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The Art Detectives

The Art Detectives

Released on: 2017
. Duration:59m
Closed Caption Available.
Content Rating:PG

Art sleuth Bendor Grosvenor and social historian Emma Dabiri search for Britain’s lost and hidden public treasures.

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Episode Title:Glasgow

Season 2, Episode 1
. Duration 59 minutes

Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri travel to Glasgow to investigate a lost picture of one of the most famous gay men in history, possibly painted by one of the most famous artists in history.

Episode Title:Derby

Season 2, Episode 2
. Duration 58 minutes

Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri travel to Derby to investigate a painting that suffered industrial-scale restoration in the 1970s. Can it be saved and carefully restored now?

Episode Title:Carmarthenshire

Season 2, Episode 3
. Duration 59 minutes

Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri travel to Carmarthenshire to investigate two intriguing portraits of a local nobleman and his wife, possibly painted by a great 17th-century artist.

Episode Title:Arbroath

Season 2, Episode 4
. Duration 59 minutes

In Hospitalfield House on Scotland's east coast, could a mysterious 16th-century portrait by one of the great Old Master artists lie waiting to be discovered?