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==Sexual abuse scandal== {{main|Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal}} Allegations surfaced in 2012 that Savile sexually abused some of the children who took part in ''Jim'll Fix It'',<ref>{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=O'Mahoney|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9603743/Jimmy-Savile-BBC-did-nothing-when-director-caught-him-in-the-act.html|title=Jimmy Savile: BBC did nothing when director caught him in the act|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London, England|date=12 October 2012|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20066529|title=Jimmy Savile scandal: Alleged victims' stories|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=London, England|date=24 October 2012|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> including suggestions that special episodes of ''Jim'll Fix It'' were devised by Savile in order to gain access to victims.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marsden |first=Sam |title=Jimmy Savile 'Engineered' His TV Shows to Abuse children|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9673177/Jimmy-Savile-engineered-his-TV-shows-to-abuse-children.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=13 November 2012|access-date=23 February 2014}}</ref> Ordish said, "I didn't see anything and nothing was reported to me", but added that he knew Savile had a "predilection for younger females".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2012-10-16/savile-producer-i-knew-nothing/|title=Savile producer: "I knew nothing"|work=ITV News|publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|location=London England|date=17 October 2012|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> Reflecting on his own time producing the show, Ordish added, "It's of no significance really compared to the terrible things that happened to the victims, but in retirement, people say: 'What did you do?'. I'd say: 'I was a BBC producer … ''Jim'll Fix It'', I did that for 20 years', and you used to get a wonderful reaction. Now it's something I can’t mention, you’re ashamed of it."<ref name="elgot"/>
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