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Front Row: Dave Grohl, Jimmy Savile

30/09/2021

Dave Grohl, Jimmy Savile

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Dave Grohl on new memoir "The Storyteller", and Dramatizing Jimmy Savile?

Rock musician Dave Grohl on his new memoir "The Storyteller" and playwright and journalist Jonathan Maitland on the rights and wrong of dramatizing Jimmy Savile.

Widely known as the nicest guy in rock, Dave Grohl has written a memoir ‘The Storyteller’ documenting his life in the rock and roll business, from early days sleeping in the tour van with Scream, to the moment that inspired him to return to music post-Nirvana, to performing at the White House. It is family and music that has kept him grounded, as well as seeing the toll the dark glamour of a rock and roll life can take on a person. Now he is unashamedly earnest about his love of music and love of life. He tells Nick Ahad about how he feels performing in front of thousands, his ‘pinch-me’ moments, and the magic that happens between musicians.

As the tenth anniversary of the death of disgraced celebrity Jimmy Savile approaches, there's a slew of dramas and documentaries being prepared for broadcast. Playwright and journalist Jonathan Maitland wrote his own Jimmy Savile drama - An Audience with Jimmy Savile - in 2015.  He joins Front Row to discuss how to approach dramatizing Savile.

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