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ThePrivateLifeofaMasterpiece
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ThePrivateLifeofaMasterpiecewasaBBCarts
documentaryserieswhichtoldthestoriesbehindgreat
worksofart29episodesoftheserieswerebroadcaston
BBCTwo,commencingin2001andendingin2010.It
initiallyranforfiveseasonsfrom2001to2006,fora
totalof22episodeseachepisodewas50minuteslong.
AsevenDVDboxsetofthefirstfiveserieswasreleased
in2007,whichrearrangedthedocumentariesintogenres
fromarthistory.Afurthersevenepisodeswerebroadcast
between2006and2010.Theserieshasbeenwidely
broadcastaroundtheworld,ofteninrevoicedinto
nationallanguages.Theoriginalnarrationsweredoneby
theactorSamuelWest.Worksofartfeaturedrangefrom
Michelangelo'sDavidforthefirstepisodetoFilippo
Lippi'sAdorationoftheChristChildforthelast.
TheserieswasproducedbyindependentTVproduction
companyFulmarTelevision&Film,basedinCardiff.[1]
Theseriesproducer,whoalsodevisedtheconceptofthe
programme,wasJeremyBugler.[2]

ThePrivateLifeofaMasterpiece
Genre

Artdocumentary

Narratedby

SamuelWest
TimPigottSmith

Countryoforigin

UnitedKingdom

Originallanguage(s)

English

No.ofepisodes

29
Production

Runningtime

50minutes
Release

Originalchannel

BBCTwo

Originalrelease

20012010

TheserieswaspraisedbytheTVcriticofTheTimes,DavidChater,wholisteditatNumber30inThetop
50TVshowsoftheNoughties.[3]

Episodeguide
Series1(2001)
Michelangelo:David
EdvardMunch:TheScream
Series2(2002)
douardManet:Ledjeunersurl'herbe
DiegoVelzquez:TheRokebyVenus
Series3(2004)
AugusteRodin:TheKiss
FranciscoGoya:TheThirdofMay1808
AugusteRenoir:BalaumoulindelaGalette,Montmartre
RembrandtvanRijn:TheNightWatch
SandroBotticelli:LaPrimavera
JamesMcNeillWhistler:Whistler'sMother
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VincentvanGogh:Sunflowers
EdgarDegas:LittleDancerAgedFourteen
PabloPicasso:LesDemoisellesd'Avignon
KatsushikaHokusai:TheGreatWave
Series4(2005)
GeorgesSeurat:ASundayAfternoonontheIslandofLaGrandeJatte
GustavKlimt:TheKiss
EugneDelacroix:LibertyLeadingthePeople
JohannesVermeer:TheArtofPainting
PaoloUccello:TheBattleofSanRomano
Series5(2006)
LeonardodaVinci:TheLastSupper
SalvadorDal:ChristofSaintJohnoftheCross
PierodellaFrancesca:TheResurrection
ThePrivateLifeofaChristmasMasterpiece(2006)
JanvanEyck:TheAnnunciation
PieterBruegeltheElder:CensusAtBethlehem
PaulGauguin:God'sChild
ThePrivateLifeofanEasterMasterpiece(2009)
Caravaggio:TheTakingOfChrist
ThePrivateLifeofaChristmasMasterpiece(2009)
SandroBotticelli:TheMysticNativity
ThePrivateLifeofanEasterMasterpiece(2010)
RogiervanderWeyden:TheDescentfromtheCross
ThePrivateLifeofaChristmasMasterpiece(2010)
FilippoLippi:TheAdorationoftheChristChild

References
1. "ThePrivateLifeofaMasterpiece"(http://www.fulmartelevision.co.uk/PLMasterpiece28.shtml).
fulmartelevion.co.uk.com.21December2010.Retrieved17May2012.
2. "JeremyBugler,HeadofProgrammes"(http://www.fulmartelevision.co.uk/Staff.shtml).
fulmartelevion.co.uk.com.21December2010.Retrieved17May2012.
3. Chater,David(12September2009)."Thetop50TVshowsoftheNoughties"
(http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6955835.ece).TheTimes.
Retrieved18January2011.(Subscriptionrequired).

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