Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,916 playable programmes from the BBC

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 12

Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Steered by his Bradshaw’s guide, Michael Portillo heads for the Hertfordshire village of Perry Green to learn about Henry Moore, one of the defining artists of British modernism. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists. He delves into the back stories of Pissarro, Monet, Renoir and Bazille. Show more

Art on the BBC

Series 2

Monet - The French Revolutionary

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Art historian Katy Hessel explores the BBC archives to create a television history of the father of impressionism, Claude Monet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katy Hessel
Interviewed Guest:
Rosa Goodman
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Luke
Interviewed Guest:
Rosalind McKever
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Director:
Denis Minihan

Art of France

Series 1

Episode 1: Plus Ça Change

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a stunning visual journey through French art history. He traces its development to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Tim Kirby
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Series Producer:
Silvia Sacco
Production Manager:
Imogen Stringer

What Do Artists Do All Day?

Frank Bowling's Abstract World

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to discuss a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brenda Emmanus
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Bowling
Director:
Charlie Sever
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Brenda Emmanus follows acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce in the lead up to a new exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, highlighting groundbreaking artists of African and Asian descent. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brenda Emmanus
Participant:
Sonia Boyce
Participant:
Rasheed Araeen
Participant:
Lubaina Himid
Participant:
Yinka Shonibare
Participant:
Althea McNish
Director:
Alex Harding
Producer:
Alex Harding
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 12

Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Steered by his Bradshaw’s guide, Michael Portillo heads for the Hertfordshire village of Perry Green to learn about Henry Moore, one of the defining artists of British modernism. Show more

Art on the BBC

Series 2

Monet - The French Revolutionary

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Art historian Katy Hessel explores the BBC archives to create a television history of the father of impressionism, Claude Monet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katy Hessel
Interviewed Guest:
Rosa Goodman
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Luke
Interviewed Guest:
Rosalind McKever
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Director:
Denis Minihan

BBC Four

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