iPlayer Arts Category :: Featured Episodes
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
The story of Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass and the fan-powered quest to find it.
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Honouring Remarkable Bravery—Extraordinary Portraits, Series 5
Honouring the bravery of the man who used a narwhal tusk to tackle an attacker.
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Gluck: Who Did She Think He Was?
The untold story of Britain's cross-dressing high society painter.
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David Hockney - A Bigger Picture—imagine..., Summer 2009
The return from California of one of England's favourite artists, at the age of 70.
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Constable: The Rural Rebel—Art on the BBC, Series 1
Art historian Rose Balston creates a television history of John Constable.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray with Luke Thompson—The Read, Series 4
Oscar Wilde’s haunting tale of beauty, vanity and moral corruption.
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Art Mystery: Can AI Solve It?—Tech Now
Harriet Bradshaw finds out how AI is being used to help solve an art history mystery.
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The Doll's House—Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, Series 3
Beatrix Potter’s dolls’ house and a portrait that could be of Lawrence of Arabia.
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The Mystery of Churchill’s Garden—Fake or Fortune?, Series 13
Is a picture of a summer garden a lost work by Sir Winston Churchill?
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LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
The secretive artist revealed as never before, with his voice lip-synced by Ian McKellen.
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David Hockney: A Life in Art—The Interview, Celebrities
The artist talked to Katie Razzall about his biggest-ever exhibition in Paris at age 87.
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Manchester: BBC Philharmonic plays Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite—Eurovision Classical Concerts, Series 1
The BBC Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite.
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Stravinsky’s Firebird—Inside Classical, Series 4
A dazzling concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Georgia Mann.
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Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
JMW Turner’s sketches reveal how he became one of Britain’s most celebrated artists.
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2026—Big Night of Musicals by the National Lottery
Jason Manford hosts a spectacular show, with performances from The Lion King to Wicked.
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2026—Olivier Awards
A glittering celebration with Nick Mohammed, plus performances from Paddington and Evita.
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Rome—Civilisations: Rise and Fall, Series 1
A weak emperor. A divided empire. Enemies at the gate. Is this the end for ancient Rome?
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Episode 1—A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley
How the Georgian age saw courtship rules being rewritten as romantic love was glamorised.
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Helsinki: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Plays Sibelius's Finlandia—Eurovision Classical Concerts, Series 1
Celebrating music, a concert from Helsinki by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet
Christmas comes to life in this magical production from ballet legend Sir Peter Wright.
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Kiss Me, Kate
Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar and Broadway royalty Stephanie J Block lead a stellar cast.
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Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2025—BBC Proms, 2025
A feast of show-stopping highlights from the world's biggest classical music festival.
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Episode 1—Nature and Us: A History through Art, Series 1
James Fox uses art to chart humankind’s earliest attempts to gain control over nature.
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Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Rambert’s thrilling stage adaptation, with stunning performances and an iconic soundtrack.
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