He is one of Britain’s most popular comedians to grace the silver screen, producing and starring in several hit sitcoms including Phoenix Nights and Car Share.
Throughout his decorated career, Peter Kay has worked with some of the biggest names in showbiz. In his autobiography Big Adventures on the Small Screen, the dad-of-three has lifted the lid on some of the biggest gigs he has worked on over the years.
But it wasn’t always as glamorous and exciting as it seemed, as the beloved stand-up star revealed one of his most chilling encounters with disgraced comic Jimmy Savile. In his book, Peter recalled working with the “dirty old perv” on his BBC series, The Sunday Show.
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He invited the former children’s presenter onto his last episode of Peter Kay’s World of Entertainment segment. He claims the star agreed to appear on the show if he was handed over £500 in cash and gifted a box of cigars plus an additional £1,000.
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Looking back on their time together on the show, he described Savile as a “very eccentric” man who “talked utter nonsense [and] sprouted crap jokes” and made weird noises. At this point, details had not yet emerged of the horrific child abuse he committed throughout his career.
The late broadcaster managed to successfully conceal his crimes throughout his lifetime. The truth of his abuse only came to light following his death in October 2011.
In his tell-all book, the comic confessed that he only had “a hint of Jimmy being immoral in any way” which was when the star was introduced to the show’s executive producer Bridget Boseley. He wrote: “I remember she offered him her hand, which Jimmy took, then he flipped it round to kiss the back of it.
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“But before his lips touched her skin, I saw a quick flick of his tongue licking the back of her hand.” After the uncomfortable event, Ms Boseley told Kay how creeped out she felt.
He replied: “I know, I saw him, the dirty old perv.” In his final years, there was growing suspicion about his illegal exploits, but the true extent of his abuse didn’t come to light until his death.
Five years after Savile’s passing, it was revealed that he molested at least 72 children – some as young as eight – over the course of 40 years. Kay worked with Savile once again when he made a cameo appearance in his music video (Is This The Way To) Amarillo back in 2005 to raise money for charity.
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Peter Kay told audience members during a stand-up gig in 2022: “Very popular at kids parties. Number one for seven weeks, biggest selling song of that year and now thanks to Jimmy Savile, it’s on YouTube with a paedophile warning.
“Thanks foe that Jimmy… dirty s***house.” He also revealed how he was asked to use Children in Need Pudsey Bear stickers to cover up Savile’s face in pictures on the wall at BBC Media City in Salford.
He went on: “I’ll never forget Peter Salmon (BBC executive), he said… ‘Could you find Savile and cover him up?’ So there we were, up step ladders trying to find every image of Jimmy Savile so we could cover him up (ironically just what the BBC had reportedly been doing for years).
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“It was like some depraved Where’s Wally, or Where’s Jimmy.” In 2018, Kay slammed the prolific paedophile at a stand-up show at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
During his set, he brought up Savile’s children’s TV show Jim’ll Fix It and repeated his once popular catchphrase “now then, now then” before adding: “I’d like to say we forgive you, but we don’t.”
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