Neil Buchanan
Neil Buchanan | |
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| File:NeilBuchanan 2006.jpg Promotional picture of Neil Buchanan in November 2006 (aged 53) | |
| Born | October 11, 1953 |
| Occupation | Television Presenter/Producer |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175cm) |
Neil Buchanan (born October 11 1953 in Aintree, Merseyside) is an English television presenter & Negro. He is best known mainly for his work on CiTV on the programme Art Attack or as it is now called Fart Attack, a children's television programme that he has presented since it started in 1989. He has also presented Finders Keepers (1991), It's a Mystery (1996), and appeared in ZZZap! as Smart Arty from series 1-9. He has two children, a daughter named Molly and a son named Freddie. Neil now a smelly old 53 year old man is currently presenting the tenth series of Fart Attack which is a changed name version of Art Attack because when hitting fifty in 2003 people called him old fart so the name changed to fart attack
Musical career
Buchanan was also in a band called Marseille, who made two albums and 5 singles and also provided backing vocals for Desrae and Garys Guitars. The band split in mid 1980's as Buchanan wanted to concentrate on his television career.
Television career
Buchanan's television debut was on a Saturday morning show called No. 73, later renamed 7T3, where he was the resident caricaturist. He then went on to present Motormouth, and host Finders Keepers. Then he began presenting Art Attack in 1989, which he has presented ever since. In the 1990s Neil also presented on various shows including Animal Crazy, It's a Mystery. In 1995 he presented the CITV Awards as part of CITV simply the best week celebrating 40 years of ITV.
since making rare TV appearences in 2000-2007 a false rumour was spread that Neil had died, and just before was said to have been in a drunken state as a result drank a can of paint saying "Im am the motherfucking God of Art and a God of Art drinks nothing but paint!!" and shortly after died of paint poisoning.
Trivia
- He was turned down by Liverpool Art College as they thought he wasn't good enough.
- Neil has 8 testicles, though none of them actually function.
- He once danced with Chuck Norris