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Sky Arts lines up bass legends for a new three-part documentary series, Greatest Basslines, airing 28 November. The series from Sony Music Vision takes audiences on a hypnotic journey through the world of the bass, guided by three extraordinary bassists: Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order), Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) and Melissa Auf der...
UK artists capture icons of stage and screen, including Dame Mary Berry, Yungblud, Billy Porter, Adjoa Andoh, and Brian Cox Brushes in hand and easels at the ready! Sky Arts and streaming service NOW welcome the return of Portrait Artist of the Year to our screens on 1 October. With...
The Sky Arts Awards took place this evening hosted by Bill Bailey at the Roundhouse, London, celebrating incredible achievements across the entire spectrum of the arts. Building on last year’s inaugural event and the legacy of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, tonight’s ceremony showcased the absolute best of British and Irish...
The Sky Arts Awards will return on 16 September, once again taking place at the iconic Roundhouse in London. Produced by DRUM Studios, the ceremony will continue to champion the very best of British and Irish arts and culture, spotlighting creative brilliance across the industry. Launched last year as an...
Sky Arts presents Mozart Season – a collection of new programmes offering a fresh take on classical music’s most iconic name, featuring Lauren Laverne, David Harewood and Danielle de Niese. From a live concert celebrating Mozart’s operatic heroines, to a globe-trotting investigation into the overlooked legacy of his sister Maria-Anna, and a...
Following the acclaimed BBC drama Miss Austen, Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius celebrates the surprising life of the author whose ground breaking novels have been loved for over two centuries. The three-part series explores how the author of masterpieces including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma ripped...
Sky Arts’ much-loved Artist of the Year franchise has added another brushstroke to its canvas with a brand new series of Masterclasses launching later this year. Artist of the Year: Masterclass will feature live tutorials from a host of talented artists who have taken part in Portrait Artist of the...
A trio of festive specials are on their way to Sky Arts, spanning the quintessentially British world of the pantomime, Tchaikovsky’s globally renowned Nutcracker, and Matthew Bourne’s critically acclaimed dance production of Tim Burton favourite, Edward Scissorhands. Phil Edgar Jones, Executive Director of Unscripted Originals at Sky, said: “We have lined...
Apple TV+ was recognised with eight wins across five titles for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, as hit drama “The Morning Show” lands Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling and Makeup (Non-prosthetic); acclaimed limited series “Lessons in Chemistry” wins Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic...
Palettes prepped and canvases primed, the 11th series of Portrait Artist of the Year is ready to make a splash on Sky Arts, Freeview and NOW. The nation’s favourite art competition returns to the iconic Battersea Arts Centre for its eleventh series on Wednesday 16th October with much-loved host Stephen Mangan. This...
It has today been revealed that comedian, activist, presenter, painter and the nation’s appointed Mummy, Joe Lycett, will be the host of the inaugural Sky Arts Awards, taking place on Tuesday 17 September at The Roundhouse and airing at 9pm on Sky Arts and Freeview. Over the last two weeks, a...
Sky Arts is today announcing five new Sky Originals which will bring the arts to everyone. Iconic women artists are at the heart of the channel’s growing slate, with new films on literary virtuoso Edna O’Brien, art activists The Guerrilla Girls, Turner Prize-winner Lubaina Himid, tour-de-force Maggi Hambling, 2-Tone legend Pauline Black and sister disruptors, The Brontës....
Sky Arts’ Access All Arts Week, a nationwide arts week for primary schools, will return for its third year between 17th and 21st June. 16,900 teachers in 9,500 schools across the UK and Ireland are already signed up to take part. Access All Arts Week is a free learning programme which aims to help...
BBC Arts has commissioned Academy Award-winning Passion Pictures to make an insightful new three-part boxset documentary series on one of Hollywood’s most famous names. Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar (w/t) Executive Produced by Kari Lia, Hamish Fergusson and Kim Kardashian, and will feature privileged access to those who knew her best,...
Country music fans will soon be able to bring the heart of Nashville straight to their living rooms with a new series of concerts from the Grand Ole Opry coming to Sky Arts from the end of October. Known as the show that made country music famous, each Grand Ole...
Sky Arts today announces four new commissions to excite art-lovers, including a chance to see behind the scenes of the once in a generation refurbishment of the National Portrait Gallery, set to open its doors this week. Legendary artists also under the Sky Arts spotlight in the coming months include David Hockney, Andy...
The South Bank Sky Arts Awards – the first and only awards ceremony to celebrate every genre of the arts, including Dance, Theatre, Pop, TV Drama, Film, Classical Music, Literature, Opera, Comedy and Visual Art – returns on Sunday 2 July. The ceremony, presented by Melvyn Bragg, will take place...
London, UK Sky Arts is set to take a unique and unrivalled look at David Hockney’s life and work in a new series of special films, Celebrating David Hockney (*w/t), edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg. Produced by Directors Cut Productions, the programmes will air on Sky Arts, Freeview and NOW later this...
The many and varied ‘voices’ of artists from these shores are the subject of a series of specially commissioned new documentaries and programmes from BBC Northern Ireland. The new Season Of Arts collection, which will start to be made available on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 1 February, aims to shine...
Sky & Red Shoe Productions present ‘Christmas in Ireland with Imelda May and Friends’ – a one-hour special broadcast on December 24th hosted by Imelda May Sky today announced a Christmas special, hosted by Imelda May, that will premiere on Sky Arts and NOW, this Christmas Eve at 9.30pm. Filmed...
Event was the culmination of an 18-month partnership between Sky Studios Elstree and Elstree Screen Arts. In the first local partnership of its kind, students created four documentaries with support and mentoring from world class talent and filmmakers at Sky. Last month, documentaries produced by dozens of local students from...
I’m delighted that these programmes for 2023 showcase BBC Arts’ reputation for making documentaries of depth, complexity, discovery and unparalleled quality.” — Suzy Klein, Commissioner, BBC Arts Suzy Klein, Head of Arts and Classical Music TV at the BBC has announced four major new series for 2023. These are: Treasures of...
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