Original title
Jim'll Fix It
Released
5/31/1975
Origin country
GB
Genre
Family, Kids
Production companies
BBC
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
20
Number of episodes
298
A long-running BBC television series hosted by Jimmy Savile. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he 'fix' something for them or make some wish come true.
On this special occasion Jimmy Savile provides some lucky football fans with the chance of a lifetime.
I want to swim with a dolphin... read the news... fly a plane. Whatever your wildest dream is, Jimmy Savile will try to make it come true. Stewart wants to drive a train. Mhairi dreams about riding a dolphin. Nicola tries to dig the Channel Tunnel. Eight-year-old Vanessa wants to dance with Pan's People. Will all their dreams come true ?
I want to drive big Geordie... go on an assault course. Can I own a pickle factory ?
I want to go Kart Racing on a real racing circuit... with Graham Hill.
Whatever your wildest dream is, Jimmy Savile will try to make it come true.
Jimmy Savile looks back at his favourite 'fix-its' from the last 11 weeks and reads some of his viewers' letters (toot-toot).
I want to...cut down a tree... play football against Manchester United... interview Father Christmas... play the Mighty Wurlitzer... fly like Peter Pan... go to the birthplace of Jesus. All these dreams and others are realised by Jimmy Savile.
I want my mummy to be able to read. I want to... open Tower Bridge... fly on a trapeze... launch a lifeboat. Whatever your wildest dream is - Jimmy Savile, will try to make it come true.
I want to be taller... be a bridesmaid... be a rally driver.
Jimmy Savile looks at his favourite 'fix-its' from the past.
A Bank Holiday special. I want to be a station announcer... fly with the Blue Eagles... meet Rolf Harris.
A Bank Holiday Special. I want to make an ice-cream... climb with the Royal Marines... meet Freddie Davies... speed in a powerboat... play in a brass band... meet Peter Cushing.
A Christmas Special. 'Dear Jimmy Savile, Please may we... meet John Inman ? Be a pantomime horse ? Meet Rod Hull and Emu ? Have a White Christmas in the Arctic Circle ?'. Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true. With guests John Inman and Rod Hull.
"Dear Jimmy Savile, we want to... dive in a submarine... meet Starsky and Hutch... go to Parliament... throw our teacher in the sea."
Jimmy Savile looks back over the past nine weeks at some of the dreams he fulfilled.
"Dear Jimmy Savile, we want to... join the team of That's Life... waltz with Jimmy Savile... drive in a Le Mans racing car... skate with John Curry." These are some of the dreams that come true in Jimmy's Bank Holiday Special.
"Dear Jimmy Savile, we want to... swim with David Wilkie... wear a diamond tiara... drive on a skidpan... ride with the Mounties." These are some of the dreams that come true in Jimmy's Bank Holiday Special.
A Christmas Special. "Dear Jimmy Savile, please may I... yodel in the Alps... sing with Val Doonican... make a giant cake... meet Father Christmas ?" Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
If you want to captain your own submarine, or go for a skid in a No 14, if you want to meet a leading MP, or throw your teacher into the sea, Jim'll fix it. Have you got an unusual or special wish ? Jimmy will try to make it come true.
Some of your favourite fixtures from the past year.
"Dear Jimmy, may we... play the drums ? Mame a ship ? See how dolls are made ? Meet Percy Edwards ?" In this special programme Jimmy makes these dreams come true.
Emma meets the real James Herriot and becomes a vet for a day. Magnus Pyke describes a lunar eclipse with his hands tied behind his back. These are two of Jim's many 'fixes' for this special Boxing Day edition.
"Dear Jimmy Savile, please may I... sing with The Three Degrees... read the football results... fly on a Tiger Moth's wing ?" Jimmy makes these and other dreams come true.
If you want to ride in the real Wild West, Or firing a cannon is what you like best, If you want to drive the James Bond car, Or be a silent movie star, Jim'll Fix It.
Have you got an unusual or special wish ? Jimmy will try to make it come true.
