Masters
Archival imagery, home movies, photographs, animation and original interviews create a vivid, colorful journey...
Art sleuth Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and social historian Emma Dabiri delve into Britain's local museums and country...
Back for a second season, this series reveals the secrets behind high-profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st...
With sculptures in major cities around the world and millions of people enjoying his exhibitions annually, Fernando...
In each episode of this three-part series, art historian James Fox looks at the impact of events in one city during...
In 1982,French President Mitterand declared that the site of the notorious Bastille prison would be transformed into...
Dance legend Darcey Bussell explores the life and story of ballerina Margot Fonteyn, uncovering a personal life that...
Garry Winogrand was a documentary photographer who, over three turbulent decades, became known for his images of...
Waldemar Januszczak looks at the life and work of an artist who became famous for bringing the Tudor age to life.
The success of Choral Evensong came down to the preferences of a young Queen Elizabeth I, driven by her deep love of...
Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama overcame injustice and went on to design groundbreaking works including the...
In this six-part series, expert writers and performers will revisit the authors' original manuscripts and letters to...
Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals who the Mona Lisa was, using centuries-old documents and state-of-the-art technology to...
Host Simon Schama focuses on eight iconic works of art - among them Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath,...
This intimate portrait explores the life of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp, with a look at...
Described as our "our Van Gogh", Thomson's expressive and vibrant paintings of the northern landscape have become...
One of the most powerful and controversial film critics of her time, Pauline Kael championed the New Hollywood...
An intimate portrait of Canada's most renowned artist and the expansive landscapes that inspired him.
In Birmingham the art detectives investigate two lost landscapes. Emma explores 18th-century land ownership, while...
New York in 1951 was the year when Jackson Pollock brought a new dynamism to American painting and the jazz style...
The Art Detectives
S3:
E1
Manchester
Expires on Feb 1
Bendor and Emma visit Manchester Art Gallery. There, Bendor finds the painting A Country Gentleman from the 1770s,...
Simon Schama's Power of Art
E7
Picasso
Expires on Feb 1
Simon recounts Pablo Picasso's attempts to create a modern history painting based on the bombing of the Basque town...