The Boyle Family

The Boyle Family

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2003 | 37'39''

With a major retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,. the family of artists - best known for their World Series - are documented as th...

Art Behind Bars | True North

Art Behind Bars | True North

Art and Design | BBC One | 2023 | 29'10''

For the first time since his release, Stephen Greer returns to the prison where he learnt to paint to teach art to offenders. Will art transform...

Milton Glaser | Last Word

Milton Glaser | Last Word

Art and Design | BBC Radio 4 | 2020 | 8'54''

Matthew Bannister on the graphic designer Milton Glaser who came up with the iconic ''I heart New York'' logo - but didn't make a penny from it.

Tracey Emin | On The Road With…

Tracey Emin | On The Road With…

Art and Design | BBC News | 2011 | 25'19''

Matthew Stadlen spends a day with artist Tracey Emin.

Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line? | imagine…

Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line? | imagine…

Art and Design | BBC One | 2018 | 1'16'05''

Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of bre...

Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 58'57''

Film following preparations for a Tate retrospective of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose use of repetitive patterns...

Banksy – A Spraycation Story | Secret Norfolk

Banksy – A Spraycation Story | Secret Norfolk

Art and Design | BBC Radio Norfolk | 2022 | 56'36''

Andrew Turner tells the story of Banksy's Norfolk "Spraycation" in the summer of 2021.

Banksy: The Mystery

Banksy: The Mystery

Art and Design | BBC News | 2024 | 24'32''

Money, art, politics: what we know about how the secret Banksy empire works.

Who Needs Banksy | Our Lives

Who Needs Banksy | Our Lives

Art and Design | BBC One | 2022 | 29'02''

An extraordinary organic explosion of street art in Port Talbot, inspired by Banksy, sees the creation of over 40 new murals that transform the ...

Omnibus 2 | The Banksy Story

Omnibus 2 | The Banksy Story

Art and Design | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 | 56'35''

James Peak tells the story of how Banksy went from wall-spraying hood rat, to the most famous, and infamous, artist in the world.

Omnibus 1 | The Banksy Story

Omnibus 1 | The Banksy Story

Art and Design | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 | 56'46''

James Peak tells the story of how Banksy went from wall-spraying hood rat, to the most famous, and infamous, artist in the world.

S01E01: Impression: Sunrise | Art That Shook The World

S01E01: Impression: Sunrise | Art That Shook The World

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2001 | 48'58''

Examining controversial works of art which have influenced culture. Critic Andrew Graham-Dixon reflects on the emergen...

03: But Is it Art? (1966-1993) | Great Artists in Their Own Words

03: But Is it Art? (1966-1993) | Great Artists in Their Own Words

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 58'49''

How radical late 20th-century artists took on centuries of art history and won - from the 'bricks' of Carl ...

02: Out of the Darkness (1939-1966) | Great Artists in Their Own Words

02: Out of the Darkness (1939-1966) | Great Artists in Their Own Words

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 59'21''

The story of modern art in the words of the artists themselves travels from Bacon's tortured war-inspi...

01: The Future Is Now (1907-1939) | Great Artists in Their Own Words

01: The Future Is Now (1907-1939) | Great Artists in Their Own Words

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 59'07''

Documentary series unlocking the archives to tell the story of modern art, as told by the artists at the...

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2020 | 1'29'28''

The definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring, told using previously unheard interviews. Haring blazed a trail through the ar...

Artshock: What Price Art? By Tracey Emin

Artshock: What Price Art? By Tracey Emin

Art and Design | Channel 4 | 2006 | 49'07''

Tracey Emin talks to art experts, curators, gallery directors and artists to find out: how successful female artists can be, if they...

Frank Bowling’s Abstract World | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Frank Bowling’s Abstract World | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2019 | 28'32''

Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, ...

Raqib Shaw | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Raqib Shaw | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2018 | 29'07''

Documentary exploring the art and life of enigmatic painter Raqib Shaw, who works in a London studio which resembles a modern versio...

Shirley Hughes | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Shirley Hughes | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2016 | 28'41''

Shirley Hughes works on the final page of her latest Alfie book, discusses her love of illustrating and tells why, at the age of...

Katie Paterson | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Katie Paterson | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2016 | 29'34''

Film following artist Katie Paterson as she assembles the wood collection and creates her artwork Hollow, made out of 10,000 sam...

Yinka Shonibare | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Yinka Shonibare | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2015 | 28'53''

Yinka Shonibare, whose art challenges our ideas about cultural identity and the post-colonial world, creates a new 'mannequin' ...

