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In 1952, a young Australian stepped off a ferry in Dover with dreams of being a famous portrait painter like his grandfather. He too could paint, but could also play the piano, write songs, ride a bike with no hands and swim 110 yards back stroke in eighty seconds flat.

If Rolf Harris seems to have been with us for ever, that's because he has been. After nearly fifty years on stage and screen, he is one of the most loved, respected and enduring figures in British show business. He was there at the very beginning of television in the UK and is there now. And although he calls himself 'a lucky amateur', millions would disagree. We have grown up watching him draw cartoons, paint big pictures, wobble his board and talk to animals and their owners ....

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