Like lots of other young boys from Liverpool, Neil Buchanan dreamed of being a professional footballer. However, it was the streets and his imagination that created the stage for him to ‘win’ some of his greatest Cup Final victories and travel on some of his greatest adventures.

Five decades later, those same streets and that great outdoor adventure playground, have provided the inspiration for Neil Buchanan’s HOPE STREET.
Every week, for an incredible 17 years, six million young people and their parents tuned into Art Attack on ITV and joined Neil Buchanan’s invitation to... “Try it yourself!” Neil Buchanan doodled, drew and painted his way through thousands of creative art ideas on Art Attack and enthralled his fans with hundreds of his highly original Big Art epics.

Art Attack turned into one of ITV’s longest running shows. Indeed, Neil Buchanan came up with the amazing, inspirational ideas and content for 500 episodes of Art Attack, which have been aired in more than 30 countries. Art Attack became a global phenomenon and the multi-award winning show was one of the most internationally decorated programmes in TV history winning two BAFTAs.


Over the years a number of artists have greatly influenced Neil Buchanan’s art including the impressionists and post-impressionists and Toulouse Lautrec in particular. Moving into the 20th century, Neil Buchanan greatly admires Norman Rockwell and Jack Vettriano, and in terms of ideas, Neil Buchanan believes that Walt Disney was the greatest ideas man ever.

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