BBC apologises for Savile impersonation on children’s show

The BBC has apologised after a character from the children’s television show The Tweenies appeared dressed as Jimmy Savile.

Max, the character on the CBeebies programme, used the disgraced presenter’s catchphrases and wore one of Savile’s trademark tracksuits topped off with a blond wig and gold jewellery. He went on to sing a song called ‘One Finger, One Thumb’.

Max speaks in a Yorkshire accent, similar to that of the disgraced presenter