For anyone who grew up in the Seventies and Eighties, Rolf Harris: Hiding In Plain Sight is a deeply uncomfortable watch. Harris, a “social hypnotist”, fooled the public, police and even the Royal family into believing (in his own words) he was the same jovial person at the stage door as he was on TV.
Within minutes of this two-part documentary, we learn the Australian-born entertainer and Jimmy Savile both ruthlessly used celebrity power to groom young women and girls in full view, often on shows together.
