Fucking LOVED art attack. Also I wish the rumour that Banksy and Neil Buchanan were the same guy.
Nah, I’m glad it’s not him. Banksy’s stuff always came across as a bit pretentious, whereas Neil’s stuff seems more fun
Oh my god, just after posting it has now hit me that the name is a pun on “heart attack”. What a life.
Before Art Attack and on the rival channel was Tony Hart and Heartbeat. Possibly a bit of an in-joke too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartbeat
I can hear the theme song already: doodoo doo doo-doo, doodoo doo doo-doo
Always preferred Hartbeat to Art Attack. Buchanan was just a bit creepy. Plus, no Morph.
Also, was there not a story that those jumpers NB wore cost about £300 or something?
Neil!
Edit: and that talking stone head.
That head really creeped me out.
He would be really sad hearing this hahaha
Wow, a blast from the past!
Neil knew ASMR before it was a thing when cutting cardboard with scissors
Never heard of it. When/where is it from?
1990s, UK
It was also broadcast in Germany with dubbing and a German presenter for the segments between the crafting scenes. In the dubbing, they always spoke of “white crafting glue” which always mystified me, since you could not easily buy this type of glue in Germany back then, all crafting glue I knew as a kid was clear.
Oh weird, you not have PVA?
The glue we used was actually PVA but clear. The only white glue I knew was wood glue, which could well have been PVA as well. Wasn’t allowed to play with that though.
Broadcast in Italy too!
It also aired in Canada when I was growing up!
I remember the 90s but I’m not British, so that explains things.
Thanks for the reply.
Neil Buchanan was one of the pillars of my childhood. I wish him nothing but good things.
As soon as I saw the logo the theme song played in my head.
I always wanted to follow along, but I could never master the trick where I could reach over and get a half-done one out of nowhere to keep working on.
Lmao, the old Blue Peter “here’s one I made earlier”
I loved it, even though we only had the horrendous dub over here lol
Always wanted to make the random paper mâché decorations but wouldn’t’ve hat a spot to put themThat shit was fire! I learned a bunch of art stuff from it, often I’d make something based on what they show and give it to my grandparents. Awesome stuff.
Though this would have been much easier with streaming - back then I had to try and remember all the important details on first watch, which almost never worked!
Haha yeah same!
I have very fond memories of the Neil Buchanan era — of how quaint, low-fi and distinctly British it was — so my mind was kind of blown when I realized it has since become an international franchise
Same! I had no idea there were versions of him in the Red Shirt in different languages, with different faces any everything
The first time I saw the Spanish one was at like four in the morning, and I thought I’d had a stroke lol
This is an Art Attack,
My favourite show back in the day!
That brings back lots of memories!
