Meet The Reckoning actor Steve Coogan's famous family

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The actor is currently portraying Jimmy Savile in a new BBC drama

will air on BBC One on Tuesday evening. The series depicts the life of Jimmy Savile and how he hid in plain sight as one of the most prolific abusers in modern history.is receiving praise for his portrayal of the disgraced presenter and DJ. The star's performance is being branded "chilling" particularly his voice acting.The actor even has famous siblings.

His older brother, Martin, was the lead singer of the rock band, the Mock Turtles. The band sang the 1991 song Can you Dig It? which became a hit on the UK charts in the early 1990s and again in the early 2000s when it was re-released.Martin and Steve's younger brother, Brendan, was also a household name but not for acting or music. Brendan was a television presenter and radio broadcaster who worked on Top Gear in the late 1990s and also BBC Radio 5 Live.

He first started out voice acting while working on the BBC satirical puppet show Spitting Image, but it was in the early 90s when he was working for On The Hour alongside fellow comedian Armanda Iannucci that Steve's most famous role and alter-ego Alan Partridge was born.In addition to Alan Partridge, Steve has become known and adored for many other roles in TV shows and films.

Steve told the BBC: "On balance, I think it is better to make this drama than not to make it. Drama can capture things in a more nuanced, detailed way that is more illuminating than a straight forward documentary, of which there have been many. We've seen the power that a well-made, factual drama can have. I knew this wasn't without risk.

 

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