For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Joe ClayThe Unbelievable Story of Carl BeechBBC Two, 9pmThe title of this extraordinary documentary from Vanessa Engle is not hyperbole. In 2012 Carl Beech entered Swindon police station and reported historical sexual abuse by his stepfather, Major Ray Beech, and the TV presenter Jimmy Savile. Two years later Beech had expanded his tale to include abuse by a “VIP paedophile ring” in the 1970s and 1980s that he claimed included the former prime minister Edward Heath and the former home secretary Leon Brittan, as well as military top brass and the heads of the secret service. He claimed he had been tortured by snake bites, flown abroad to be abused,

Source: The Times August 23, 2020 23:02 UTC