Tonight | Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator on ABC TV examines how power protected a predator – The story of one of entertainment’s most disturbing double lives reaches its conclusion tonight, as Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator investigates how fame, influence and institutional failures allowed decades of abuse to remain hidden.
Airing on ABC TV and ABC iview, the two-part documentary explores the rise and fall of the Perth-born entertainer who became one of Britain’s most recognisable television personalities before his shocking convictions exposed the darker reality behind the public persona.
The final episode examines how celebrity status, nostalgia and unchecked power shielded Harris for years, while also highlighting the courage and resilience of survivors who refused to let their experiences remain untold.
Featuring testimony from people who have never spoken publicly before, the documentary goes beyond the story of a fallen celebrity to ask difficult questions about the systems and attitudes that enabled predatory behaviour to flourish.
More than a true crime documentary, Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator explores the consequences of reverence without accountability, while honouring those whose persistence ensured the truth eventually emerged.
Don’t miss the concluding episode of Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator, tonight at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview
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Tonight | Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator on ABC TV examines how power protected a predator
About the Show
ABC unveils Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator documentary this June – The ABC will premiere a powerful new two-part documentary, Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator, on Tuesday, 9 June at 8.30pm on ABC TV, with both episodes available to stream on ABC iview.
For the first time, Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator brings together the full story of one of entertainments most disturbing double lives. Featuring survivors who have never spoken publicly before, the series charts Harris’s rise from suburban Perth to the heights of British fame and influence, while revealing the pattern of abuse that unfolded behind the scenes for decades.
Harris died in 2023, aged 93, never expressing public remorse.
In the years since, the silence that once protected him has begun to lift. The series gives voice to those who were previously unable to, as they share their experience on their own terms. But his 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.
More than a fallen celebrity story, Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator examines how charisma, institutional loyalty, and cultural reverence allowed a predator to flourish, and honours the resilience of those who refused to let his crimes be forgotten.
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Production Credits:
Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator is a Northern Pictures and Arrow Media production for the ABC. Principal production funding from Screen Australia, the ABC and Prime Video UK. Post, digital and visual effects supported by Screen NSW. Local distribution by ABC. International distribution for the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland and Malta by Prime Video UK.
International sales by NH Media Finance. Executive Producers: Karina Holden and John Smithson. Series Director: Nick Sweeney. Story Producers: Kerrie Ritchie and Fiona Evans. Archive and Post Producer: Kirrily Brentnall. Line Producer Michelle Dargaville. ABC Commissioning Editor: Stephen Oliver. ABC Head of Documentary and Specialist: Susie Jones.
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