{"id":3427,"date":"2021-08-23T17:02:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1323021"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:50:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:50:24","slug":"bob-ross-happy-accidents-betrayal-greed-release-date-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bob-ross-happy-accidents-betrayal-greed-release-date-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed \u2013 release date and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Netflix documentary is set to look at the “shockingly untold story” of the Joy of Painting host, 26 years after his death. <\/p>

By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 23 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Bob Ross \u2013 arguably one of the best known painting TV personalities \u2013 is finally getting the documentary treatment over on Netflix<\/a> with the release of Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed.<\/p>\n

The film, which arrives on the streamer this week, takes a look at the largely untold life of the PBS presenter, who died in 1995 but became an internet phenomenon in recent years when his show The Joy of Painting picked up a cult following.<\/p>\n

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed is set to explore the man behind the watercolours, with Netflix recently releasing an elusive trailer in which an interviewee is heard saying: \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to get this story out for all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about Netflix\u2019s Bob Ross documentary and when it arrives on the platform.<\/p>\n

Bob Ross documentary release date<\/h2>\n

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed arrives on Netflix on\u00a0Wednesday 25th August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed about?<\/h2>\n
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Netflix\u2019s upcoming documentary will tell the story of landscape artist Bob Ross, who rose to fame as the host of The Joy of Painting, a long-running PBS show that picked up a cult following thanks to Ross\u2019s calm demeanour.<\/p>\n

The film is set to to look \u201cbeyond the iconic hair, soothing voice and nostalgic paintings\u201d to explore the life of Ross, who died aged 52 in 1995 but has since taken on a huge posthumous internet presence.<\/p>\n

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed features interviews with Ross\u2019s son Steve, Ross\u2019s colleague Dana Jester and Ross\u2019s friend John Thamm among other figures who were a part of the painter\u2019s life, as well as archive footage.<\/p>

Bob Ross documentary trailer<\/h2>\n

Netflix released a mysterious trailer for Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed on the 17th August, in which the streamer says it wants to show the trailer but can\u2019t, before an unknown person is heard saying: \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to get this story out for all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed arrives on Netflix on Wednesday 25th August. You can also plan your viewing with our TV Guide<\/a> or visit our dedicated Documentaries<\/a> hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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