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Art programme where various presenters discuss the art that interests them.

Arts programme featuring a different presenter each episode, focusing on particular artists and themes that they're passionate about.

Canvas: Series 1: Episode 4: The Frescoes: Domenichino

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Frescoes: Domenichino

Series 1

The Frescoes: Domenichino

BBC Two - Canvas, Series 1, The Frescoes: Domenichino

David Hockney talks about the Frescoes by Domenichino in the National Gallery, London.

David Hockney talks about the Frescoes by Domenichino in the National Gallery, London. He explains how the border on the painting depicting Apollo killing the Cyclops affects the picture.  

David Hockney talks about the Frescoes by Domenichino in the National Gallery, London. He explains how the border on the painting depicting Apollo killing the Cyclops, which had been copied from a tapestry, affects the picture, and talks about his own experiments in creating flat pictures with borders.

Canvas: Series 1

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Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Series in which different presenters talk about the art and artists they love.

Pole to Pole - Russian Steps

Pole to Pole

Pole to Pole: Russian Steps

Russian Steps

BBC One - Pole to Pole, Russian Steps

Michael arrives in Leningrad and makes his way across the Soviet Union.

Michael experiences life in the latter days of the Soviet Union as he travels from Leningrad to the port of Odessa, mere days before the 1991 coup in Moscow.

BBC One

Michael Palin travels across the globe from the North to the South Pole.

Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, travelling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.

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