This interview has really stirred me,  I am 56 years old and have been racked with guilt for years,  I'm wish I had an ounce of this womens courage. Maybe I could of saved other children from being abused,  I'm shaking as I write this, my 14 year old self is writing this.
I was sexualy abused by a BBC camera man,  he told me he worked on Top of the Pops , at the time he abused me they were filming a children's drama called Code Name Icrus which was aired in 1981 / 1982 . My parents had a pub that was being filmed in the drama,  the crew used to drink in there after filming,  I was star struck, especially with a camera man who was telling me about all of the famous pop stars he'd worked with,  and Blue Peter, he even gave me a Blue Peter Badge which he conveniently produced from his trouser pocket.
Whilst drinking at the bar he was buying baccadi and Coke,  and buying me coke , he was then tipping the baccadi from his glass into mine,  at the time I thought it was so cool,  my parents had no idea what he was doing,  at 10 o'clock my parents told me to leave the bar and go to bed which I did,  due to the amount of alcohol I'd been given I fell asleep almost immediately,  I guess it was aprox an hour later I was woken up by the camera man getting into my bed , I was absolutely terrified during my abuse.
As an adult now I know I couldn't of been the only child he'd groomed and attacked,  he knew exactly what he was doing.
I didn't tell my parents because I thought I'd get into trouble,  I told my Mum when I was 35 years old,  she was mortified and sad that I didn't tell her at the time.
I carry so much guilt,  because I know i probably wasn't the last child he abused.  The lady here has so much courage,  how brave she is.

I had a friend who was a guest at a civic banquet in the 1980s. No one could sit down until the guest of honour took their seat. When she  went to sit down the male dignitary in the seat  next to her had put his hand, palm up, on her chair. She turned to him and quietly said. ‘ if you don’t remove your hand I’ll break your fucking arm!’ A no nonsense young woman ahead of her time!!

Suzi is amazing, a true empath ❤

It's true in the 80's men got away with so much at work.  I remember being on a YTS scheme and was sent to work in an office.  It was a horrible atmosphere but I didn't know any better.  I used to be sent to photocopy things a lot.  The copier was in a corridor.  Every single time I was there a man used to come up to me and slap / pat my bum.  When I went back to training college for exams I was asked how I was getting on in the placement.  I told them it was ok but mentioned the man touching me.  They said there was no way they were allowing me to return there, but they sent another young lass in my place!

What a fantastic lady an inspiration. Thank-you James for inviting this lady on .

Great podcast James ❤  Everything Suzi said about being a young woman in the 80's is 100% correct.  I can so relate. Often, when we look back, we see the world with a 2023 lens, but it was a different world then.  Harassment/innuendo against women in the work place/society was common place, and being a young working woman in the 80's,  it was very much a man's world and you were seen as fair game 😪 Thank you Suzi for being a voice for the voiceless. I am looking forward to reading your book.

Ahhh Rolf Harris, another close friend of royalty just like Sir Jimmy Saville

What a confident woman!! Her confidence is a very attractive attribute. Good luck to her.

She’s changed so much since her Countdown days. Just shows what surgery can do

Suzie Dent, you  are such a  hero

These people who knew should’ve been prosecuted as well, they were complicit as well.

Oh Suzi, I’m so sorry on what you had to go through.

Thankyou Suzi for sharing your story . I also am a survivor of child and adult sexual abuse, and listening to you gives great positive support and the feel-good factor... Sending love ❤️ to you ❤❤❤❤

When Savile was exposed it came as no shock .. he creeped me out watching him on the TV in the 70s.

Rolf Harris was different.  He was part of our child hood. He was ‘uncle Rolf’ type character who we trusted and loved. As we grew up he then started to cry in the vets and we trusted him because it was Rolf.

I’m of the generation that genuinely felt left down by him. A huge part of a lot of our childhoods yet turned out to be be a creepy fake.

Impressed with Suzi and her way of handling this along with her honesty.

The 'larger lady' on the breakfast shoe on a bed was Vanessa Feltz on The Big Breakfast in 1995/6. She has given the account of her story on Talk TV.

I used to love Rolf Harris,wouldnt of thought he had a bad bone in his body... if i find out Tony Hart is a Bacon & mollested Morph im gonna shoot myself :eyes-purple-crying:

I like the rice analogy... power ful words can be ....keep that in mind thanks james English 🐐🔥☯️🤟💕⭐🤩

What a beautiful woman and soul you are. I'm having flashbacks 😭 while listening to you and yet it's not bothering me as much as usual. Your voice sounds so strong and confident now and it's very clear that you have gone through a lot of healing ✨️ 💛 from a fellow Australian.

Amazing! What a woman. Thank you. So much I can relate to as a woman of a similar age.

Good on you Suzi! All the men who witnessed your assult should be held accountable too. A friend of mine worked in the BBC in makeup and she told me it was well known you never let Harris alone with women or children. I live in Perth, Western Australia,  two suburbs over from Bassendean  - the suburn Harris was born in and grew up.  The second he was convicted, the local Council disposed of all his artwork they had displayed around the district and the marking plaque of the house he grew up in was taken away. Working in tv myself, I know he was drspised and was a totally different person when the cameras were off.