Britain's Lost Masterpieces

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Series tracking down lost and hidden paintings from local museums and galleries.

Series 1

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Bendor Grosvenor

Jacky Klein

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Spike Geilinger

Brendan Hughes

Harry Bell

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: Series 1: Episode 2: Aberdeenshire

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Episode 2: Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

BBC Four - Britain's Lost Masterpieces, Series 1, Aberdeenshire

In the storerooms of the Montrose Museum lies a mystery painting with a giant hole in it.

Series tracking down lost and hidden paintings from museums and galleries. In the storerooms of the Montrose Museum lies a mystery painting with a giant hole in it.

Haddo House is one of Britain's most northerly stately homes. Tucked away in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, it has been home to prime ministers and earls - but is it also home to some of Scotland's greatest lost paintings? 

Nearby, in the storerooms of the Montrose Museum lies a mystery painting with a giant hole in it. The portrait shows Richard Mead, the patron of one of Scotland's most celebrated painters, Allan Ramsay. According to the history books, the painting is a copy of a painting in the National Portrait Gallery in London. But has there been an unfortunate mix-up, and is the painting in London in fact the pretender?

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: Series 1

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Historian and art dealer Dr Bendor Grosvenor and art historian Jacky Klein celebrate the UK's local art treasures as they track down lost and hidden paintings from local museums and galleries.

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