BBC Two

Paula Rego: Secrets And Stories (1 x 90)

A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego, directed by her son, Nick Willing. Notoriously private and guarded, Rego opens up for the first time in this film about the secrets and stories in her life. Born in Portugal, trained in London, she nevertheless used her powerful pictures as a weapon against the Portuguese dictatorship - a country which her father told her was no good for women - and continued to target women’s issues such as abortion.

The film combines a huge archive of home movies and family photographs with interviews spanning 60 years. What emerges is a powerful personal portrait of an artist whose legacy will survive the years, graphically illustrated in pastel, charcoal and oil paint.

The Director and Editor is Nick Willing. The Producer is Michele Camarda. The Executive Producer is Liz Hartford. The Executive Producers for the BBC are Kate Townsend and Mark Bell. Paula Rego: Secrets And Stories was commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.

Terry Pratchett: Back In Black (1 x 50)

When the writer Sir Terry Pratchett died in 2015 he was working on one last story - his own - but his Alzheimer’s meant he never got to finish it. This poignant and humorous documentary finally tells the remarkable tale of this hugely popular author, creator of the Discworld series of fantasy novels, whose books have sold over 85 million copies worldwide.

Starring Paul Kaye as Terry Pratchett, the film is told in Terry’s own words, with assistance from Neil Gaiman, Val McDermid and his long serving assistant, and now business manager, Rob Wilkins. Terry Pratchett: Back In Black reveals Terry's road to success was not always easy, from his troubled schooldays, to being dismissed by literary critics, to his battle with Alzheimer's. But knighted by the Queen, adored by millions of fans and with a legacy of 41 much loved novels, Terry Pratchett is still having the last laugh.

Terry Pratchett: Back In Black is a BBC Studios production. The Producer/Director is Charlie Russell and the Executive Producer is Pauline Law. It was commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.

Bacon: A Brush With Violence (1 x 80)

Francis Bacon was the loudest, rudest, drunkest and most sought-after British artist of the 20th century. Twenty-five years after his death his canvases regularly exceed tens of millions at auction. Bacon’s appeal is rooted in his notoriety; a candid image he presented of himself as Roaring Boy, Lord of Misrule, and Conveyor of Artistic Violence. This was true enough, but only part of the truth. He carefully cultivated the façade, protecting the complex and haunted man behind the myth. In this compelling film those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon. Contributors include John Richardson, Marianne Faithfull, Terence Stamp, Grey Gowrie, Maggi Hambling and Damien Hirst.

Bacon: A Brush With Violence was produced by IWC Media for BBC Two. The Producer/Director is Richard Curson Smith. The Executive Producer is Franny Moyle and the producer is Lucy Evans. It is commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Commissioning, BBC Arts.

Imagine… Listen to Me Marlon (1 x 98 mins)

Imagine… presents Stevan Riley’s award-winning documentary, Listen To Me Marlon. This remarkable film has access to hundreds of hours of Marlon Brando’s own archival audio tapes and home-movie footage. Combined with excerpts from his extraordinary performances, this film creates a vivid and emotive portrayal of the actor and the man, by turns talented, tenacious and tormented. Covering the full breadth of his life and career, this is a unique opportunity to experience the notoriously private Marlon Brando, his feelings and his fears laid bare in his own words

Imagine…Listen to Me Marlon is produced by Passion Pictures. The director is Stevan Riley. The producer is John Battsek. The BBC Imagine Executive Producer is Tanya Hudson and the BBC Imagine Series Editor is Alan Yentob.

Imagine…Listen to Me Marlon will be followed by a screening of On the Waterfront (1954) directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando.

Imagine… Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (1 x 90)

Imagine presents Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, the first documentary portrait of the trail-blazing activist, poet and writer Maya Angelou. Born in 1928, she enthused generations with her bold and inspirational championing of the African-American experience, pushed boundaries and redefined the way we think about race and culture.

Maya Angelou was captured on film just before she died in 2014 and this documentary celebrates her life and work, weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos. It reveals hidden episodes of her exuberant life during some of America’s defining moments - from her upbringing in the Depression-era South, to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana, to her inaugural speech for President Bill Clinton - the film takes us on an incredible journey through the life of a true American icon. Contributors include Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Hillary Clinton and Maya Angelou’s son, Guy Johnson.

Imagine… Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise is directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack. The BBC Imagine Executive Producer is Tanya Hudson and the BBC Imagine Series Editor is Alan Yentob.

Happy 100th Birthday Dame Vera Lynn (1 x 60)

Dame Vera Lynn and her daughter Virginia look back at one hundred years of her memories as she reaches her 100th birthday, delving into their fascinating private family archives, viewing old footage and reminiscing on key moments in her life as one of the UK’s most well-known performers.

Starting with the early days in the 1920s when, at the age of seven, she first appeared on the stage in public, to being the first British artist ever to have a number one in America in the 1950s, right up to 2009 when she became the oldest living artist to reach number one in the UK Album Charts, Dame Vera identifies a number of defining songs that had a major influence on her career, such as We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs Of Dover.

Second World War veterans, to whom Dame Vera meant so much, and modern-day artists and musicians, including Sir Paul McCartney, Barry Humphries and Miriam Margolyes, pay tribute to her special voice.

This programme discovers how someone from such humble beginnings, with no musical or vocal training, rose to become a national treasure and to be named the person who most personified the spirit of the 20th century.

Happy 100th Birthday Dame Vera Lynn is produced and directed by Sue Hills. The Executive Producer is Liz Mills. It was commissioned by Jan Younghusband, Head of Music TV Commissioning.

