Old footage of Rolf Harris joking with Jimmy Savile about leaving a minor 'safely in his arms' has resurfaced.
The scenes - which will leave viewers sickened - have been unearthed by a new documentary which explores the extraordinary truth behind the rise and fall of convicted sex abuser Rolf Harris.
Paedophile Savile and disgraced Harris appeared on screen together in a 1967 episode of Savile's BBC show Jim'll Fix It.
Savile reads a letter saying: “It do say here, dear Jimmy, I have always wanted to see Rolf Harris doing one of his paintings, please could you fix it for me. Love, Lynn.”
The camera then pans to Savile and Harris on stage with the nervous-looking girl, reports the Mirror.
Savile says: “You see this young lady, sir? She wishes that she could help you with one of your paintings, do you think I may leave her in your charge?”
Harris replies: “Safely leave her in my capable hands here...”
Harris then begins painting and tells Lynn: "Enjoying it so far? Give them a big smile because they only see the back of your head otherwise, you see?"
When the drawing is finished, Savile eerily says to Harris: "She is anxious to run away."
Savile replies: “She is, I’ve got fast hold of her here...” Harris says: “You stay here and enjoy it, girl.”
The former TV stars also appeared side by side in 1992 on Rolf’s Cartoon Show and attended a fete at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire, touring a ward together.
There is no suggestion that Lynn - who appeared in the Jim'll Fix It footage - was abused.
The programme explores Harris' - who painted the Queen's portrait in Buckingham Palace - rise to fame. However, throughout this time, he allegedly humiliated girls and sexually assaulted women for decades.
It also includes the story of an anonymous victim, known in court as Victim A, who was a family friend and was instrumental in gaining a conviction against the TV entertainer in 2014.
The grooming of Harris' daughter Bindi's childhood friend from her early teens was also key evidence that led to his downfall and subsequent jail sentence.
Therapist Chip Somers, speaking on behalf of Victim A for the first time, says of her claims: “In the second half of the 1990s, a woman came looking for help for an alcohol problem. And it became apparent there was a huge secret that she was holding on to.
“She was having an enormous amount of difficulty talking about.
“She had experienced prolonged instances of sexual abuse. And she has given me permission to talk about those experiences.
“She said ‘This person is very well-known, I’ve been part of the family for some time and I don’t know whether or not I should say the name’. I reassured her and she said ‘it is Rolf Harris’.
“She started to experience innocent physical contact. There was a specific point when it changed completely from anything that could be perceived as innocent.
“These things were happening both in his home, in her home, becoming more frequent, and she is also quite clearly told, ‘This is something that you cannot talk about. Do not tell anybody about this. This is our little secret. I am a powerful person, I have money, so tread carefully’.
“She was having to carry this incredible secret, this incredible sense of guilt and disgust and hatred.”
Various other women made claims of “degrading and awful” treatment by Harris over decades.
The victims waived their right to anonymity to describe how his alleged behaviour impacted them, and the pressures that finally forced them to testify in court.
Karen Gardner, who was only 16 when she met Harris on the TV Show 'Star Games', says he assaulted her three times in the space of 35 minutes.
She tells the programme: “He said something, which still makes me feel sick now. He said to me, ‘You’re irresistible.’ I was 16. He was 48. He was 10 years older than my dad.”
The jury failed to reach a verdict, and Harris was acquitted of assaulting Ms Gardner, now a BBC journalist.
Former family friend Chris Brosnan recalls he once pulled over his car and shouted at Harris when he remarked that he wanted to sleep with young schoolgirls they had driven past.
He also remembers noticing resentment from daughter Bindi towards Harris. Brosnan, known to the family as Bear, says: “I was privy to far more predatory behaviour than a lot of other people. There was this shadow that began to creep in more and more and more.
“I ended up promoting Rolf as an artist as well as playing in the band... being somebody organising shows.
“I started to notice resentment from Bindi towards her dad. She said it was to do with his behaviour toward one of her friends, something that her friend had revealed to her.
“And to tell you the truth I didn’t want to expand on it, I didn’t want to say ‘well what do you mean?’ I knew what she meant.
“I actually took it up with Rolf and he looked at me, cut me off, and he said ‘Bear, we’ve all made mistakes in life. And I’ve made some pretty big mistakes and let’s just leave it there’.”
In June 2014, Harris was found guilty of 12 counts of indecently assaulting four girls in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
In court, Bindi Harris admitted learning about her father and Victim A in the late 1990s, but claimed Victim A was 18 and the relationship was consensual.
Harris was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault, one of which was later overturned. He was released in May 2017 after serving three years of a five-year, nine-month sentence.
He now lives in Berkshire with his wife of 64 years, Alwen Hughes, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Last October he was “gravely sick” according to friends and neighbours.
Harris, now 93, has not spoken out publicly since his release but provided a statement for a book last year saying he was “convicted of offences I did not commit”.
Two-part documentary Rolf Harris: Hiding In Plain Sight is released on ITVX on May 18.
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