“They wanted dinosaurs, footballers and ballerinas,” says a smiling Buchanan. From simple illustrations and tin foil sculptures to cardboard photo frames and papier-mâché door knockers, viewers were glued to the screen. Buchanan – whose own artistic influences span Toulouse-Lautrec, Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney – created hundreds of achievable crafts. When it launched in June 1990, it didn’t take long for Art Attack to hit its stride. The best art to enjoy outdoors, from David Shrigley in Folkestone to Barbara Hepworth in Salisbury With his garishly colourful and over-size set, use-whatever-you-have-to-hand approach and “try it yourself” catchphrase, Buchanan provided a fresh – and youthful – alternative for all those who loved to get a bit crafty. ”īut it hadn’t been done before – not like this. “The show was turned down because the commissioner said it’d been done before with Tony Hart.
Cut to 2020, and it’s still going strong with new host Lloyd Warbey – however in the early days, it was far from an easy sell. 73 in 1985, Buchanan went on to devise Art Attack with co-creator Tim Edmunds, and then host the programme from 1990 until 2007.
Having made his TV debut on Saturday morning children’s show No. Unfortunately our parents, teachers and siblings say: ‘That’s not how you do it’. We all draw crap but we think it’s brilliant – and that’s the key. “Every kid thinks they’re Picasso until they’re about six or seven. “I was trying to take audiences through the ‘I can’t do that’ barrier, like my dad and grandad did for me when I was a kid,” he says of Art Attack’s origins.
Buchanan first got into art as a child, encouraged by family members who nurtured his skills and his fascination with cartoons However, it was his childhood spent doodling that laid the foundations for the most fondly remembered job in his career. After studying at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, he went on to apply for a place at Liverpool Art College, only to pass up the opportunity in favour of pursuing a music career with his rock band Marseille.
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