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Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.

A British television competition for landscape painters that earns the winners a commission and art supplies.

This documentary explores the rise of Teddy Pendergrass, the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums against the backdrop of 1960s America, and his comeback after a life-changing accident.

Live tutorials on aspects of painting given by Portrait Artist of The Year and Landscape Artist of The Year contestants.

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.

After the sudden and unexplained death of his 19-year-old sister Lauren, Patrick is left grieving and looking for answers.

24 artists are competing to create the best portraits of Norwegian celebrities. During the art competition, there will be nerves, tears and astonishing results.

The broadcaster uses archive from the period to look at the ideas that fuelled, and legacy of, the protests of May 1968 in France that became one of the defining moments of that extremely turbulent year.

Documentary series following the stories of people who believe that they've been born into the wrong body as they go through the highs and lows of gender reassignment surgery.

The world is full of wannabe pop stars, but not everyone wants to gamble on a talent show to make it. With exclusive access to Britain's renowned Academy of Contemporary Music, this rockumentary follows students over the first term of the academic year as they follow their dream of making it big in the hard-to-break music business. First-year gospel singer Henrietta wants to be a chart-topping superstar, but struggles to shine in a class of talented vocalists. 19-year-old Ella is striving to develop her own musical style and stand out from the crowd. Trainee producer James has returned to college after being burnt by the music industry and, for hotly tipped college band Massmatiks, this year is all about getting their first record deal. With all the emotion, triumphs and disappointments, learning to rock is harder than it seems.

Television presenter Adrian Chiles takes a personal tour around the Mediterranean to discover if his faith was an accident of birth and geography.

On the 50th anniversary of BBC2 being the first ever channel to regularly broadcast in colour, Melvyn Bragg and guests look at the history of the box in the corner of the room, and how that indeed has changed our history.

Blackpool Lights stars some of the biggest characters from the holiday destination during their day-to-day lives, Characters include North Pier comic Joey Blower, and Blackpool Arcade owner and 'King of the Slots' Chris Higgitt.

The first heat of the sixth season has moved to the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actor Asa Butterfield, comedian Micky Flanagan and actor Anjli Mohindra.

The 2nd heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of DJ and radio/television presenter Trevor Nelson, actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke and singer and television presenter Ashley Roberts.

The third heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of dancer and television personality Len Goodman, rapper and singer Tinie Tempah and actor Harriet Walter.