Rolf's two TV shows are pulled

Rolf Harris ... snapped last month, the last time he was seen in public

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By TOM MORGAN, JAMES BEAL and LEIGH HOLMWOOD

TWO Rolf Harris shows were axed from TV yesterday after The Sun revealed he had been arrested on suspicion of sex offences.

Bosses ditched them after the Aussie entertainer, 83, was named as the celebrity who had been twice quizzed by Operation Yewtree detectives.

Didgeridoo-playing Harris, who performed for the Queen at last year’s Diamond Jubilee concert on BBC1, had been fronting Rolf’s Animal Clinic and narrated kids’ series Olive the Ostrich, both on Channel 5.

Nicked ... Gary Glitter

Nicked ... Freddie Starr

More than a million viewers tuned in to his animal show on Wednesday night — unaware he had been arrested on March 28.

But a Channel 5 spokesman said yesterday: “While this legal matter involving Rolf Harris is ongoing we have removed Olive the Ostrich and repeats of Rolf’s Animal Clinic from the schedule.”

Nicked ... Dave Lee Travis

Nicked ... Max Clifford

Kids’ channel Nickelodeon, which also screens Olive the Ostrich, also decided to shelve the programme.

And a theatre date for Harris’ one-man show hung in the balance as bosses at Bristol Hippodrome claimed that it “may” be cancelled after news of his arrest.

Nicked ... Jim Davidson

Held in separate cop probe ... Stuart Hall

Around 1,500 tickets for the appearance have been sold. Yesterday Harris, first interviewed last November over the historic allegations, answered the intercom to reporters at his Berkshire home.

Asked about the accusations he said only: “No comment.”