HIGNFY S17E07 - Jimmy Savile & Diane Abbott 

"Most feared man in all Girl Shools across the UK " ...Abbots face when Saville dropped that one ! 😱

The grief and battering Angus deaton got and look what jimmy was doing

20:27 The moment I got creeped out.

Dianne Abbot is reckoned to be something of an eejit but look at her expression, she sussed him out.

In spite of the fact that Savile was then and always had been a creep, how fantastic HIGNFY was with Angus in charge. Paul & Ian were both funny then too

Pay attention to Ian Hislop's expressions, he knew and is uncomfortable, avoid eye contact.

18:38 This moment interests me, a lot. Angus is heading somewhere, it's a loaded question. But Savile interrupts the train of thought with an unorthodox technique of refusing, accepting, building and blocking. It's something which actors learn for improv skills, I trained in it and recognised it instantly. You basically have four options in response to cues; accept and block, accept and build, refuse and block, refuse and build. But Savile somehow managed to combine all of those conflicting elements into one response. He accepted the cue on the subject of Margaret Thatcher, but refused the conversation by focussing on an irrelevant anecdote which shifted attention. He blocked the line of questioning, yet built upon the subject to his own purpose. The ultimate outcome was refusing and blocking, but he did it by combining elements which should not naturally meet. The speed in which he was able to recognise and deal with that situation is not as simple as it may seem. He was smarter than people took him, and it fascinates me that he was able to steer that conversation and avoid any one of those sharp minds present picking up the baton and running with the Margaret Thatcher line of conversation. Don't get me wrong, I don't admire the scumbag for being able to do that. But I note his intelligence, and it's a very telling moment where he demonstrates how he got away with his sick crimes when most others would have been busted decades before. He had very sharp linguistic skills, he talked his way out of situations. Look closely at his eyes, just before he responds to Angus's question. He saw where that was heading, and got in there instantly to divert it.

I swore when Savile said about the girls schools.

The Savile jokes were pretty dark and twisted and revealing but I think the audience loved it partly because the show was full of smutty and sleazy jokes and inuendo, if he'd blurted that out on Blue Peter it would have seemed totally wrong or worrying but he could slip it in on a show like this and it just sounded like he was just being outrageous and daft when he was actually deadly serious.

At 9.38, Deayton says "you used to be a wrestler didn't you?" To which Saville replies "still am, I'm feared in every girls school in this country"....

Angus Deayton was a hero back when he hosted HIGNFY lol the amount of ribbing he took from Ian and Paul, such a great show ❤ Ian and Paul

Ah yes, this infamous episode. Savile is a reoccuring menace if you like watching old BBC stuff

Bring back Angus, I miss him!

Think about the question they are asking Jimmy? 20.27 What do you do in the caravan? They already know the answers and are baiting him to see how he will answer on air. Who else would get asked what they do in their caravan?

hiding in plain sight with his “risqué” jokes

So as a wrestler Jimmy was kicked in the bollocks,clearly not hard enough! It’s a shame Angus can’t return as a presenter even as a guest.

I hope the following brings some cheer? I am seventy year old survivor with diagnosed C-PTSD who lives in Leeds, in 1986 I met Jimmy when he was jogging at 6am in Roundhay Park and aproached him with outstreched hand and smile he reciptocated and quick as a flash I gave him a "Glasgow Kiss" and knocked him spark out then dissappeared into the ealy morning mist....now I've never been a violent man but the satisfaction was immense. I cannot go into the reasons for my action here (but I had good reason) .....Love Life & Unity

Iain didn’t look happy with his team mate.

At 9.50 is Paul giving the finger to Saville?

i'm feared in every girls school in this country!!! unbelievable he said that!

Margaret Thatcher knighted Jimmy Saville.

Look at Diane abotts face when Jimmy is introduced

Coogan is great in this.

Savile was a big mate of King Charles 111.This has never been explained,nor how Savile was allowed the run of Buckingham Palace.

'im feared in every girls school in the country'

20:30 "what do you do in the caravan, anyone i can get my hands on " .... the powers the be knew , but no one did anything :(

Feared in every girls school !!!!!

Well this aged well....

Jimmy Savile! You don't see much of him on TV these days.

We saw Savile on a float during a summer holiday in Scarborough when I was a kid (around 45 years ago). He turned around dropped his pants and showed his arse to all the onlookers.

