David Tenents just done Dennis Nelson and his saucepan on ITV,
The entire country didn’t sit down and watch Dennis Nilson sit kiddies on his lap every Saturday teatime.
This isn’t about the horrific nature of his crimes, it’s about the collective guilt and embarrassment of an entire nature who didn’t see what was right under their noses until it was too late.
That’s why it’s uncomfortable and why I’d likely get banned for making the “Tour de Nonce” joke about his bikes that’s currently buzzing round my brain.
If it makes anyone feel any better about their collective guilt, I once bodychecked Jimmy Saville in the foyer of the Moat House Hotel in Glasgow and knocked him flat on his arse. I growled at him and walked away without apologising. I felt bad about it for years afterwards but now my conscience is clear.