The BBC is accused of freaking out the nation after airing a documentary where the child sex abuse victims of celebrity pedophile Jimmy Savile were shown in disguise using computer generated imagery (CGI). The victims had bravely opted to tell their harrowing stories as part of Abused: The Untold Story, which was shown on BBC1 on Monday evening, but the CGI used to disguise them was branded ‘freaky’ and ‘unsettling’ by viewers The Daily Mail reports: But instead of shadowing the participants, or using an actor to portray their words, programme makers opted to conceal their identities using CGI facial disguises – which were accused of ‘creeping out the nation’ by viewers. The technology – which was likened to a Face Swap app – was used on a man, whose name was given as Dave, who had allegedly been abused when he was 14. Viewers complained that they found the disguise distracting, with many taking to Twitter to question why the technique had been used. ‘@BBCOne please never use this disguise ever again. Creeping out the nation #jimmysavile’ one commented. ‘BBC one using faceswap apps to disguise victims of jimmy savile is one of the scariest/weirdest things I’ve seen,’ wrote [...]