Ows about that then 😱 I'm surprised youtube haven't taken this off

savile being disgusting has some stiff competition here with deayton and abbott!!!

interesting comment from Deayton re cocaine

They all knew he was a monster 😂

Deayton talking about Dallaglio’s cocaine use. What a hypocrite

Wow - they certainly went for the very dodgy guests on this one.

HaIGNFY never been as good since Angus left

Abbott and Hislop look consistently disgusted

Paul and Ian both looked disinterested as their quiz partners are named.

"Nobody knew" bull shit! they all knew, but chose to look the other way

Savile really is a total dinosaur here.He is now not needed by the BBC at that time.

Auto tracking - classic I remember that

you missed the last few minutes where Saville admitted to everything he had done - bbc sill denied the rumors

the fact he just lit up a cigar, show's how arrogant the man was, that's gotta be annoying in the studio. he was clearly on separate rules from the BBC

Note to self - the BEEB put an ash tray out for Jimmy.

People say Saville hiding in plain sight..don't think he even bothered hiding everyone must of known 😢

Oh My Effing.. God… ☹️

Hislop knew, all the time he was sat next to him he knew the rumours and accusations, the media was well aware and Private Eye gleaned from all other media sources

Had to stop watching this. The very presence of that monstrous pervert makes me feel Sick.

I heard he cheated at the marathons, you can't trust anyone nowadays.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

What about his mating call uhuhuhuhuhuh ?

Is the clip available when the Prince Edward Cresta run joke was used.

I wonder how many of the participants on the show knew of the rumors about Savile at this point . Did Hislop have any idea about the accusation about Jimmy at this point ?

Why is it always the person you most expect?

This was the golden era. Now it’s just people parroting the latest woke talking points.

I feel revolted looking at that national disgrace. I don’t care for Savile much either.

Abbott seems half decent here

Seasons greetings to sir James. Warm, is It?

Now that’s a high density of people who’ve been disgraced by public scandals since

Never watched one episode of HIGNFY since they sacked Angus.and I loved the show

20:26 they all knew

Angus so missed. Never watch it these days.

No platforming. Fucking hell.

ow how they clapped lol

Bring back Angus

for now HIGNFY can applaud and love Savile then pretend they always hated him later

They all knew the rumours. All of them. I remember when I was a kid, my Mum was a nurse at the local hospital and when JS visited they were all warned to keep away from him. These guys knew the rumours, knew they were almost certainly true, and they failed to hold him to account. They held BJ to account when he was on, why not JS?

Shame that Nigel Bond's - probably - only ever mention came in an episode which happened to feature S*vile...

What year is this?

Was the question what do you do in the caravan rehearsed? Hislop’s expression after is pretty bleak.

This is a prime example of why the BBC doesn't get one penny of my money

What year was this first aired?

Saville and Abbacus. What a line up.

Good to know just how close Saville and Tory heroine Thatcher were. Tories not dodgy at all, of course. Also good to see Abbot dissing the then Home Secretary for being the little Hitler he was.

17:50 Merton's expression is hilarious, considering his own answer was more sensible

How could they, possibly,have someone so hated, vilified, and obnoxious on here? I would not have invited Savile, either...

Looking at Abbott with different eyes on this if I'm honest 👀👀

Paul quite accurate at 17:15

This episode aged about as well as Diane Abbott did.

Being pals of Thatcher should of been warning in the first place.

Seems odd that Diane gets a lot of hate in the comments here. She only sat across from Savile in the TV show. Diane was a public servent and both the first black woman elected to parliament and the longest serving black MP in the Uk. For good or bad she served her community and should be applauded for doing so - Savile was just an appalling human being in every way...

End of May 1999!

This stains all on here

Jimmy savile is very old

abbot was great she never opened her mouth

Who’s the older dude with the white hair?

How many marathons? Wow sterling effort.

T.V. taking the piss....they ALL KNEW what SA-VILE was and what he was hinting at in his comments....

is it a dolphin in a bath tub?

Hislop at 20.38.

What's happened to the end of this?

Yes but look at all the jokes they were making! Saville was not out of place in this atmosphere it was all condoned

Dream team

Still can't spell Savile?

Wow they could show page 3 on air back then. Palestine fm joke 😂

AFAICT it's at 20:25, not 19:30

The meeting of 2 great minds?

Two horrible monsters on one show

I miss Angus.