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Monday, August 05, 2019

NEW PAGE: Art on Television

I very much enjoy reviewing the episodes of the various art competitions on UK television and seem to have accumulated rather a lot of posts on the topic.

So much so I've decided to create a brand new page on my blog which is purely about my "Art on Television" blog posts.  It can be accessed

  • via the menu tabs at the top of the page if viewed on a desktop or tablet
  • in the hamburger menu if viewed on a smartphone

The "Art on Television" Page includes 

  • all the series I've reviewed of programmes by both Sky Arts and the BBC - which are listed below. 
  • Every blog post I've written is also listed on the new page


Sky Arts - Artist of the Year


  • Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 - which is in the can but won't be broadcast until 2020
  • Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 - which aired earlier this year on Sky and is currently being repeated on Channel 4 on Saturday evenings at 5pm.
  • Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 - which has just finished filming the semi-finals and will be broadcast in the Autumn. The really big (this is a pun!) question was always whether a very pregnant Kate Bryan would be there all the way until the end. If you go to Kate Bryan's Instagram account you can find out what happened!
a mashup on Instagram of pics tagged #landscapeartistofthe year
  • Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 - the first series I watched via the NOW TV app
  • Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 - which I enjoyed enormously and got to know a number of the artists as a result!

BBC - programmes involving artists and artisans


The Big Painting Challenge

  • BBC Celebrity Painting Challenge - which was the format I'd been advocating for some time - but sadly with no 'normal' people involved
  • BBC: The Big Painting Challenge 2018 (Series 3)
  • BBC: The Big Painting Challenge 2017 (Series 2)
  • BBC: The Big Painting Challenge 2015 (Series 1)

BBC: The Arts and Crafts House (2018)
BBC: Home is Where the Art is (Series 2)
BBC: Home is Where the Art is (Series 1)