Documentaries exploring the lives and works of great painters and artists.
What happened on the December night when Vincent van Gogh took a blade to his own ear?
Norman Gilbert refused to follow the artistic style of the time, forging his own path.
Simon Schama celebrates the masterpieces of Rembrandt's last years.
A cinematic tribute to those who suffered loss as a result of the Northern Irish conflict.
Simon Schama explores one of our deepest artistic urges - the depiction of nature.
Janina Ramirez and John Bailey explore the origins of the English landscape movement.
How the arrival of foreign artists in the 16th century sparked a cultural revolution.
Kenneth Clark looks at artists Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.
Lucian Freud talks for the first time about his work and ambitions.
Three talented artists create beautiful artwork for people they've never met.
Dr Janina Ramirez explores the Â鶹Éç archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci.
350 years after his death, Rembrandt's story told from an unusual perspective – his own.
Six celebrity artists tackle the human form with a nude Keith Allen and a self-portrait.
Alan Yentob meets artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold.
Germaine Greer interviews pioneer abstract artist Paule Vézelay. (1984)
A look at the work of groundbreaking British artists of Asian and African descent.
Profile of John Hoyland, seen by many as England's finest abstract painter. (1979)
A profile of Howard Hodgkin, one of Britain's most successful living painters.