A negative portrait of Jimmy Savile by Krishnan Guru-Murphy was posted on the Channel 4 news website on 8th October 2012. In it, Guru-Murphy - who made his debut as presenter on this edition - claimed:
"Jimmy Savile was my first ever interviewee when I became presenter of the BBC's "yoof" discussion programme Open to Question. I was 18, rather naive and had not heard the rumours of his sexual preferences.
But he was a big disappointment: cold, aggressive, slightly menacing in his reaction to tough questions from teenagers in the audience - and I've never forgotten the creepy feeling he left me with."
"Jimmy Savile was my first ever interviewee when I became presenter of the BBC's "yoof" discussion programme Open to Question. I was 18, rather naive and had not heard the rumours of his sexual preferences.
But he was a big disappointment: cold, aggressive, slightly menacing in his reaction to tough questions from teenagers in the audience - and I've never forgotten the creepy feeling he left me with."