Eleanor Yule

7.8 MovieMichael Palin heads for rural Pennsylvania and Maine to explore the extraordinary life and work of one of America's most popular and controversial painters, Andrew...

Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

2013

6.6 TVHorror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash...

Ghost Stories for Christmas

2000

8.0 MovieWhile doing her rounds in the Scottish countryside, Doctor Caroline Lamar comes upon a hitchhiker, and offers him a lift. Young Danish backpacker Mike Hammershoi...

Blinded

2004

7.0 MovieIn 2005, Michael Palin set out to unlock the mysteries and find out about the background and life of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi. Hammershøi painted around the...

Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi

2005

7.0 MovieThe life and work of Tove Jansson, mainly known for creating the Moomins but also a writer and painter.

Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson

2012

6.0 MovieA BBC documentary on the city of Vienna – covering its historical legacies, prominent figures, artistic wonders, and elusive urban identity.

Vienna: City of Dreams

2007

7.0 MovieMichael Palin discovers the story of 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. He unearths not only her paintings, but a complex and difficult life.

Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

2015

MovieThe story of serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who murdered 15 young men in the 1980s.

Dennis Nilsen: In Love with Death

2009

MovieMichael Palin travels to France in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall, captured by his favourite artist, Scottish painter Anne Redpath. He travels from a...

Palin on Redpath

1997

MovieThe tender and tragic love story of French painter Pierre Bonnard and his wife and lifelong model Marthe. The artist recorded their relationship on canvas and, 50...

Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed

1998

MovieMichael Palin explores the lives and paintings of four Scottish artists known as the Colourists: John Duncan Fergusson, George Leslie Hunter, Samuel John Peploe and...

Michael Palin On The Colourists

2000

MovieMichael Palin visits the Baltimore apartment gallery of Etta and Claribel Cone, wealthy American sisters who amassed one of the world's finest collections of modern...

Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

2003

MovieA celebration of the life, career and uniquely surreal humour of Scottish comedian Chic Murray. Through archive footage, performances and reflections from fellow...

Just Daft: The Comic Genius of Chic Murray