Art and Design

S02E04: Talhenbont Hall | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen visits Plas Talhenbont on the Lleyn Peninsula, currently owned by an Essex-born family.

S02E03: Soughton House | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen visits Soughton House in Mold, and learns of the rags-to-riches story of its current owner.

S02E02: Cresselley | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen visits Cresselly, the mansion which has been home to the Allen family for the past 300 years.

S02E01: Iscoyd Park | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen visits Iscoyd Park to meet the couple who have transformed the mansion into an events venue.

S01E04: Penmynydd | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits Plas Penmynydd - a medieval mansion house in the heart of rural Anglesey.

S01E03: Glynllifon | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits Glynllifon - a huge neo-classical mansion near Caernarfon in Gwynedd.

S01E02: Llanmihangel | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits Plas Llanmihangel, an impressive Elizabethan manor house in the Vale of Glamorgan. Filming locat...

S01E01: Trevor Hall | Hidden Houses of Wales

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits Trevor Hall, a fine Georgian mansion on the outskirts of Llangollen in north-east Wales. During a...

03: Climate of the Times | Standard Grade Art and Design

Schools programme presented by Katy Murphy, exploring the fashion, music, architecture, design, and lifestyles of th...

Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

Documentary in which architect Jonathan Adams travels America exploring the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, possibly America's grea...

Zaha Hadid's Cincinnati Arts Center | Witness History

The ground-breaking building was the first American museum to be designed by a woman. Critics hailed it as one of the m...

The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich | Secret Knowledge

Architect Zaha Hadid considers the influence of Russian abstract artist Kazimir Malevich's avant...

Willis Corroon | Building Sights

Architect Zaha Hadid looks at Sir Norman Foster's Willis Corroon building in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Zaha Hadid: Who Dares Wins | imagine...

Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, who designed buildings around the...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: A Modern Man

A celebration of the life and work of one of the world's most innovative architects and designers who, at the turn of the century, to...

Mackintosh: Glasgow's Neglected Genius

Documentary in which Glasgow artist Lachlan Goudie examines the life, work and legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's most ce...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Front Row

As a Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition opens at RIBA in London, the architect Amanda Levete assesses the man behind the Glasgow Scho...

Episode 4 | The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts

Modern crafters move in to a Victorian arts and crafts commune. This week, the crafters concentrate on the communal areas ...

Episode 3 | The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts

Modern crafters move in to a Victorian arts and crafts commune. This week, the crafters tackle the massive dining room in ...

Episode 2 | The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts

Modern crafters move in to a Victorian arts and crafts commune. This week, the crafters restore the master bedroom to all ...

S01E04: West Africa | Lost Kingdoms of Africa

Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Nigeria and Mali to explore the story behind a series of magnificent 16th-century bronzes made in...

Galenic anatomy | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford explains Galen's theory of the four humours.

Benin Bronzes | Civilisations

David Olusoga visits the Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

S01E01: Monet | Fake or Fortune

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind paintings, starting with what they believe is an...

Elton John and AI | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Sir Elton John described the government as ''absolute losers'' and said he feels ''incredibly betrayed'' over plans to exemp...

02: Andreas Vesalius | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford tells the story of 16th-century anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who produced the first complete account of the human...

03: Smashing the Mould | The Art of Russia

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of Russian art. He examines political revolution and how art was at the forefront of throwing ...

03: New York 1951 | Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities

James Fox tells the story of New York in 1951, when the likes of Jackson Pollock, Jack Kerouac, Ma...

01: Liberty, Diversity, Depravity | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

In 18th century England, out of the Age of Enlightenment came a Gothic obsession with monsters...

Comic book propaganda | Age of the Image

James Fox explores the use of comic books to spread political messages during WW2 in Germany.

Henry and the Church | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Jonathan Foyle explains how Henry VIII validated his new Church through a painting by Hans Holbein that connected him...

The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci | Art on the BBC

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona...

Episode 1 | Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to make their reputations in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy, as both must play a ...

Andy Warhol: The prince of Pop Art | The Forum

Bridget Kendall explores pop artist Andy Warhol with the gallery director Eric Shiner, art historian Professor Jean Wainwright...

Andy Warhol: Time Regained

Lenny Henry travels to Pittsburgh to witness the opening of Andy Warhol's mysterious and eccentric mega-artwork, the Time Capsules, capturing the ...

04: The Hunter Brothers | The Beauty of Anatomy

How the Hunter brothers transformed medicine and art in 18th-century Britain, believing that anatomy could only be learnt by ...

