Born 11 October 1956,
Liverpool UK

English artist, photographer, and musician, best known for his work on British children's television. During his tenure as a children's television presenter. He hosted Art Attack, a television program that he co-created, during its original run from 1990 to 2007, as well as Finders Keepers and It's a Mystery, while he also produced and starred in CITV's ZZZap!.

He was the creator and presenter of the CITV show Art Attack from its inception in 1990 until the show ended in 2007. The show won two BAFTA awards.

In 1991, he hosted the British version of Finders Keepers, a room-raiding game show for TVS. He also presented Animal Crazy between 1994 and 1995, and It's a Mystery from 1996 to 1999.

From 1995 to 1997, Buchanan presented the awards show The CITV Awards, which gave viewers a chance to vote on who they think should win a CITV award.

Buchanan briefly appeared as a guest on Celebrity Juice on 8 November 2012 during series 8 episode 11, in which he discussed ending Art Attack and his current activities, playing with his band.

Marseille

Buchanan’s beginings were however in a heavy metal band called Marseille which formed in 1976: they were part of the new wave of British heavy metal scene, releasing four albums and six singles, touring America and performing with Judas Priest, Nazareth and Whitesnake. The band reformed in 2009 with a performance at The Cavern Club, Liverpool.

Marseille performed on a program: Saturday Banana, where he met the producers that were auditioning for a show “No.73” (renamed 7T3). In the third series of No.73 he became a regular, in 1983. After production ceased on 7T3 in 1988, he went on to present Motormouth, another Saturday morning children's program. Buchanan stayed with Motormouth until the show's cancellation in 1992.

Is Niel “Banksey”?

In September 2020 Buchanan released a statement denying suggestions that he was the English-based street artist Banksy, due to rumours spreading online.

The theory appears to have originated on Twitter, after user @ScouseMan_ claimed: “Just heard that it’s rumoured Neil Buchanan is Banksy."… "This is straight in the ‘believe without question’ category," he added. The Twitter user argued that Buchanan, like Banksy, is also a musician and “art has followed in cities of shows he’s done allegedly”.