Can You Tell What it is Yet?: The Autobiography of Rolf Harris

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Edgar, James (19 April 2013). "Rolf Harris: A household name for 50 years". The Independent . Retrieved 11 January 2020. Highway Christmas Special (1985)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021 . Retrieved 23 May 2023. Rolf Harris gives Walker Art Gallery its busiest Saturday on record". Liverpool Daily Post. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013 . Retrieved 24 May 2012.

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Australian Associated Press (11 July 2014). "Rolf Harris: New Zealander makes formal complaint of sexual assault". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 July 2014. The first of these, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (Harris’s own adaptation of a Broadway show song from 1954), shot into the charts in 1960. Another success, Sun Arise, reached No 3 in 1962, and in 1965 he scored another unlikely hit with a comedy song about a three-legged man, Jake the Peg.

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a b "Rolf Harris: Serial abuser and ex-entertainer dies aged 93". BBC News. 23 May 2023 . Retrieved 23 May 2023. Operation Yewtree: Rolf Harris charged with 13 offences". CPS.gov. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014 . Retrieved 5 July 2014. Vanessa explained: “If you look at the picture, you will see that I’m wearing a full-length beaded gown. I was always in full evening dress in the morning on the bed. Rolf Harris has one indecent assault conviction overturned". The Guardian. Press Association. 16 November 2017. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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On 26 September 2004, Harris oversaw a project to recreate John Constable's The Hay Wain painting on a large scale, with 150 people each contributing a small section. On live BBC television, each individual canvas was assembled into the full picture as part of the episode Rolf on Art: The Big Event. Also in 2004, as a part of the Rolf on Art series, Harris travelled to Lapland to design and paint a Christmas card for the "Children in Need" charity organisation. [59] Following his conviction, it was reported in July 2014, [131] October 2014 [132] and February 2015 [133] that he was being investigated by police over other alleged sexual offences. Victims lawyer: Rolf Harris 'woodworm' prison song 'must affect parole' ". BBC News. 14 June 2015 . Retrieved 14 June 2015. Harris is credited with inventing a simple homemade instrument called the wobble board. [87] As well as his beatboxing, similar to eefing, Harris went on to use an array of unusual instruments in his music, including the didgeridoo (the sound of which was imitated on " Sun Arise" by four double basses), the Jew's harp and later, the Stylophone (for which he also lent his name and likeness for advertising). [88] In 1970 Harris appeared in court on behalf of the manufacturers of the Stylophone. The Inland Revenue had brought a case against Dubreq Studios, claiming that because it was not a keyboard instrument, the Stylophone was liable to taxation.

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Four others were heard at a retrial, after which he was formally acquitted. Meanwhile, one of his earlier convictions was quashed by the Court of Appeal. He was released from prison in May 2017. And so I’m live on television and anybody who doesn't remember The Big Breakfast? Let me tell you what it was like. Jolly, lots of children watched it. Harris was the presenter of Hi There and Hey Presto it's Rolf in 1964. [40] By the time The Rolf Harris Show was broadcast in 1967, lasting until 1974, on BBC1, he had gained a high profile on British television. [41] [42] He was the commentator for the United Kingdom in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. [43] Australian Associated Press (12 October 2014). "Rolf Harris could face fresh charges as 10 new victims reportedly allege abuse". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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BBC News – Profile: Rolf Harris – musician, artist and presenter". BBC News. 19 April 2013 . Retrieved 19 April 2013. Rolf Harris trial: gameshow footage emerges undermining defence". The Guardian. 2 June 2014 . Retrieved 7 July 2014. The trial of Harris began on 6 May 2014 at Southwark Crown Court. [113] Seven of the twelve charges involved allegations of a sexual relationship between Harris and one of his daughter's friends. Six charges related to when she was between the ages of 13 and 15, and one when she was 19. Harris denied that he had entered into a sexual relationship with the girl until she was 18. During the trial, a letter Harris had written to the girl's father in 1997 after the end of the relationship was shown in court, saying: "I fondly imagined that everything that had taken place had progressed from a feeling of love and friendship—there was no rape, no physical forcing, brutality or beating that took place." [114] Hawke Bryant, Lyndall (4 July 2014). "Rolf Harris guilty: Verdict marks fall from grace for once-beloved Australian entertainer". ABC News . Retrieved 11 January 2020.Bowcott, Owen (30 July 2014). "Rolf Harris's prison sentence will not be increased despite complaints". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 July 2014. Harris released 30 studio albums, two live albums and 48 singles. [84] In 1960 his single "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" reached number 1 in Australia, and in 1969 "Two Little Boys" reached number 1 on both the Irish and UK charts. [85] His 1992 Rolf Rules OK? album was nominated for the ARIA Music Award for Best Comedy Release. [86] Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Sweeney" (PDF). Judiciary.gov. 4 July 2014 . Retrieved 18 August 2014. Birth Notice, The West Australian, (Monday, 31 March 1930), p.1". Trove.nla.gov.au . Retrieved 25 May 2012. On 1 August 2014, the Judicial Office said that Harris had applied to appeal against his conviction and that his lawyers had lodged papers at the Court of Appeal. [128] In October 2014, Harris was refused permission to appeal, and could apply again before three judges. [129] Harris did not lodge an appeal within the required 28 days, or ask for an extension. [130]

Can You Tell What it is Yet?: The Autobiography of Rolf Harris

Harris was narrator of the 2010 Australian documentary series Penguin Island, a six-part natural history documentary about the life of the little penguin. [71] From September 2010 to October 2010, he took part in Jamie's Dream School, teaching art to a class of 20 students, [72] followed by an appearance as himself on the Christmas special of My Family, which aired on 24 December 2010. [73] Rolf Harris cleared of new child sex charges spanning four decades after second trial". The Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 8 February 2017.Rolf Harris was born on March 30 1930 in Perth, Australia, the son of a frustrated artist who worked at a power station, and spent his early life in what he described as “practising to be a beatnik”. Having completed our review, we have concluded there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Harris to be charged... The decision has been taken in accordance with the code for crown prosecutors and the Director of Public Prosecutions's interim guidelines on prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse. We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest. [108] Harris created one of his best known characters in the 1960s, Jake the Peg, but his biggest success in terms of record sales was in 1969, with his rendering of the American Civil War song " Two Little Boys", originally written in 1902. Harris later discovered a personal poignancy to the song, as the story bears such a resemblance to the World War I experiences of his father Crom, and Crom's beloved younger brother Carl, who died aged 19 after being wounded in battle in France two weeks before the Armistice of November 1918. [44] "Two Little Boys" was the Christmas Number One song in the UK charts for six weeks in 1969. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. [45]