iPlayer Arts category featured programmes
Jason Manford hosts a musical celebration with spectacular performances.
Can the team prove a flower picture is by the pioneer of abstract art, Piet Mondrian?
Michelangelo struggles to make his name in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy.
The story of ballet dancer Steven McRae's recovery after damaging his Achilles tendon.
Bill Bailey matches a remarkable young woman with cancer with a realist painter.
The incredible story of Clemency Burton-Hill’s recovery following a brain haemorrhage.
Best-selling novelist Dame Jilly Cooper candidly reflects on her life and work.
Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson’s defining gothic horror in all its glory.
Simon Schama explores how artists have shaped who we are in an era of bewildering change.
The artist talks to Katie Razzall about his biggest ever exhibition in Paris, aged 87.
Sir Salman Rushdie on his formative creative influences and experiences.
David Olusoga looks at how African novelists became the conscience of their continent.
Docudrama exploring the French artist Jacques-Louis David.
The beloved illustrator and famous fans on Roald Dahl and other artistic adventures.
Gareth’s eight new singers are preparing for the biggest performance of their lives.
Documentary about 60s pop artist Pauline Boty, tracking her contribution to British art.
Exploring the exceptional life and work of Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea.
imagine... profiles the career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci.
The inside story of a waiter turned movie mogul and the scandal that rocked Hollywood.
Kirsty Wark meets the Scots who have shaped the fashion industry.
Celia Imrie narrates a celebration of one of Britain’s greatest acting icons.
A look at RISE, the opening spectacular celebrating Bradford, UK City of Culture in 2025.
Five years after the fire, Lucy Worsley revisits Notre-Dame ahead of its reopening.
The truth about the Maria Callas myth and the gift of her extraordinary voice.