Portrait Artist of the Year is hosted by UK TV personalities Joan Bakewell and Frank Skinner; an esteemed group of judges travel across the Europe in search of a new star in the art world. Each episode features a regional competition where artists are shortlisted and challenged to produce a portrait of one of three famous sitters. At the end of each round, the judges select an artist to go to the semifinal. The finalists will have their work displayed at the world-famous National Portrait Gallery in London and the winner will receive a £10,000 commission to paint a portrait which will become part of the permanent collection at the British Library.
Rating: 8.30/10 (avg out of 419 votes)
Portrait Artist of the Year Airs: Wednesday
Portrait Artist of the Year Status: Airing
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - General Information
Series Premiere: November 05, 2013 Classification: Reality Genre: Family | Reality-TV Network: Sky Arts Airs: Wednesday at 08:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
Language: en
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 1 -- 6 Episodes
1x1 -- Nov 05, 2013 -- London 1x2 -- Nov 12, 2013 -- Glasgow 1x3 -- Nov 19, 2013 -- Dublin 1x4 -- Nov 26, 2013 -- Cardiff 1x5 -- Dec 03, 2013 -- Paris 1x6 -- Dec 10, 2013 -- National Portrait Gallery
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 2 -- 9 Episodes
2x1 -- Nov 04, 2014 -- Sol Campbell, John Humphrys, Maisie Williams 2x2 -- Nov 11, 2014 -- Julian Fellowes, Ronni Ancona, Helena Kennedy QC 2x3 -- Nov 18, 2014 -- Gary Kemp, Daniela Nardini, Ashley Jensen 2x4 -- Nov 25, 2014 -- Non Evans, Ade Adepitan, Greg Davies 2x5 -- Dec 02, 2014 -- Jilly Cooper, Daniel Roche, Melvyn Bragg 2x6 -- Dec 09, 2014 -- Neil Hannon, Sharon Corr, Colm Meaney 2x7 -- Dec 16, 2014 -- Richard Dawkins, Sally Hitchiner 2x8 -- Dec 23, 2014 -- Sir Ian McKellen 2x9 -- Dec 30, 2014 -- Alan Cumming
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 3 -- 9 Episodes
3x1 -- Jan 24, 2017 -- Episode 1 3x2 -- Jan 31, 2017 -- Episode 2 3x3 -- Feb 07, 2017 -- Episode 3 3x4 -- Feb 14, 2017 -- Episode 4 3x5 -- Feb 21, 2017 -- Episode 5 3x6 -- Feb 28, 2017 -- Episode 6 3x7 -- Mar 07, 2017 -- Episode 7 3x8 -- Mar 14, 2017 -- Episode 8 3x9 -- Mar 14, 2017 -- Episode 9
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 4 -- 11 Episodes
4x1 -- Jan 16, 2018 -- David Tennant, Michaela Coel, James Morrison 4x2 -- Jan 23, 2018 -- Noel Fielding, Reggie Yates, Daphne Selfe 4x3 -- Jan 30, 2018 -- Ross Kemp, Freddie Fox, Vicky McClure 4x4 -- Feb 06, 2018 -- Rachel Hunter, Stefanie Martini, Conleth Hil 4x5 -- Feb 13, 2018 -- Elizabeth McGovern, Fiona Shaw, Kadeena Cox 4x6 -- Feb 20, 2018 -- Kenneth Cranham, Claire Skinner, Sope Dirisu 4x7 -- Feb 27, 2018 -- Michael Ball, Robert Bathurst, Anita Rani 4x8 -- Mar 06, 2018 -- Meera Syal, Derek Jacobi, Kirsty Wark 4x9 -- Mar 13, 2018 -- Lily Cole, Simon Callow 4x10 -- Mar 20, 2018 -- Emeli Sande 4x11 -- Mar 20, 2018 -- Kim Cattrall
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 5 -- 11 Episodes
5x1 -- Feb 12, 2019 -- Matthew Goode, Geraldine James, Andi Oliver 5x2 -- Feb 19, 2019 -- David Gandy, Anne Reid, Ashley Walters 5x3 -- Feb 26, 2019 -- Eddie Hall, Jodie Kidd, James Purefoy 5x4 -- Mar 05, 2019 -- Anna Chancellor, Stephen Graham, Beverley Knight 5x5 -- Mar 12, 2019 -- Georgina Campbell, Mark Gatiss, Tanni Grey-Thompson 5x6 -- Mar 19, 2019 -- Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Adrian Lester, Nitin Sawhney 5x7 -- Mar 26, 2019 -- Angela Griffin, Gina McKee, Jamael Westman 5x8 -- Apr 02, 2019 -- Jodie Comer, Daniel Lismore, Nick Moran 5x9 -- Apr 09, 2019 -- Courtney Pine 5x10 -- Apr 16, 2019 -- Final - Laura Linney 5x11 -- Apr 16, 2019 -- Winner's Film Tom Jones
