Francis Bacon

Artist Francis Bacon talks with great candour to writer and critic David Sylvester.

Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day

A film portrait of one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, Billie Holiday.

Documentary about Bette Davis, including an interview with the Hollywood star herself.

2/2 Second of a two-part profile of Orson Welles, looking at films including The Trial.

1/2 First of a two-part film profile of Orson Welles, which goes as far as Touch of Evil.

A celebration of Roy Plomley's radio favourite with some celebrity castaways' help.

This programme looks at the history of the Ford Cortina.

Documentary about the great American realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper.

Chelsea Hotel in New York, a haven for some of the 20th century's greatest talent. (1981)

Programme from 1980 profiling writer/performer Victoria Wood and playwright Andrea Dunbar.