Rolf Harris documentary commissioned by ITV

A new Rolf Harris documentary will examine how he got away with his crimes for so long.

The two-part film, which currently has the working title 'Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight', has been commissioned by ITV and will speak to the disgraced former national treasure's victims, the police who investigated him, and colleagues who worked alongside him.

Harris, 92, was sentenced to five years and nine months in jail in June 2014 for 12 indecent assaults on four teenage girls between 1968 and 1986.

He was released on parole in May 2017 after spending three years in prison, and later had one conviction overturned following an appeal, but the other 11 remain.

The two 60-minute films will tell the story of how the police began investigating Harris in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal - which saw hundreds of women come forward, after the entertainer's death aged 84, to claim he sexually abused them when they were children, while other victims claimed they were subjected to assaults as adults - and will also look at his wife and daughter's decision to stand by him.

Kate Teckman, Commissioner and Head of Development for Factual Entertainment, who commissioned the documentary miniseries for ITV and ITVX, said: "There are few stories as shocking as Rolf Harris.

"These films give a voice to Harris' accusers, and will reveal just how the seemingly wholesome 'national treasure' was able to molest and abuse his victims in plain sight."

Harris appeared at the Court of Appeal in London in November 2017 in an attempt to overturn his convictions after he claimed the jury in his trial were "poisoned" by false allegations.

While one "unsafe" charge was overturned, the judges found "nothing that causes us to doubt the safety of those convictions" regarding the remaining counts, after "stepping back and looking at the totality of the evidence".

Following his conviction, Harris was stripped of a number of honours, including a CBE.

The musician and TV presenter is known for his songs 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport', 'Jake the Peg' and 'Two Little Boys', and previously presented shows including 'Rolf's Cartoon Club' and 'Animal Hospital'.