Child stars of iconic BBC show were warned Jimmy Savile ‘was a kiddie fiddler’

• The cast of the BBC’s ’80s adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe were ‘warned’ about Jimmy Savile during filming • A BBC floor manager allegedly warned child stars to avoid Savile due to concerns about his inappropriate behaviour • The BBC has since taken measures following a 2016 review into its culture and practices regarding safeguarding

The star of an iconic ’80s BBC series has claimed that she and the cast were ‘warned’ about Jimmy Savile as child actors.

Sophie Wilcox, Sophie Cook, Richard Dempsey and Jonathan R Scott all starred in the broadcaster’s 1988 adaptation of the novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Over the course of three seasons, the show adapted four books in C.S Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series, culminating with The Silver Chair in 1990.