Sir Peter Blake | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Sir Peter Blake | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2015 | 29'20''

We spend a day with iconic pop artist Peter Blake at work in his studio following the process of his largest work to date - the...

Derek Boshier | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Derek Boshier | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2015 | 28'47''

A day with Derek Boshier at his studio as he works on a new painting and reflects on his life and career. Boshier burst onto the ...

Sue Webster | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Sue Webster | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2015 | 29'38''

Film following Sue Webster at work on new projects including a cook book and nude portraits, and talking about past success and pla...

Tracey Emin | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Tracey Emin | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2015 | 29'24''

Film following Tracey Emin at work in her studio as she prepares for an exhibition in Vienna, where her work is displayed next to t...

Jake and Dinos Chapman | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Jake and Dinos Chapman | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 29'08''

Film following Jake and Dinos Chapman as they prepare for a new show in their home town of Hastings, including new works...

Michael Landy | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Michael Landy | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 29'27''

Following Michael Landy as he takes his Art Bin project to Yokohama, this film is a portrait of artistic exchange as artists frag...

Michael Craig-Martin | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Michael Craig-Martin | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 29'06''

An insight into contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin at work in his London studio and his preparations for a major scu...

Antony Gormley | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Antony Gormley | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 28'44''

Documentary following Sir Antony Gormley and his team in their Kings Cross studio, preparing a new work called Tanker Field - a ...

Marvin Gaye Chetwynd | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Marvin Gaye Chetwynd | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 28'50''

Film following performance artist Marvin Gaye Chetwynd as her first solo UK show opens in Nottingham and she stages a new ...

Shani Rhys James | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Shani Rhys James | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 29'03''

Profile of Welsh artist Shani Rhys James as she prepares for her exhibition in Aberystwyth, capturing her deep in concentratio...

Edmund de Waal | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Edmund de Waal | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 27'59''

Profile of ceramic artist Edmund de Waal. Filmed mainly in de Waal's studio, this film gives an insight into his working methods...

John Byrne | What Do Artists Do All Day?

John Byrne | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 29'03''

Documentary that offers a snapshot of the life of artist and writer John Byrne as he completes a large mural for the dome of the Kin...

Cornelia Parker | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Cornelia Parker | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 29'26''

With an exhibition of her work opening in London, this film follows artist Cornelia Parker as she prepares for the show and wor...

Jack Vettriano | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Jack Vettriano | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 29'04''

Documentary showing the popular artist Jack Vettriano at work in his studio and talking with brutal honesty about his critics an...

Polly Morgan | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Polly Morgan | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 29'03''

Taxidermist Polly Morgan is one of Britain's most high profile artists. This film asks what her reputation reveals about the relat...

Norman Ackroyd | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Norman Ackroyd | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2013 | 29'06''

Documentary filmed in the London warehouse studio of Norman Ackroyd, one of the country's most celebrated landscape artists, as ...

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2017 | 1'27'47''

Documentary film telling the story of Brooklyn-born artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose work reflected a new type of expressionism in modern art.

Art School | Facing up to Mackintosh

Art School | Facing up to Mackintosh

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2014 | 1'31''

A discussion of the benefits of studying at art school and the Importance of the space and environment in which they study.

Graphic design of a character | The Apprentice

Graphic design of a character | The Apprentice

Art and Design | BBC One | 2018 | 4'29''

The team uses a designer to bring their character to life.

Creating a character | The Apprentice

Creating a character | The Apprentice

Art and Design | BBC One | 2018 | 1'48''

The team works together to create a brand and a character for a new magazine.

Different materials and their possibilities | Making Masterpieces

Different materials and their possibilities | Making Masterpieces

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1997 | 4'00''

Neil Macgregor explains how the materials an artist has access to restrict what art they can create.

A range of materials | Art: Contemporary Visions

A range of materials | Art: Contemporary Visions

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2007 | 8'21''

An artist displays their use of unusual materials to create hanging sculptures.

Photography of everyday life | Art: Contemporary Visions

Photography of everyday life | Art: Contemporary Visions

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2007 | 4'00''

Martin Parr explores a food market looking for subjects for his latest project.

From idea to art | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

From idea to art | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2014 | 3'51''

Anna King describes her process from idea to final piece.

Art techniques | Making Masterpieces

Art techniques | Making Masterpieces

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1997 | 8'40''

Neil Macgregor discovers how research of art techniques can reveal more about our famous paintings.

Modern photography | Age of the Image

Modern photography | Age of the Image

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2020 | 4'09''

James Fox explores how photography has shifted with the camera phone and social media.