02: The City and the Soul | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

As the Industrial Revolution promised more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and li...

Contemporary African Recycled art | African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power

Afua meets an artist who is using rubbish from the slums as material to create art.

Charles is Executed | Charles I's Treasure Reunited

Brenda Emmanus discusses the execution of Charles I.

The Image of Henry in Paintings | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

Jonathan Foyle investigates the symbolism in Holbein's 'The Whitehall Mural'.

Art Behind Bars | True North

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...

Tracey Emin | On The Road With...

Matthew Stadlen spends a day with artist Tracey Emin.

Sue Webster | What Do Artists Do All Day?

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?

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...

Marvin Gaye Chetwynd | What Do Artists Do All Day?

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

Polly Morgan | What Do Artists Do All Day?

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

Art School | Facing up to Mackintosh

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

Public art | Art & Design

A case study of the regeneration of Liverpool Lime Street train station, where 1970's buildings are knocked down to create space and public art.

Contextual referencing | Art & Design

Different artists contemplate the context of their work, why they use references and the importance of doing so in art.

The Boyle Family

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...

Milton Glaser | Last Word

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: Where Do You Draw the Line? | imagine...

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

Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

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

Banksy - A Spraycation Story | Secret Norfolk

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

Omnibus 2 | The Banksy Story

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

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

Banksy: The Mystery

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

Who Needs Banksy | Our Lives

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

S01E01: Impression: Sunrise | Art That Shook The World

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

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

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

Galenic anatomy | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford explains Galen's theory of the four humours.

02: Andreas Vesalius | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford tells the story of 16th-century anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who produced the first complete account of the human...

04: The Hunter Brothers | The Beauty of Anatomy

How the Hunter brothers transformed medicine and art in 18th-century Britain, believing that anatomy could only be learnt by ...

Charcoal drawing process | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Stuart Semple describes the techniques he uses when drawing with charcoal.

01: Galen and Leonardo | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford begins his series investigating the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art tha...

John Hunter | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford investigates John Hunter's radical new approach to anatomy.

Hunter's preserved specimens | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford views preserved specimens made by the Hunter brothers.

Early anatomy theatre | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford visits one of the very few surviving original anatomy theatres in the world.

The body as a microcosm of the world | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford explains Leonardo and Galen's theory that the body was a microcosm of the world.

50 Years of Mr Men with Matt Lucas

Mr Men superfan Matt Lucas presents a history of the colourful little characters who found their way into the hearts and bedtime stories o...

05: Gray's Anatomy | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford tells the story of how Henry Gray and Henry Carter put their bestseller Gray's Anatomy together based on dissectio...

03: Rembrandt and Ruysch | The Beauty of Anatomy

Adam Rutherford travels to Holland to find out what it was that drew Rembrandt to anatomy and why dissecting bodies was thou...

Liberty standing pose | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

A ten minute life drawing pose inspired by Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix.

Narcissus pose | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

A ten minute life drawing pose inspired by Caravaggio's painting 'Narcissus'.

Chiaroscuro | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

An introduction to chiaroscuro, in relation to Caravaggio's painting 'Narcissus'.

Interview with a life model | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

An interview with a life model.

Twelve minute pose | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

A twelve minute life drawing pose, with a cello.

Ten minute pose | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

A ten minute life drawing pose, in real time.

Tone | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

An exploration of how to introduce tone into life drawing.

Six minute pose | Life Drawing Live: Pose Cam

A six minute pose, in real time, inspired by Velazquez's 'The Rokeby Venus'.

The Town That Thread Built

Documentary telling the story of J & P Coats, initially a cotton mill opened in Paisley in 1826 that went on to become one of the world's three bi...

03: Climate of the Times | Standard Grade Art and Design

Schools programme presented by Katy Murphy, exploring the fashion, music, architecture, design, and lifestyles of th...

Corinne Day and Kate Moss | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Corinne Day, a former model, switched the focus from the photographer to the model and in doing so sparked Ka...

Beauty in fashion photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

David Hurn was one of the first of the new breed of fashion photographers, who used to shoot in his own s...

S02E05: Alexander McQueen | A Life in Ten Pictures

Alexander McQueen's image is famous around the world. But just a handful of iconic shots and private snaps reveal a new st...

Cutting Up Rough | The Works

The Works follows fashion designer Alexander McQueen at London Fashion Week and records preparations for his Givenchy pret-a-porter show in Paris.

McQueen

An intimate look inside the world of Alexander McQueen, celebrating his radical and mesmerising genius whilst telling a thought-provoking fable about the price of gl...

