Marking 25 years since the creation of the Bridget Jones character, author Helen Fielding opens up her personal archive to tell the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Helen Fielding
Interviewed Guest:: Renee Zellweger
Interviewed Guest:: Hugh Grant
Interviewed Guest:: Colin Firth
Interviewed Guest:: Jess Phillips
Interviewed Guest:: Candice Carty-Williams
Interviewed Guest:: Germaine Greer
Interviewed Guest:: Richard Curtis
Interviewed Guest:: Cherie Blair
Interviewed Guest:: Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:: Andrew Marr
Director:: Alex Harding
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Source: BBC Online

Artsnight

Series 3

Episode 12: Meg Rosoff

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 5^th Aug 2016, 23:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Fri 5^th Aug 2016, 23:00 on BBC Two HD

Magazine arts show. Award-winning novelist Meg Rosoff explores the relationship between art and the unconscious mind as she attempts to unlock the secrets of the creative brain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Meg Rosoff
Executive Producer:: Janet Lee
Series Producer:: Matthew Springford
Producer:: Alex Harding
Director:: Alex Harding
Participant:: Eimear McBride
Participant:: Anne-Marie Duff
Participant:: Denise Gough
Participant:: Susie Orbach
Participant:: Lewis Hou
Participant:: Steven Isserlis
Participant:: Edward Watson

Venice Biennale: Britain's New Voices

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 2^nd Sep 2017, 19:25 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Sep 2017, 02:05 on BBC Two HD

Brenda Emmanus follows a group of emerging, diverse artists as they launch the first ever Diaspora Pavilion in a Venetian palazzo during the Venice Biennale. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Brenda Emmanus
Director:: Alex Harding
Executive Producer:: Janet Lee

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Anni Albers: A Life in Thread

BBC Four

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 21^st Aug 2019, 19:30 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Thu 12^th Mar 2020, 01:30 on BBC Four

Documentary. How Walter Gropius's decision to relegate Anni Albers to the weaving class of the Bauhaus created the greatest textiles artist the world has ever known. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:: Janet Lee
Director:: Alex Harding
Producer:: Alex Harding

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Artsnight

Series 3

Episode 4: Charlotte Church

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 27^th May 2016, 23:35 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sat 28^th May 2016, 22:30 on BBC Two HD

Magazine arts show. Charlotte Church meets musicians using the power of singing to push the boundaries of what a voice can do. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Charlotte Church
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:: Meilyr Jones
Interviewed Guest:: undefined Gwenno
Interviewed Guest:: undefined 9Bach
Editor:: Janet Lee
Series Producer:: Matthew Springford
Director:: Alex Harding

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

Artsnight

Series

Artsnight: Series 3

Source: BBC Online

Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History

BBC Four

Duration: 59 minutes

Audio described

First broadcast: Mon 30^th Jul 2018, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Tue 18^th Jan 2022, 00:30 on BBC Four HD

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Brenda Emmanus follows acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce in the lead up to a new exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, highlighting groundbreaking artists of African and Asian descent. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Brenda Emmanus
Participant:: Sonia Boyce
Participant:: Rasheed Araeen
Participant:: Lubaina Himid
Participant:: Yinka Shonibare
Participant:: undefined BLK Art Group
Participant:: Althea McNish
Director:: Alex Harding
Producer:: Alex Harding
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson

Genres

Formats

Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Artsnight

Meg Rossoff on Art and the Unconscious Mind

BBC World News

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 1^st Oct 2016, 03:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Thu 6^th Oct 2016, 10:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Asia Pacific

Award-winning novelist Meg Rosoff explores the relationship between art and the unconscious mind as she attempts to unlock the secrets of the creative brain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Meg Rosoff
Executive Producer:: Janet Lee
Series Producer:: Matthew Springford
Producer:: Alex Harding
Director:: Alex Harding
Participant:: Eimear McBride
Participant:: Anne-Marie Duff
Participant:: Denise Gough
Participant:: Susie Orbach
Participant:: Lewis Hou
Participant:: Steven Isserlis
Participant:: Edward Watson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Series

Artsnight

Source: BBC Online

Britain's Hidden Art History

BBC World News

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 1^st Sep 2018, 18:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 2^nd Sep 2018, 11:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Brenda Emmanus follows acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce in the lead up to her exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, highlighting groundbreaking artists of African and Asian descent. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Brenda Emmanus
Participant:: Sonia Boyce
Participant:: Rasheed Araeen
Participant:: Lubaina Himid
Participant:: Yinka Shonibare
Participant:: undefined BLK Art Group
Participant:: Althea McNish
Director:: Alex Harding
Producer:: Alex Harding
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

2019

BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 15^th Jun 2019, 20:30 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Tue 9^th Jul 2019, 02:20 on BBC Two Wales HD

Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus go behind the scenes at the Royal Academy summer exhibition and hear singer-songwriter James Bay perform live. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:: BBC Studios
Presenter:: Kirsty Wark
Executive Producer:: Janet Lee
Presenter:: Brenda Emmanus
Producer:: Alex Harding
Director:: Alex Harding

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Series

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Source: BBC Online

All Families Have Secrets - Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 29^th Jul 2017, 20:30 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 29^th Jul 2017, 20:30 on BBC Two HD

Stephen Fry meets novelist Patrick Gale to discuss his latest project Man In An Orange Shirt, a two-part drama for the BBC's Gay Britannia season. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:: Stephen Fry
Interviewed Guest:: Patrick Gale
Executive Producer:: Janet Lee
Director:: Alex Harding

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

Venice Biennale

BBC World News

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 30^th Sep 2017, 02:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Dec 2017, 23:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

In this film made before the Grenfell tower tragedy in London, presenter Brenda Emmanus follows a group of emerging artists during The Venice Biennale. Show more