"Dear Jimmy, may I... do impressions with Janet Brown ? Go down London's sewers ? Meet Mike Oldfield ? Be a model ? Meet 'The Professionals' ?" In this Bank Holiday special Jimmy makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jimmy, may I... appear in the musical 'Annie'... drive an amphibian truck... turn into 'Wonder Woman'... play with 'Status Quo'... work on 'Nationwide' ?" In this Bank Holiday special, Jimmy makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jim, please can you put 'Jim'll Fix It' back on television as it is my favourite TV programme. Yours sincerely, Harvey." Jimmy Savile fixes this and other unusual requests in his special package of Christmas 'fixes'.
What is your wildest dream ? If it is unusual and original, write to Jimmy Savile. You may be one of the lucky ones.
"Dear Jimmy, may I... appear in 'Star Wars' ? Visit an oil rig ? Meet the Boomtown Rats ? Go to Singapore ? Be a ballerina ?" In this special Spring Bank Holiday programme Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jimmy, please can i ride with Eddie Kidd ? Please can I print a book ? Please can Lord Lichfield take my picture ? Please can I ride in the world's fastest car ?" In this special August Bank Holiday programme, Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jim, please may I... sing The Sound of Music ? Wear a suit of armour ? Dance with Bernie Clifton's Ostrich ? Have B.A. Robertson write me a song ?" In this special Boxing Day programme, Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
A series of 13 programmes. What is your wildest dream ? If it is unusual and original write to Jimmy Savile. You may be one of the lucky ones.
Including today: a special episode of Call My Bluff, roller disco, stilt walking and being a stuntman.
Jimmy Savile takes another look at some of your favourite moments from the last 12 months' 'fix-its'.
"Dear Jimmy, may I... fly in a Concorde ? Tear up a telephone directory ? See a tuba made ? Model my own fashion designs ? Sit on a million tulips ?" In this special Bank Holiday programme Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jimmy, please may I... March in a pipe band ? Be in The Sound of Music ? Race the kart racing champion ? Sing with Bucks Fizz ?" In this special Bank Holiday programme Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jim, please may I... have a new set of angel's wings ? Go to Disneyland ? Spend my 105th birthday by the sea ? Work for Father Christmas ?" In this special Christmas Day programme Jimmy makes these and other dreams come true.
The first of 13 programmes. Last year more than a quarter of a million people wrote to Jimmy Savile with their 'Fix It' requests. Today some of those dreams become a reality.
Included in this week's show is a basketball match between the Harlem Globetrotters and a team of girls, each of whom has had a heart operation.
The last in the present series with Jimmy Savile. So that you don't feel you saw it all last week, the items in Jimmy's 'best of' come from last year's series.
In this special Spring Bank Holiday edition Jimmy fixes four young ladies a trip on a woman-powered rail trolley; Nigel Jones becomes a reporter (for the Daily Mirror) and Sarah Scott sells his newspapers; pop group Tight Fit gets a new member and a smelly old pond is beautified.
"Dear Jimmy Savile, please may I... dangle from a helicopter ? Skate with Robin Cousins ? Drive a car into the sea ? Meet Big Ted from Play School ?" In this special edition Jimmy shows some favourite fix-its that viewers have asked to see again.
"Dear Jim, please may I visit Ken Dodd's jam butty mines ? Sing with Val Doonican ? Help Father Christmas pack his sack ?" In this special Christmas edition, Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
A series of 13 programmes. Do you feel like... Looping the loop at 83 ? Having breakfast with a 40 stone bear ? Making a 2000 ton sandcastle ? Or being a jack-in-the-box ? Jimmy Savile can fix it. It could be your turn tomorrow.
For the last programme in the series, a special request to Jimmy Savile, "Dear Jim, please can you fix it for me to do body building with Dave Prowse ? I'm only 5."
Jimmy Savile presents his Bank Holiday special extravaganza. Watch Michael fight to catch the giant tropical Wa-hoo fish. See eight-year-old James as the latest James Bond. Thrill as 72-year-old James Greenwood tops a human pyramid. Gasp as Julian brushes a crocodile's teeth. Relax as Michelle sings with Kajagoogoo...
