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Rolf on Art

Series 4

Episode 3: Turner

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Rolf Harris delves into the life and work of JMW Turner, one of Britain's best loved landscape painters. He takes a trip to Nelson's ship HMS Victory, to get inspiration for his own version of one of Turner's most famous paintings, The Fighting Temeraire. Rolf also discovers the story behind two of Turner's paintings that were stolen while being exhibited in Germany and visits the Royal Academy of Arts School in London, which gave Turner his chance to become an artist. Show less

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