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Neil also hosted the British version of room-raiding game show Finders Keepers in 1991, and first made his television debut on Saturday morning programme No. 73, and later presented children’s morning show Motormouth. Del Naja was a graffiti artist before he formed the band, and though he has previously been identified as a “personal friend” of Banksy (who even stated he’s been heavily influenced in his art by 3D), could it all just be an elaborate, double-bluffing ruse? He looks like a cross between Jimmy Nail and Mike Skinner of the Streets,” said Hattenstone, “white, 28…” He said: "When we used to go and do the big pictures, the first thing that came out into the big field or wherever we might be, was we had a crane. On the crane, we had cameramen who were up on the crane and they had to stay up there all day. We brought them down at lunch, but their coffee was hauled up to them. I was always drawing or making things out of scraps of rubbish. My dad noticed I had a flair for art, and he'd sit and draw with me for hours. My Dad was the greatest inspiration in my life ."

On leaving school, when his guitar playing was good enough, he formed a band called AC/DC! Unfortunately the name was already taken by an older band who came over from Australia, so he and his mates changed their band name to Marseille. The CITV series, which aired between 1990 and 2007 was widely watched by the younger generations, inspiring after school consumers to get creative with materials they could find at home.

Is Banksy… Neil Buchanan?

With the creative kits aboard 160 easyJet planes flying from the UK, Neil has also provided art tutorials via easyJet's YouTube channel, which teaches kids how to draw planes and beaches. The tutorials can even be viewed at home to inspire children during half-term. Little did he know then that decades later, those same streets would provide the inspiration for his first full art collection HOPE STREET - a beautiful and nostalgic body of work based on memories of his own childhood. He continued: "We trial ran it and kids aren't on an aeroplane anymore. They're in a drawing club. Some of them are really into it, coming up with masterpieces. Other kids are just doodling, but they're all being creative," adding: "It's just so simple, why has no one ever thought of that?" I'm talking to EasyJet right now about that. All this creativity that's going on at this time, what are we going to do with it? It's going to be interesting to see." Doctor Who star Sophie Aldred also played Minnie Magic in the series, alongside characters including Daisy Dare and Cuthbert Lily.

The most probable candidate is Robin Gunningham, a Bristol native of whom associates and former schoolmates have corroborated the rumour.The theory suggested that Buchanan would create pieces of Banksy artwork in cities where the band was performing live. Neil added: "I want you to come off that aeroplane having been creative, or thought about being creative." However, not everybody was happy about Neil's decision to become a musician - when he applied for a place at Liverpool Art College, the principal told him that he had to choose between a career in artora career in music, he wasn't allowed to do both. In 1977 Marseille entered into the first ever 'Battle of the Bands' competition - and won! They were signed by Mountain Records and went on to record a series of singles and albums. Marseille toured extensively for several years around Europe, and became the first of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands to break into the USA, playing to 20,000 people every night in the big stadiums. Others were more sceptical. “Don’t recall Banksy ever doing a piece made from bog roll and glue,” someone commented.