05: Loud and Proud - The Street Look | British Style Genius

Exploring iconic British fashions that have evolved from the street, including Teds, Mods, skinheads and recent c...

03: Breaking the Rules - Fashion Rebel Look | British Style Genius

Exploring the 'fashion rebel' look and the story of the industry's great mavericks, from Vivienne Westwood...

02: A Cut Above - The Tailored Look | British Style Genius

Exploring what makes British fashion distinctive continues with the tailored look and the British ability to combi...

01: A Fashion Democracy - The High Street Look | British Style Genius

What makes British fashion and style so distinctive, beginning with a look at how the High Street made ...

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist

Documentary film reflecting on the extraordinary career of Dame Vivienne Westwood, looking closely at her artistry, her activism and her cultu...

Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark interviews the fashion icon Vivienne Westwood about her career as one of Britain's most inventive and influential fashion ...

Vivienne | Archive on 4

Kirsty Wark looks back on the life and work of the Godmother of Punk, Vivienne Westwood and her ground breaking designs.

01: A Style of One's Own | Standard Grade Art and Design

Program follows two photographers, Ian Phillips and Roslyn Gaunt, as they each fulfill a fashion photography brief f...

Art and Design | Bitesize Secondary

Series supporting the Creative Arts diploma, focusing on fashion, textile, graphic and product design. It looks at areas as diverse as th...

Knitting during WW2 | Fabric of Britain

How knitting became both a great recreational activity as well as part of the war effort in the 1930-40's.

Coco Chanel knitwear | Fabric of Britain

Coco Chanel help to create a classic British look using knitwear.

Knitwear | Fabric of Britain

The Prince of Wales repopularised knitting in the 20th century.

Creating a wrap dress | The Great British Sewing Bee

The contestants are challenged to design and create a wrap dress.

Comic book propaganda | Age of the Image

James Fox explores the use of comic books to spread political messages during WW2 in Germany.

Marek Reichman meets Peter Saville | Only Artists

The industrial designer Marek Reichman meets the graphic artist and designer Peter Saville.

I Heart Milton Glaser

Speaking to some of Glaser's contemporary graphic designers and critics, I Heart Milton Glaser explores a form of art that surrounds us every day and t...

Art and Design | Bitesize Secondary

Series supporting the Creative Arts diploma, focusing on fashion, textile, graphic and product design. It looks at areas as diverse as th...

Graphic design of a character | The Apprentice

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

Creating a character | The Apprentice

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

Recycled materials into a canvas | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Nick Gentry expresses how he recycles materials to make his own "canvas".

Joan Bakewell Remembers... Marcel Duchamp in Late Night Line-Up | Remembering...

Joan Bakewell looks back on her interview with legendary French artist and sculptor Marcel D...

Duchamp's Urinal | Drama on 4

A documentary fiction about Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking work The Fountain, presented by art-historian Ben Street.

Emin/Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed

A look at the affinities between the art of Edvard Munch and Tracey Emin, exploring the many unexpected ways that the Norwegian exp...

Van as canvas | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Maryam Hashemi explores creating art on a very unusual canvas.

3D paper art | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Yulia Brodskaya explains how she creates 3D works of art using only coloured paper.

Mapping to VR | Age of the Image

James Fox explains how mapping helped to improve the use of VR and 3D imaging.

Making a mosaic | MAKE! Craft Britain

A set of students are introduced to the art of mosaic making, including learning how to cut your tiles.

My Village, My Life

In the week of the opening of the Festival of India, Prafulla Mohanti , author and writer, presents a unique portrait of an Indian village. Born the youn...

S01E01 | Extraordinary Portraits

Artist Roxana Halls paints twin sisters who survived a crocodile attack in Mexico. In the process, we learn how their attitudes towards body...

Leonardo da Vinci v Michelangelo | Witness History

When Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was invited to paint a huge fresco in Florence - he could not have ...

03: Paolo Uccello - The Hunt in the Forest | Decoding the Masterworks

Dr Janina Ramirez visits the Ashmolean museum in Oxford to decode the 15th-century masterpiece by Paolo...

02: Dali's Metamorphosis of Narcissus | Decoding the Masterworks

Dr Janina Ramirez visits Tate Modern in London with Professor Dawn Ades to try and unravel the mysteries of ...

01: Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere | Decoding the Masterworks

Dr Janina Ramirez decodes Edouard Manet's masterpiece A Bar at the Folies-Bergere with Prof Griselda Pollo...

Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene | Witness History

It's 35 years since graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat died, on the 12th August 1988. He had huge...

Cities: Van Gogh - Cafe Terrace at Night | One Hundred Great Paintings

Filmed on location at the Kroller-Muller Museum, just outside Amsterdam, David Hockney appraises Cafe ...

Self Portraits: Van Gogh (1853-1890) | One Hundred Great Paintings

David Piper visits the Louvre in Paris to discuss Van Gogh's self-portraits in the context of his other wo...

02: The Portrait | Standard Grade Art and Design

Documentary shot on location in Glasgow, Greenock, and Castle Toward, aimed at Standard Grade Art & Design students (aged 14...

Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego directed by her son, film-maker Nick Willing.

The Secret Surrealist: Desmond Morris

Since the 1960s, Desmond Morris has been known as a zoologist and expert on human behaviour, but the bestselling author of The Naked Ap...

Painting technique | Making Art: First Idea to Final Piece

Anna King explains the technique she uses in her paintings.

Realism in art | Age of the Image

James Fox explains the concept of realism in modern art.

Angel | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Paula Rego talks about her ''Guardian Angel'' artwork and the literary inspiration behind it as well as her activism for abortions.

Paula Rego's Abortion Series | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Paula Rego speaks about her ''Abortion'' series, which she made to overturn the ban on abortion in Portugal.

Paula Rego | Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

Paula Rego speaks about the inspiration for the setting, story and influence of childhood in her artwork.

Cindy Sherman - Nobody's Here But Me | Arena

Using herself as the model, American artist Cindy Sherman has produced hundreds of photographs exploring the use of female stere...

06: Snap Judgements | The Genius of Photography

A look at the current state of the art, from phone cameras to digital post-production, and the rediscovery of 19th century te...

Tom Wood | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Profile of photographer Tom Wood as he visits Mayo in the west of Ireland, documenting his encounters whilst photographing the landsca...

S03E13: Gloucestershire | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis recalls the work of Edwin Beard Budding, who invented the lawnmower, and focuses on William Henry Fox Talbot, the fath...

05: We Are Family | The Genius of Photography

How the medium translates personal relationships into photographic ones, and what happens when photographers turn their cameras...

04: Paper Movies | The Genius of Photography

The three decades from the late 1950s onwards were the golden age of photographic journeys and colour photography.

03: Right Place, Right Time | The Genius of Photography

Photography at its best makes viewers eyewitnesses to events like D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima.

02: 1918-1945: Documents for Artists | The Genius of Photography

Following World War I, photography was the medium of the age, and used to promote radical utopia.

01: 1800-1914: Fixing the Shadows | The Genius of Photography

How a technical problem was solved in 1839, paving the way for practical application.

On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Drawing on the BBC's rich archive, this documentary reveals the working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographe...

Episode 3 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Photographer Eamonn McCabe traces the story of British photography from the explosion of colour images in the late 1950s t...

Episode 2 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Eamonn McCabe explores how British photographers responded to historic events in the first half of the 20th century and tr...

Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Ca...

Mahtab Hussain | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Documentary following photographer Mahtab Hussain, known for his portraits of working-class Muslim men exploring masculinity and...

Dougie Wallace | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Film following photographer Dougie Wallace as he finishes Harrodsburg, a series documenting the super-rich in one of the UK's mo...

Dennis Morris | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Following Dennis Morris, whose images of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols helped define the art of rock photography, at work as he ...

Albert Watson | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Documentary following Albert Watson over the course of a day photographing the barren, beautiful landscape of the Isle of Skye.

Frank Quitely | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Documentary following Frank Quitely over the course of a day and a night, as he works on a page from his latest work, Jupiter's L...

Albert Watson | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

The difference with Albert Watson's landscape photography is that he manipulates the images using any means necessary; in...

Ansel Adams | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Ansel Adams spoke to the BBC a year before his death about some of his most famous landscape photographs.

04: Fake Views | Age of the Image

James Fox examines how images have become more powerful - and less trusted - than ever before, from hyper-real paintings to movie special e...

Episode 1 | Great British Photography Challenge

The search for Britain's best amateur photographer begins with a blustery Brighton seafront, a nature assignment in the New F...

Episode 3 | Great British Photography Challenge

The search for an exciting new name in British photography continues. This week sees the six photographers challenged to capt...

Episode 2 | Great British Photography Challenge

The photographers face a speed assignment in the boxing gym, go in search of documenting life in a Birmingham market and are ...

