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The Private Life of a Masterpiece is a BBC arts documentary series which tells the stories behind great works of art; 29 episodes of the series were broadcast on BBC Two, commencing on 8 December 2001 and ending on 25 December 2010. It initially ran for five seasons from 8 December 2001 to 17 April 2006, for a total of 22 episodes; each episode was 50 minutes long. A seven-DVD box set of the first five series was released in 2007, which re-arranged the documentaries into genres from art history. A further seven episodes were broadcast between 24 December 2006 and 25 December 2010. The series has been widely broadcast around the world, often in re-voiced into national languages. The original narrations were done by the actor Samuel West. Works of art featured range from Michelangelo's David for the first episode to Filippo Lippi's Adoration of the Christ Child for the last.
Original Release
02/16/2001 on BBC
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Samuel West | Self - Narrator |
| Richard Cork | Self - Art Critic |
| John House | Self - The Courtauld Institute, London / Self - Courtauld Institute, London |
| Tamar Garb | Self - University College, London |
| Christopher Riopelle | Self - The National Gallery, London / Self - National Gallery, London |
| Douglas Druick | Self - The Art Institute of Chicago / Self - Art Institute of Chicago |
| Martin Kemp | Self - Trinity College, Oxford / Self - Professor of Art History, Oxford / Self - Author, Leonardo |
| Timothy Verdon | Self - Canon, Florence Cathedral / Self - Author, 'Mary in Western Art' |
| Luke Syson | Self - National Gallery, London / Self - The National Gallery, London |
| Camille Paglia | Self - University of the Arts, Philadelphia |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filippo Lippi: The Adoration of the Christ Child | Saturday, 03 April 2010 |
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Directors
Ian Michael Jones, Judith Winnan, Mick Gold, Lucie Donahue, John Bush, Bob Bentley
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Samuel West | Self - Narrator |
| Richard Cork | Self - Art Critic |
| John House | Self - The Courtauld Institute, London / Self - Courtauld Institute, London |
| Tamar Garb | Self - University College, London |
| Christopher Riopelle | Self - The National Gallery, London / Self - National Gallery, London |
| Douglas Druick | Self - The Art Institute of Chicago / Self - Art Institute of Chicago |
| Martin Kemp | Self - Trinity College, Oxford / Self - Professor of Art History, Oxford / Self - Author, Leonardo |
| Timothy Verdon | Self - Canon, Florence Cathedral / Self - Author, 'Mary in Western Art' |
| Luke Syson | Self - National Gallery, London / Self - The National Gallery, London |
| Camille Paglia | Self - University of the Arts, Philadelphia |
| Philippa Abrahams | Self - Artist and Conservator |
| Waldemar Januszczak | Self - Writer, 'Gauguin: The Full Story' |
| Taco Dibbits | Self - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| Gloria Groom | Self - The Art Institute of Chicago / Self - Art Institute of Chicago |
| Charles Nicholl | Self - Biographer / Self - Author, 'Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind' |
| Michael Muller | Actor, The Scramble for the Spoils |
| Jonathan Nelson | Self - Syracuse University of Florence / Self - Syracuse University in Florence |
| Richard Thomson | Self - University of Edinburgh |
| Patricia Rubin | Self - The Courtauld Institute, London / Self - Courtauld Institute, London |
| John Collins | Self - The National Gallery, London |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lucy Hetherington | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Bugler | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Bugler | Producer |
| Ian Michael Jones | Producer |
| Esther Barnard | Producer |
| Judith Winnan | Producer |
| Jake Wilson | Producer |
| Susanna Posnett | Producer |
| Mick Gold | Producer |
| Elodie Gornall | Producer |
| Clare Lynch | Producer |
| Lucie Donahue | Producer |
| John Bush | Producer |
| Bob Bentley | Producer |
Editors
Madoc Roberts, Jeremy Bugler, William Oswald, John Parker, Imogen Pollard, Sue Outlaw
