He probably got a thrill from committing crimes – or admitting them – in front of the nation. Savile was very much a teaser, he liked to titillate people to get attention, it gave him a feeling of power to raise questions without people actually knowing the truth. He liked to have the knowledge that he was Jimmy Savile and he was untouchable. He had this image that he was a good person and it must have been hard to keep up, almost too hard.
