Portrait Artist of the Year

2020

TV-14
Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.
11 Episodes
  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1The contestants are challenged to paint actor Ncuti Gatwa, British peeress and socialite Lady Glenconner, and actress Fay Ripley. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2The contestants are challenged to paint journalist Trevor McDonald, actress Mirren Mack and drag queen The Vivienne. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3The contestants are challenged to paint author Deborah James, actor Eamonn Walker and presenter Melanie Sykes. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4The contestants are challenged to paint singer Ray BLK, actor James Nesbitt and fashion designer Pam Hogg. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5The contestants are challenged to paint barrister Robert Rinder, writer Katie Piper and director Don Letts. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6The contestants are challenged to paint actor Eddie Marsan, actress Sian Clifford and actor Paul Mescal. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7The contestants are challenged to paint actor David Haig, actor Jordan Stephens and actress Jane Horrocks. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Episode 7
    E8
    Episode 8Episode 7The contestants are challenged to paint actor and director Kwame Kwei-Armah, Olympic rower Dame Katherine Grainger and maître d'hôtel Fred Sirieix. Stephen Mangan presents.
  • Semi-Final
    E9
    Episode 9Semi-FinalThe semi-final sees the artists paint the Booker prize-winning novelist, Bernardine Evaristo
  • Final
    E10
    Episode 10FinalThe three remaining artists create portraits of renowned actor and comedian Eddie Izzard. The winner is revealed.
  • Carlos Acosta
    E11
    Episode 11Carlos AcostaThe seventh season Portrait Artist of The Year winner undertakes a £10,000 prize commission of Carlos Acosta the Cuban-British retired ballet dancer and director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet for the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Cast of 2020
  • Stephen ManganHimself - Host
  • Kathleen SorianoJudge
  • Tai Shan SchierenbergJudge
  • Kate BryanJudge
 
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