Extraordinary Portraits - All Seasons

Extraordinary Portraits - Season 1

Season 1

Extraordinary Portraits sees musician and passionate collector of art Tinie, match members of the public with extraordinary stories to a selection of distinctive and celebrated portrait artists. The artists are then challenged to turn these personal and powerful experiences into compelling portraits.

Network
Episodes6
DatesFeb 27, 2022 - Apr 3, 2022
Extraordinary Portraits - Season 2

Season 2

Network
Episodes6
DatesJun 13, 2022 - Jul 25, 2022
Extraordinary Portraits - Season 3

Season 3

To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, a brand new series of Extraordinary Portraits sees comedian, musician, and art lover Bill Bailey pair a selection of extraordinary NHS workers with some of the UK's most celebrated portrait artists. 

Network
Episodes6
DatesJul 17, 2023 - Aug 21, 2023
Extraordinary Portraits - Season 4

Season 4

Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey returns to BBC One for a new series of Extraordinary Portraits, matching talented artists with inspiring individuals to create breathtaking works of art which reflect modern Britain.

In this series, the portraits' subjects include a railway worker who has saved 29 people at their lowest ebb; a couple who've fostered almost 200 children; an army veteran whose walk around the UK's coastline raised more than half a million pounds to support ex-servicemen and women; an influencer with Down's Syndrome who's taking her campaign to change legislation to the government; a lost football Lioness whose achievements were erased from history for half a century; and a young woman with incurable cancer who's determined to make a difference for other people diagnosed at a young age.  

An exhibition of the portraits from this series will open in the spring in Bradford as part of the UK City of Culture.

Network
Episodes6
DatesFeb 7, 2025 - Mar 14, 2025

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