Extraordinary Portraits (2022)
Musician and passionate art collector Tinie Tempah hopes to shine the light on everyday heroes within society by painting portraits of them. These everyday heroes have extraordinary stories and the artists hope to turn these stories into amazing portraits. Portraiture has traditionally been a method of commemorating powerful or wealthy figures in society, however, Tinie hopes to shine a light on the everyday heroes within out society. Famous artists include street artist Dale Grimshaw and hyper-realist Kelvin Okafor.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Martin and Nick2023-07-17 · 29mBill Bailey matches extraordinary NHS workers with some of the UK’s best artists. In this episode, Martin is taken on by Nick. Inner-city trauma surgeon Martin treats two stabbings
- 2 2. Grace and Jemisha2023-07-24 · 28mJunior doctor Grace is paired with painter Jemisha Maadhavji. Grace was still a student when a man jumped from the third floor of a shopping centre and landed on her, causing life-
- 3 3. Araf and Brock2023-07-31 · 29mAraf, a paramedic, is paired with acclaimed photographer Brock. For 26 years, Glaswegian Araf has been saving lives on the road and changing opinions off it. Attempting to capture
- 4 4. Jules and Belinda2023-08-07 · 29mEnd of life care nurse Jules is matched with magical realist painter Belinda. Following the death of her father, Jules is on a mission to make people’s last days as pleasant as pos
- 5 5. The Edwards and Adebanji2023-08-14 · 28mIn this episode President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Adebanji Alade, takes on the whole Edwards family. Adebanji is no stranger to creating epic works of art, but here
- 6 6. Holly and Mark2023-08-21 · 29mIn this episode, hospital porter Holly is matched with classicist painter Mark. Holly joined the NHS as her way of giving back to the service that saved her eight-year-old daughter
Cast
Bill BaileySelf - Presenter / NarratorImages
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