Rolf Harris is reportedly 'desperate' to return to TV

Convicted Sex offender Rolf Harris is looking to return to TV. Photo / AP

Convicted paedophile Rolf Harris is planning a shock TV comeback and begged his team to find him a new show to present because he is "going nuts" after being released from prison.

The 87-year-old, who presented Animal Hospital and Rolf's Cartoon Club, was jailed for five years for indecently assaulting four girls aged between eight and 19.

He was freed after serving three years at HMP Stafford in May this year and, according to the Daily Mail, he has now asked members of his team to find him a television show.

The Australian entertainer told his family that he is "desperate" to work again. A source told The Sun: "Rolf genuinely believes he could still have a career after everything that's gone on.

"He told his team to find a TV show that he could front or be involved in as a way of trying to reverse the public's horrendous perception of him."

It comes after Harris was spotted for the first time since being released from prison when he was pictured outside a police station in Windsor, Berkshire.

In 2014, he was convicted of 12 historic indecent assaults on four young girls between 1968 and 1986. Last month he was cleared of four indecent assault charges against three teenage girls between 1971 and 1983 after a jury failed to reach a verdict.

In a statement read by his lawyer Daniel Berke outside court, he said Harris wanted to be left "in peace" with his 85-year-old wife Alwen.

Harris said: "Whilst I'm pleased that this is finally all over, I feel no sense of victory, only relief. I'm 87 years old, my wife is in ill health and we simply want to spend our remaining time together in peace."