘controversial’ and which charts the decades of abuse carried out by the former BBC star.
Speaking to BBC News, McGowan admitted that he didn’t reach the decision to take on the hard hitting role with much ease.
He told Andrew Marr that he didn’t just… Read the full story