The World’s Greatest Paintings
Andrew Marr tells the stories behind ten of the greatest paintings in the world - exploring works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and more.
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Episode Title:The Mona Lisa
Andrew Marr starts his journey at the Louvre, where every year more than eight million people queue for hours to get a glance at the Mona Lisa.
Episode Title:Sunflowers
The story behind perhaps the most famous painting at the National Gallery - Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh.
Episode Title:The Fighting Temeraire
The story behind JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, a painting voted Britain's favourite.
Episode Title:Weeping Woman
Andrew Marr tells the harrowing and uplifting tale of Pablo Picasso's 'barbed-wire face-mask' of a painting, Weeping Woman.
Episode Title:The Water Lilies
Claude Monet was the leading figure in Impressionism, and his Water Lilies cycle was his final gift to the world.
Episode Title:The Hay Wain
The story behind the most iconic painting of the English countryside ever created, John Constable's The Hay Wain.
Episode Title:The Rokeby Venus
Andrew discovers the amazing tale of the greatest painting of the Spanish Golden Age, Diego Velazquez's only nude, The Rokeby Venus.
Episode Title:The Night Watch
Andrew heads to Amsterdam to unravel the extraordinary journey of Rembrandt van Rijn, a risk-taking young artist with exceptional skill and a desperate desire for fame and fortune.
Episode Title:Ophelia
Andrew explores the unlikely origins of John Everett Millais's Ophelia and its role in a shocking artists' rebellion.
Episode Title:The Birth of Venus
The tale of a painting so magical that grown men have been said to faint in front of it - Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.