Painters and their Masterpieces
Documentaries exploring the lives and works of great painters and artists.
Eye of the Storm
One of Scotland’s finest landscape artists, eyesight failing, attempts one last painting.
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Maggi Hambling: Making Love with the Paint
Artist Maggi Hambling tells her story while working on a mysterious black canvas.
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Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
The definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring, told in his own words.
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Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories
A unique insight into the life of celebrated painter Paula Rego, directed by her son.
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Rita Duffy: Portrait of an Artist
Visual artist Rita Duffy tells how she has reflected NI society and politics in her work.
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Emin/Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed
A look at the affinities between the art of Edvard Munch and Tracey Emin.
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Titian – Behind Closed Doors
A look at Titian's greatest masterpieces, currently in quarantine at the National Gallery.
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Brighton—Britain's Lost Masterpieces, Series 5
Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri investigate two paintings of characters from the Gospels.
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Kirsty Wark Meets Artist Bridget Riley
Celebrated artist Bridget Riley talks to Kirsty Wark.
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Rossetti - Sex, Drugs and Oil Paint
Andrew Graham-Dixon considers the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (2003)
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Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
How American painter Bob Ross became a pop culture icon.
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Francis Bacon: Fragments Of A Portrait
A film study of Francis Bacon's paintings, which have been called sick and corrupt. (1966)
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How to Be a Surrealist with Philippa Perry
A playful journey into the unconscious to discover the deep roots of surrealism.
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Painting Paradise—The Riviera: A History in Pictures
Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have painted on the Cote d'Azur.
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Constable: A Country Rebel
How John Constable was painting in a way that was considered groundbreaking at the time.
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Sir Peter Blake—What Do Artists Do All Day?
A day with pop artist Peter Blake in his studio following the process of his latest work.
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Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
An irreverent trip into the world of influential avant-garde art movement Dada.
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Pop Goes the Easel—Monitor
Ken Russell's 1962 film on the young British artists of the pop art movement.
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Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists.
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Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of Everything
A year in the life of Sean Scully, one of the world’s richest painters.
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Beardsley and his Work
Aubrey Beardsley's drawings still retain their power to amuse and to shock. (1982)
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Picasso's Last Stand
The story of the last decade of Picasso's life, through the words of family and friends.
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2019—Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus go behind the scenes at the Royal Academy summer exhibition
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Da Vinci: The Lost Treasure
Fiona Bruce uncovers the story of Leonardo da Vinci.
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