Bank Holiday Special with Jimmy Savile introducing some of your favourite items from the last series.
Including: an 11-year-old Hi-de-Hi! Yellowcoat, two pupils of a school for the blind riding at the Horse of the Year Show, an 8 year-old Father Christmas and how to crack Christmas walnuts.
"Dear Jim... please may I drive a team of huskies ? Pick up Torvill and Dean's flowers ? Be picked up by Geoff Capes ? Be a pigeon in Trafalgar Square ?" Jimmy Savile fixes these and other requests in this New Year's Eve special.
Last year more than a quarter of a million people wrote to Jimmy Savile, with their 'fix-it' requests. Five of them get lucky today.
What could Jim fix for you ? If it is unusual, possible, entertaining or daring and you do not think it has been done before, why not drop him a line ?
"Dear Jimmy Savile, please... can Father Christmas come in the summer? Say we shall go to the ball ? Can we be in a pop video ? Let me 'sing in the rain' with Tommy Steele ?" Jim makes these and other dreams come true.
"Dear Jim, please may we... dance with Wayne Sleep ? Get a Maori greeting ? Set fire to £6,000,000 ?" Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true.
If you have an entertaining and original secret dream that you would like 'fixed' for yourself or as a surprise for someone else, write to Jimmy Savile.
Jimmy Savile meets some of the people he fixed it for over the last ten years and fixes some new anniversary surprises.
See Christopher as a 5-year-old Dr Kildare; hear Louise slam 100 doors; watch David as a 10 year-old butler; marvel as Nicola turns into Wonder Woman. As part of the programme's birthday celebration, Jimmy Savile shows some favourites from the past ten years and meets again the people he fixed it for.
In this special Christmas edition, Jimmy Savile fixes it for... a pumpkin to be a coach, Bo Peep to find her sheep, and a panto horse to win the 3.15. Plus some seasonal surprises.
With Jimmy Savile If you have a dream; And you've got what it takes; To stand for an hour; In a pit full of snakes...
A Bank Holiday Special. Jimmy Savile fixes it for you to see again some of your past favourites, including the 6 year old millionairess, the 10 year old accountant, the 5 year old policeman, the granny who rowed with Eton College, and Simon Le Bon as the Knight in Shining Armour.
Dear Jim, please can I... collect the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree ? Run a baby clinic ? Find Aladdin's lamp ? Be a Christmas parcel ?" Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true in this special Christmas edition.
If you have an entertaining and original secret dream that you would like 'fixed' for yourself or as a surprise for someone else, write to Jimmy Savile.
With Jimmy Savile Your letter; Was only the start of it; One letter; And now you're a part of it.
Bank Holiday Special. Jimmy Savile presents some of the highlights from his 1986 series which viewers have asked to see again.
Jimmy Savile has been fixing things for 12 years now. In today's programme he shows clips from the past and meets some of the people he fixed it for all those years ago.
Dear Jim, please can you fix it for me to... climb a beanstalk ? Build an igloo ? Give Father Christmas his dinner ?" Those are just three of the dreams Jimmy Savile fixes in this special Christmas edition.
Now in its 14th year. If you have a special dream or you would like a happy surprise for a friend, write to Jim'll Fix It.
In this 14th year, viewers still come up with new ideas.
In the 14th year of this hardy perennial, viewers are still coming up with new ideas.
If you have a special dream write to Jim'll Fix It.
If you would like a happy surprise for a friend, write to Jim'll Fix It.
Last in the current series with Jimmy Savile.
Bank Holiday Weekend Special. While Jimmy Savile completes a nine mile speed march with the Royal Marines from Lympstone, Devon, he introduces some of the 'fix-its' you have asked to see again.
If you remember any of these clips which Jimmy Savile first showed the year before last, you must be a real fan. Hope you enjoy them.
"Dear Jim, please can you fix it for me to... spend a day with Glenn Medeiros ? Be Alice in Wonderland ? Play the harp for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ?"
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