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Produced in association with London’s National Portrait Gallery, Fiona Shaw goes on a journey to explore pictures of people in history and today, interviewing painters, photographers and caricaturists....
Alistair Cooke's first Letter from America - initially called American Letter - was broadcast in March, 1946. It was to be the first of 2,869 such broadcasts, spanning 58 years, making it by far the...
A portrait of a young man, Simon Stevens, who has cerebral palsy, attempting to look behind the stereotypes to show his view of the world.
Places in context the portraits of the Emperor Augustus that have survived on coins and as busts. Discusses the development of portraiture from the idealised representations of Alexander the Great through to...
Included is a portrait of Sylvie Guillem in conversation and profiled by, among others, Anthony Dowell, Maurice Bejart and John Percival. AT WORK; Film of the acclaimed prima ballerina performing classical...
An outstanding portrait painter, the Dutch artist Frans Hals (1581-1666) remains a mysterious personality. This film reconstructs his life and times through attention to the clues in his paintings, which...
Portrait of Homai Vyarawalla, a pioneer of documentary photography. She began by taking photographs in the 1930s with her husband and went on to produce some of the key images of the Indian independence...
A look a the life and work of John Adams, one of America’s most frequently performed living composers who has managed to write accessible music that still surprises and challenges his listeners. Includes...
A compilation of 7 short films by the Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait, a forerunner of the English experimental directors of the late 20th century.. Over the course of 36 years she produced over 30...
Examines in detail Jan van Eyck’s ‘Arnolfini Portrait’, painted in the Netherlands in 1434. By scrolling over the surface the viewer can approach the painting through different topics, such as the...
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