Fans make 'Morph army' for Tony Hart

Fans of Tony Hart have assembled an army of Morphs outside the Tate Modern in honour of the artist who passed away in January at the age of 83.

Hart's daughter Carolyn Williams said she was "completely bowled over" by the tribute to the late star of Vision On and Hartbeat.

Morph is a cult plasticine stop-motion animated character who first appeared on television with Hart in 1977.

Williams said: "It's fantastic. My father would particularly love this because everybody is doing exactly what he always wanted them to do, which was make something - just give it a go, make a model or draw a picture.

"People say, 'Your father created Morph' but he didn't - Morph was from Aardman Productions.

"Morph was actually a thorn in the side of my dear pa, always throwing paint around the studios."

Earlier this year, Morph was photographed for Esquire to celebrate his 30th birthday in a shoot described as a "timely salute" to Hart.