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March 19, 2013

Season 1

01. Norman Ackroyd

The working life of Norman Ackroyd, one of Britain's most celebrated landscape artists.

March 19, 2013

02. Polly Morgan

An intimate peek at the strange and wonderful art of taxidermist Polly Morgan.

March 25, 2013

03. Jack Vettriano

Jack Vettriano is arguably Britain's most popular artist, with his nostalgic paintings of a lost age of glamour being instantly recognisable and his most famous work, The Singing Butler, the country's bestselling image, reproduced on everything from calendars to jigsaws. But despite his popularity, the self-taught miner's son from Fife has never been fully accepted by the art establishment. This film offers an intimate and revealing portrait of Vettriano, as he creates his latest painting, featuring actress Kara Tointon, and sees him talk with brutal honestly about his critics and how he deals with fame.

30min
April 8, 2013

04. Cornelia Parker

With a new exhibition of her work opening in London in June, this film follows artist Cornelia Parker as she prepares for the show, working on several new pieces including her latest project - bronze sculptures of cracks in the pavement. In the past, Cornelia has blown up a shed, squashed a brass band and famously collaborated with Tilda Swinton, who was exhibited sleeping in a glass case. One of Britain's most original and acclaimed contemporary artists, her work encourages us to look differently at the world, transforming familiar objects into extraordinary and surprising art.

June 4, 2013

05. John Byrne

This documentary offers a snapshot of the life of artist and writer John Byrne as he completes a large mural for the dome of the King's Theatre in Edinburgh. The film follows Byrne from the intimacy of his Edinburgh home and studio - with a wealth of anecdotes and memories - to the theatre, where he oversees the completion of his latest work. Born and brought up in Paisley, John Byrne now lives in Edinburgh; the cameras follow him as he cycles and walks its streets, meeting people and reflecting on the buzz of the festival city.

August 22, 2013

06. Edmund de Waal

is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place

November 6, 2013

07. Shani Rhys James

is a Welsh painter based in Llangadfan, Powys. She has been described as "arguably one of the most exciting and successful painters of her generation"

November 13, 2013

08. Tom Wood

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February 25, 2014

09. Frank Quitely

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March 4, 2014

10. Marvin Gaye Chetwynd

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March 13, 2014

11. Albert Watson

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March 11, 2014

12. Antony Gormley

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March 26, 2014

13. Michael Craig-Martin

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May 19, 2014