A new two-part documentary about the shocking sexual abuse and assaults perpetrated by Rolf Harris will air this month. Rolf Harris: Hiding In Plain Sight on ITVX from Thursday, May 18 features interviews with victims, some of whom have waived their right to anonymity, more than a decade after the TV host's arrest and trial in 2014 at which he was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault (one was overturned in 2017 but the others remain) and sentenced to five years in prison.
In the new documentary rare archive and exclusive testimony from those closest to the trial will be seen as it looks into the man who was once 'the nation’s favourite uncle' but behind closed doors he had been betraying his family and the British public that had grown up with him by sexually assaulting children and young women for years.
Behind the scenes, Harris' behaviour painted an entirely different picture. In 1978 alleged victim Karen Gardner was 16 when she went along to the filming of the show Star Games in Cambridge, at which Harris was appearing. She carried his bag, and says: "For the first couple of hours, he was lovely. And you find yourself thinking, ‘Oh yeah, you know, that’s what Harris is like.’"