When Lynn Barber Met Phyllida Barlow (1 x 30)

Journalist Lynn Barber first met artist Phyllida Barlow many years ago when they were both young mothers in North London. Thirty years since Lynn was last in Phyllida’s house she returns to interview the sculptor, who has been selected to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale 2017.

Barlow’s sculptures are massive and appear precarious. She works on a monumental scale with the most un-monumental materials. As an artist who raised five children on a part-time teacher’s salary, it is only now, in her 70s, that Barlow is finally achieving international art stardom.

When Lynn Barber Met Phyllida Barlow is produced by David Shulman and Executive Produced by Janet Lee. It is commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.

Diana’s Dresses (1x30)

2017 is the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. As one of the most famous women on the planet, Diana had an acute sense of the importance of fashion, controlling her own image and understanding that clothing could be an art form with extraordinary potential to convey message and meaning.

This documentary, produced in collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces and presented by Brenda Emmanus, looks at some of Diana’s most celebrated and exquisite dresses, brought together for a new exhibition of her clothes at Kensington Palace in February. Brenda visits the Conservation Studio at Hampton Court Palace as the dresses are prepared for display, and she hears from historians, cultural commentators and the designers who dressed Diana, including Elizabeth Emmanuel, Victor Edelstein and David Sassoon.

Diana’s Dresses (w/t) is Produced by Alex Harding and Executive Produced by Janet Lee. It is commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.

Lucy Beaumont - My Hulltural Life (1x30)

Hull is the UK's City of Culture of 2017. In this BBC Arts documentary, the wonderful Hull-born comedian Lucy Beaumont (writer/star of the Radio 4 sitcom To Hull And Back) looks at the cultural treats taking place in her home - and asks whether being City of Culture will transform Hull forever.

Lucy talks to key figures in this historic year for her home city, including the writers John Godber and Richard Bean and the actress Maureen Lipman, as well as discovering the rich cultural life that already exists in Hull. She also explores the more avant-garde side of the city with the performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti, who invented 'industrial music' with the band Throbbing Gristle.

Lucy Beaumont – My Hulltural Life is produced by Georgina Leslie and executive produced by Janet Lee. It is commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.

Stories of Conflict - Imperial War Museums at 100 (1 x 60)

2017 marks the centenary year of the establishment of Imperial War Museums. Founded while the First World War was still being fought, as a record of the toil and sacrifice of the people of Britain, over the past century IWM has expanded hugely with five sites (IWM London, Churchill War Rooms, HMS Belfast, IWM North and IWM Duxford) as it shares stories of those who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth.

This programme, presented by Falklands veteran and charity campaigner Simon Weston CBE, will look at 10 key artefacts from the IWM’s collection. Each of the objects will have a special ‘advocate’ to explore what it reveals about the story of conflict: Bear Grylls ventures onto HMS Belfast; Al Murray reads a remarkable wartime diary among the Spitfires at Duxford; the artist Cornelia Parker looks at a beautiful silk poppy from 1921; Kate Adie tells the remarkable tale of the typewriter in the Churchill War Rooms; and Anita Rani explores the incredible heroism of one soldier in the British-Indian Army.

Stories of Conflict - Imperial War Museums at 100 is produced by Charlie Sever and executive produced by Janet Lee. It is commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.

Imagine… Havana

Havana, directed by acclaimed film maker Julien Temple, tells the powerful story of one of the most exceptional cities on earth, Havana, capital of Cuba.

Famed for its Spanish colonial architecture and its rich music and culture, Havana is as well known for its influential music as its political revolutions and relationship with the USA. This documentary captures a city in the process of enormous social and political change, with the recent death of President Fidel Castro and the incoming US presidency of Donald Trump.

Fusing the unique sounds of African roots, Son, Jazz, Rhumba, Mambo, Salsa and the Cuban Rock, Rap and Hip-Hop explosion of today with vivid archival material, the history of Havana is told through the sounds and visions of its inhabitants. The work of its artists, filmmakers and poets, also included, tell of the evolving aspirations, frustrations and desires of Habaneros, as their city is transformed before their very eyes. This is a portrait of one of the most beautiful and beguiling cities on earth: Havana.

The Director is Julien Temple. The BBC Imagine Executive Producer is Tanya Hudson and the BBC Imagine Series Editor is. Alan Yentob.

BBC Young Dancer 2017 (4 x 60 for BBC Four, 1 x 120 for BBC Two)

BBC Young Dancer returns to BBC Two and BBC Four for the first time since the inaugural competition in 2015. Dancers aged 16-21 from across the UK compete to be BBC Young Dancer in four Category Finals – Ballet, Contemporary, South Asian Dance and Street Dance in a process designed to find the UK’s most talented young dancer. The award is run by the makers of BBC Young Musician through BBC Studios in Wales, with the Category Finals broadcast on BBC Four throughout March and April, before the Grand Final, which will take place at Sadler’s Wells in London on 22 April 2017.

The Grand Final features the winner of each category together with at least one wild card from the Category Finals. The Finals will be judged by a leading panel of dance experts including Artistic Director of Marc Brew Company Marc Brew, Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare, founder and Artistic Director of ZooNation Dance Company Kate Prince, dancer and choreographer Nahid Siddiqui, dancer, choreographer and former Chief Executive of The Place Kenneth Tharp, and Artistic Director of Jasmin Vardimon Company, Jasmin Vardimon.

The Executive Editor for Young Dancer is Paul Bullock, the Series Producer is Martyn Stevens. It is commissioned by Jan Younghusband, Head of Music TV Commissioning.