'Jimmy Savile invited me in... then what he said chilled me'
In 2005, then Manchester Evening News features writer Simon Donohue travelled to Leeds to interview Jimmy Savile in his penthouse apartment to discuss rumours of an appearance on I'm a Celebrity... and a Jim'll Fix It comeback. Following the broadcast of a new BBC drama depicting the life of the disgraced TV star, here Simon looks back on an 'unsettling' encounter he describes as among his 'oddest professional experiences'.


