Peter Kay has remembered Jimmy Savile as a “dirty old perv”.

Peter Kay has remembered Jimmy Savile as a ‘dirty old perv’

Peter Kay has remembered Jimmy Savile as a ‘dirty old perv’

The ‘Car Share’ and ‘Phoenix Nights’ creator, 50, hit out at the late TV host – exposed as one of Britain’s most warped paedophiles after his death aged 84 in 2011 – as he recalled being left creeped out by watching him lick a female television executive’s hand.

He relived in his new book of anecdotes, ‘Big Adventures on the Small Screen’, how he decided to invite him onto his last episode of the BBC’s ‘The Sunday Show’ for his final ‘Peter Kay’s World Of Entertainment’ segment.

Peter said about watching Savile meet his executive producer Bridget Boseley: “I remember she offered him her hand, which Jimmy took, then he flipped it round to kiss the back of it, but before his lips touched her skin I saw a quick flick of his tongue licking the back of her hand.

“Urgh! ‘What was all that about Bridget?’ and I chatted about it later.

“She said, ‘He licked the back of my hand.’ ‘I know, I saw him, the dirty old perv.’”

Peter said ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ presenter Savile only agreed to appear in the show on the condition he received £500 in cash and a £1,000 box of cigars.

The comic added he was “very eccentric”, adding he “talked utter nonsense, spouting weird quotes, crap jokes, limericks” and made bizarre noises.

But he said Savile’ hand-lick was the only sign he personally saw of him being “immoral”.

Peter also featured Savile in his video for the 2005 Comic Relief single ‘Is This the Way to Amarillo’ – a decision he looked back on furiously during a later tour.

He told fans about the tune: “Very popular at kids’ parties. Number one for seven weeks, biggest-selling song of that year and now thanks to Jimmy Savile it’s on YouTube with a paedophile warning.

“Thanks for that Jimmy… dirty s***house.”

Peter also recalled in his new book how he was asked by a BBC boss to “cover up” images of Savile’s face on a BBC mural after news of his abuse broke.

He said about the TV executive who made the request: “I’ll never forget Peter Salmon, he said, ‘Here, could you do me a favour’ and he handed each of us a pile of big bright-yellow Children in Need Pudsey Bear stickers. “‘Could you find Savile and cover him up?’

“So there we were, up step ladders trying to find every image of Jimmy Savile so we could cover him up ironically just what the BBC had reportedly been doing for years.

“It was like some depraved ‘Where’s Wally’ or ‘Where’s Jimmy’.”

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