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He was born in Maidstone , Kent , and began his TV career in 1952 as resident artist on the BBC children's show ''Saturday Special''. Subsequent TV shows included '' Titch And Quackers '', ''Playbox'', '' Vision On '', '' Take Hart '', ''Hart Beat'' and ''Smart Hart''. From the 1980s, he often appeared alongside the animated Plasticine Stop-motion character Morph . He studied art at Maidstone College of Art, which later became Kent Institute Of Art And Design (and is now the University College For The Creative Arts At Maidstone ). In World War II , he served as an officer in the 1st Gurkha rifles. As well as demonstrating small-scale projects (the type that viewers might be able to do), Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor, and even used beaches and other open spaces as 'canvases' (to be viewed from a camera-crane). A regular feature of Hart's TV shows was 'The Gallery', which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers. The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature – "Left Bank", composed by Wayne Hill – has passed into British TV theme lore. Hart also created the original design for the '' Blue Peter '' Badge . The badges are famous throughout the UK and have been coveted by three successive generations of '' Blue Peter '' viewers. Hart has received two BAFTA awards. His first came in 1978 , and he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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