Media | Bitesize Secondary

Using extracts from the BBC archive, this programme goes behind the scenes with the special effects team on Doctor Who and with the Life on Mars c...

Episode 4 | Great British Photography Challenge

The photographers embrace Glencoe for their landscape challenge and click with two up-and-coming bands. It's time to wow Rank...

Episode 3 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Photographer Eamonn McCabe traces the story of British photography from the explosion of colour images in the late 1950s t...

Episode 2 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Eamonn McCabe explores how British photographers responded to historic events in the first half of the 20th century and tr...

Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Ca...

Photos with symbolism | Great British Photography Challenge

The contestants are using flowers to create different symbolism within their photos.

Photographing moving targets | Great British Photography Challenge

The contestants need to find the correct settings and techniques to take good action photos.

The Decisive Moment | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

''The Decisive Moment'' is a term famed by Henri Cartier-Bresson referring to the moment all the elements in a phot...

Hannah Hoch and photomontage | Age of the Image

Hannah Hoch, known for her photomontages, was initially inspired by the half-tone process from newspapers, particularly a pho...

The selfie | Age of the Image

James Fox highlights the first ever ''selfie'' and considers why the selfie has become such a phenomenon.

Brownie camera | Age of the Image

James Fox explores the history of the Brownie camera and how Kodak's ''point-and-shoot'' revelation was the game-changer for photography.

Documentary photography in colour | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Monochrome was always considered the serious choice for documentary work until John Bulmer began a...

John Hinde's colour photographs | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Martin Parr discusses John Hinde's famous use of pioneering technicolour in his postcards.

Queen Victoria and portrait photography | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Eamonn McCabe discusses the history of Victorian portrait photography and it's importance to...

Julia Margaret Cameron's soft focus | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Cameron is famed for being the first to use soft focus in photography and claimed she came to th...

Victorian Polaroid | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

A demonstration of the early processes and chemical concoctions used in early photography.

Marcel Duchamp and His Fountain | Witness History

In October 1942, the great French artist Marcel Duchamp designed a surrealist exhibition in New York. Someone who helped hi...

Tracey Emin on Louise Bourgeois | Secret Knowledge

Tracey Emin offers an insight into the life and work of one of the great artists of the last century, Louise Bourgeois, fa...

Barbara Hepworth | Sunday Feature

Historian Juliet Gardiner profiles Barbara Hepworth, Britain's most successful 20th century female sculptor. She visits Hepworth's studio a...

Barbara Hepworth

A contemporary of Henry Moore, Yorkshire-born Barbara Hepworth has made Cornwall her home. This film by John Read examines how the Cornish landscapes have i...

A range of materials | Art: Contemporary Visions

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

Tourism and art | Meet You at the Hippos

The public art in the new-towns instilled identity, which was challenged when the art was moved or painted much to the ambivalence o...

Art and marketing | Meet You at the Hippos

Malcolm Robertson considers how much of his public art created for Glenrothes evolved from art into advertisments for the town.

What's the point in public art? | Meet You at the Hippos

Camille Archer ponders what public art is and why it is important to communities.

Art as a flood defence | Meet You at the Hippos

Denis Barnes discusses the simple ways he created public art initially with zero budget and how some even aided the natural w...

Concrete Elephants | Meet You at the Hippos

Steve Bonnar discovers his concrete elephants have lost their trunks since he installed them, leaving him philosophical about art...

Environmental art | Meet You at the Hippos

Andrew Dimitrius considers what environmental art is and how that differs from historic public art in the way of plinths and monum...

Town planner or Artist | Meet You at the Hippos

Brian Miller was just a town planner but was adamant to make new towns vibrant with murals and sculptures that all could enjoy.

Concrete Hippos | Meet You at the Hippos

Steve Bonnar reflects 38-years later about his first new town public art project amounting in some concrete hippos.

First Town Artist | Meet You at the Hippos

In the 1970's the town planners of Scotland's new-towns hired "town artists" to make public work that would complement the community.

Birth of new towns | Meet You at the Hippos

The post-war government were keen to build communities as well as just housing but equally wanted to reduce the population of Gla...

Art in Scottish ''new-towns'' | Meet You at the Hippos

Actor Mark Bonnar details Scotland's building boom of "new-towns" in the post-war era.

Glaze | Handmade in Japan

The Hamadas are a famous family of potters, and we see Tomoo at work, shaping his pots and firing them in a wood-fuelled kiln.

Pottery traditions | Handmade in Japan

The Hamadas are a famous family of potters, and we see Tomoo at work, shaping his pots and firing them in a wood-fuelled kiln.