The moment BBC stopped 70s punk rocker John Lydon from outing Jimmy Savile in 1978

John Lydon actually tried to out Jimmy Savile in 1978(Picture: Piers Morgan’s Life Stories/ITV)A video has resurfaced online of Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon claiming he was banned from the BBC for comments he made about Jimmy Savile in 1978. Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten from his days as lead singer of punk band the Sex Pistols, was talking to Piers Morgan in 2015 when he reflected on the moment. Chatting to Lydon nine years ago on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories