A CHILDHOOD victim of Jimmy Savile has told of his disgust at a BBC drama about the paedophile DJ and TV star.
Adam Taggart, 63, revealed he begged broadcasting bosses not to screen The Reckoning, which sees Steve Coogan play the prolific sex offender.
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But he said his letter was ignored — and accused the Corporation of cashing in while stirring up harrowing memories for survivors.
Adam was picked up by Savile in the monster’s Rolls-Royce as he hitchhiked in Aviemore, Inverness-shire, as a boy in the early 1970s.
The fiend tried to rape him then sent Top of the Pops tickets to his residential unit.
Now the BBC four-parter, which charts how the DJ hid in plain sight during decades of depravity, has reawakened distressing memories for dad Adam.
The retired chef told The Scottish Sun on Sunday: “The BBC say they reached out to survivors.
“I’m one and they never contacted me.
“I reached out to let them know how damaging this programme would be but they didn’t even have the good grace to reply.
“It’s supposed to be entertainment but there’s nothing entertaining about what happened to me and other kids.
“Do they not realise this brings back horrific memories for his victims?
“They’re making money from our misery — I will never ever watch it. It’s disgusting.”
Adam, then of Dunavon kids’ home in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, was on holiday when he was targeted by Savile, who owned a cottage in Glencoe.
He was hitch-hiking back to a campsite with another lad when the predator pulled up in his flash car.
Adam — who had endured sickening violence by cruel nuns at Smyllum Park orphanage near Lanark — told how he recognised the famous DJ immediately.
He recalled: “We were trying to thumb a lift when the Rolls-Royce stopped a few yards in front of us.
“A chauffeur got out and opened the door — I knew exactly who it was. He asked what we were doing.
“We told him we were trying to get back to our campsite.
“He gave me and my friend a giant cigar and a tumbler each.
“We hung out the window to noise up other boys on the way past.
“The driver took us towards the Cairngorms when Savile sent him out with my pal to go buy sweets. That’s when he pounced on me.”
Adam — who gave evidence in cops’ Operation Yewtree probe — says the attack only stopped when his pal and the driver returned.
He fled after refusing an ice lolly from the beast, who was wearing shorts, T-shirt, gaudy gold rings and a crucifix.
The Reckoning star Coogan, 58, has admitted he thought “long and hard” about whether to portray Savile, who was exposed when hundreds of victims came forward after his death in 2011, aged 84.
But Adam said: “Coogan has been going on about how difficult he found playing Savile. He was still happy to take the money.”
The BBC was approached for comment.
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