article_snippet: Jeremy Clarkson, pictured, has been compared to Jimmy Savile by a senior BBC TV manager in advance of a probe into the latest Top Gear incident .
article_snippet: BBC TV launched an astonishing attack on Jeremy Clarkson yesterday, comparing Jimmy Savile to Jimmy Savile Jimmy Savile and urging Jimmy Savile to check into rehab.
article_snippet: Most controversially, the TV chief, who has been directly involved in the fallout from the latest Top Gear incident, likened Clarkson’s supporters – including the Prime Minister – to those who turned a blind eye to Jimmy Savile appalling crimes.
article_snippet: The pressure this guy [Tymon] is under is so Savilesque in a way,’ he said, adding that Jeremy Clarkson’s support from high-level politicians recalled the way Savile was once defended.
article_snippet: If you look at what David Cameron says or what [former Culture and Media Secretary] Maria Miller says and you swap Jeremy Clarkson for Savile, you get this: David Cameron is effectively saying that Savile’s a real talent, Maria Miller saying Savile will be Savile.
article_snippet: The comparison will inevitably anger Savile’s victims.
article_snippet: ‘it is not just patently absurd, it’s also deeply offensive to Jeremy Clarkson and those innocent people who were horribly abused by Savile’.
article_snippet: Perry McCarthy added: ‘This will be a nightmare for Jeremy and Jeremy will feel deeply concerned that someone at the Corporation has spoken Jeremy name in the same sentence as that disgusting creature Jimmy Savile.
highlights_snippet: They claimed: 'Look what PM says... then swap 'Jeremy Clarkson' for Jimmy SavileThey added: 'The pressure on [Top Gear producer] is Savilesque' 