'Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator' will debut Tuesday, June 9 on the ABC, and will feature interviews with survivors of his crimes.
Former television entertainer Rolf Harris arrives at Southwark Crown Court on May 22, 2017 in London, England. Convicted sex offender, Mr Harris, is currently on trial on four counts of alleged indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983.
, will debut Tuesday, June 9, and will feature interviews with survivors who’ve never before spoken publicly of his crimes. The series is said to capture the full story of Harris’ double life, charting his rise from suburban Perth, Australia to the heights of fame and influence in the United Kingdom, while revealing the pattern of abuse that unfolded behind the scenes for decades.
Prior to his downfall, Harris was a popular figure on TV, the airwaves, and charts across the U.K., the U.S. and his homeland, Australia. In the mid-2000s, he was once commissioned to paint Queen Elizabeth II, a sitting that was turned into a documentary.
His U.K. chart hits included “Two Little Boys” , which has the distinction of being the very last No. 1 in that market in the 1960s.
“Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” reached No. 9 in the U.K. back in 1960, and he had a No. 3 hit with “Sun Arise” in 1962. Decades later, in 1993, he enjoyed another U.K. top 10 appearance, when his cover of “Stairway to Heaven,” a spin-off from the Australian TV show Harris’ spectacular fall from grace began in 2013, when he was questioned and arrested police under Operation Yewtree, the investigation into sexual abuse among members of the English media elite, including the late Jimmy Savile.
Following a trial in 2014, Harris was found guilty of various indecent assaults on women and young girls between 1968 and 1986, and was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison. He was released in 2017, but denied any wrongdoing and never issued an apology to his victims..
“In the years since, the silence that once protected him has begun to lift,” reads a statement from the ABC, announcing the new series, which “gives voice to those who were previously unable to, as they share their experience on their own terms. ” Harris’ death “has finally lifted a veil of fear once cast by this powerful figure, and survivors who long feared retribution are at last able to speak.
” Prior to the Yewtree investigation, Harris moved within the highest circles in Britain, his adopted home. Along the way, he was named as Officer of the Order of the British Empire , a Member of the Order of the British Empire and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire .
It was a similar scenario in his country of his birth, where Harris was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. ARIA has since scratched his name from the record books.
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