The jury at the trial of Rolf Harris has seen video footage that prosecutors say contradicts his claim he could not have visited the location of one of his alleged assaults.
The footage, from ITV game show Star Games, was filmed in Cambridge in 1978.
Earlier in his evidence, the entertainer denied ever having visited Cambridge until four years ago for an exhibition of his paintings.
Mr Harris, 84, denies 12 indecent assaults between 1968 and 1986.
Prosecutor Sasha Wass QC accused him of "telling a deliberate lie".
'Showbiz scene'One complainant told the jury at Southwark Crown Court she had been indecently assaulted in Cambridge at around the time she was aged 14 in 1975.
In courtBy Callum May
Large display screens on the wall of court two showed Rolf Harris hopping like a kangaroo -- "monkeying around" as prosecutor Sasha Wass QC put it.
Star Games, filmed in 1978 at Jesus Green in Cambridge, was a charity celebrity team challenge, featuring actors and singers competing.
Rolf Harris was the captain of the "theatre" team, whose members included Robin Askwith and Rula Lenska. His opponents included Davy Jones, of the Monkees, and singers Patti Boulaye and Dave Dee.
In a powder-blue suit and one of his colourful ties, Mr Harris occasionally answered back to the prosecution, at one point accusing Ms Wass of making a "snide comment".
The judge warned him: "This is not a verbal joust, this is the asking of questions and the giving of answers."
Rolf Harris acknowledged he had made a "sweeping statement" when he said he hadn't visited Cambridge earlier.
Asked whether it was a "deliberate lie", he replied: "No it wasn't."
Ms Wass said the complainant had been working as a waitress after a games show event.
She said the video supported "pretty much everything" the complainant had said, apart from the date of the alleged incident.
"She's got the year wrong," said Ms Wass.
The video, of which a short extract was shown to the jury, started with the Thames TV opening logo.
The programme titles showed Mr Harris in a tracksuit top and white shorts. The show featured him as a team captain.
Mr Harris said he didn't remember going to Cambridge. He said to Ms Wass: "I don't think you understand the showbiz scene at all."
He added: "You sign a contract, you are taken to a place."
The trial continues.
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