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 6 -- 11 Episodes
6x1 -- Jan 21, 2020 -- Asa Butterfield, Micky Flanagan, Anjli Mohindra 6x2 -- Jan 28, 2020 -- Trevor Nelson, Noel Clarke and Ashley Roberts 6x3 -- Feb 04, 2020 -- Len Goodman, Tinie Tempah and Harriet Walter 6x4 -- Feb 11, 2020 -- Asim Chaudhry, Russell Tovey and Doreen Mantle 6x5 -- Feb 18, 2020 -- John Cooper Clarke, Fearne Cotton and Haydn Gwynne 6x6 -- Feb 25, 2020 -- Ricky Wilson, Adrian Dunbar and Zawe Ashton 6x7 -- Mar 03, 2020 -- Ken Stott, Mike Leigh, Lydia Leonard 6x8 -- Mar 10, 2020 -- Deborah Findlay, Wunmi Mosaku and Omid Djalili 6x9 -- Mar 17, 2020 -- Elaine Paige 6x10 -- Mar 24, 2020 -- Lemn Sissay 6x11 -- Mar 31, 2020 -- Portrait Artist of the Year 2020: Nile Rodgers
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 7 -- 11 Episodes
7x1 -- Oct 14, 2020 -- Ncuti Gatwa, Lady Glenconner, Fay Ripley 7x2 -- Oct 21, 2020 -- Trevor McDonald, Mirren Mack and the Vivienne 7x3 -- Oct 28, 2020 -- Deborah James, Eamonn Walker and Melanie Sykes 7x4 -- Nov 04, 2020 -- Ray BLK, James Nesbitt and Pam Hogg 7x5 -- Nov 11, 2020 -- Robert Rinder, Katie Piper and Don Letts 7x6 -- Nov 18, 2020 -- Eddie Marsan, Sian Clifford and Paul Mescal 7x7 -- Nov 25, 2020 -- David Haig, Jordan Stephens and Jane Horrocks 7x8 -- Dec 02, 2020 -- Kwame Kwei-Armah, Dame Katherine Grainger and Fred Sirieix 7x9 -- Dec 09, 2020 -- Bernardine Evaristo 7x10 -- Dec 16, 2020 -- Eddie Izzard 7x11 -- Dec 16, 2020 -- Carlos Acosta
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 8 -- 12 Episodes
8x1 -- Oct 13, 2021 -- Gabrielle, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Grace Neutral 8x2 -- Oct 20, 2021 -- Gyles Brandreth, Karen Gibson, Sophie Cookson 8x3 -- Oct 27, 2021 -- Alexa Chung, Nish Kumar, Philip Glenister 8x4 -- Nov 03, 2021 -- Celeste, Lydia West, Alastair Campbell 8x5 -- Nov 10, 2021 -- Kelly Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Polly Walker 8x6 -- Nov 17, 2021 -- David Olosuga, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Sergei Polunin 8x7 -- Nov 24, 2021 -- Chris Packham, Arlene Phillips, Ali Jawad 8x8 -- Dec 01, 2021 -- Ian Hislop, Emma Dabiri, Daniel Mays 8x9 -- Dec 08, 2021 -- Nick Mason 8x10 -- Dec 15, 2021 -- Barry Humphries 8x11 -- Dec 22, 2021 -- Nicola Benedetti 8x12 -- Dec 22, 2021 -- Best Of
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 9 -- 11 Episodes
9x1 -- Oct 05, 2022 -- Elizabeth Day, Khadija Mellah, Nick Grimshaw 9x2 -- Oct 12, 2022 -- Lulu, Alex Brooker, Phil Manzanera 9x3 -- Oct 19, 2022 -- Suggs, Miquita Oliver, Eve Muirhead 9x4 -- Oct 26, 2022 -- Bruno Tonioli, Yolanda Brown, Helen Sharman 9x5 -- Nov 02, 2022 -- Dame Stella Rimington, Big Zuu, Alexis Ffrench 9x6 -- Nov 09, 2022 -- Jim Carter, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ellie Simmonds 9x7 -- Nov 16, 2022 -- Henning Wehn, Lemar, Candice Carty-Williams 9x8 -- Nov 23, 2022 -- Rebecca Ferguson 9x9 -- Nov 30, 2022 -- Jonathan Van-Tam 9x10 -- Dec 07, 2022 -- Sir Lenny Henry 9x11 -- Dec 14, 2022 -- Best Of Portrait Artist Of The Year 2022
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 10 -- 11 Episodes
10x1 -- Oct 11, 2023 -- Richard Curtis, Emma Freud, Fleur East 10x2 -- Oct 18, 2023 -- Jay Rayner, Nihal Arthanayake, Susanna Reid 10x3 -- Oct 25, 2023 -- Rory Stewart, Ainsley Harriott, Rob Delaney 10x4 -- Nov 01, 2023 -- Sue Barker, Alan Titchmarsh, Philippa Perry 10x5 -- Nov 08, 2023 -- Nigel Havers, Mishal Husain, Vanessa Kingori 10x6 -- Nov 15, 2023 -- Josh Widdicombe, Nicky Spence, Shirley Ballas 10x7 -- Nov 22, 2023 -- Joe Sugg, Daryl McCormack, Lenny Rush 10x8 -- Nov 29, 2023 -- Emma Bunton 10x9 -- Dec 06, 2023 -- Joan Bakewell 10x10 -- Dec 06, 2023 -- The Winner's Story 10x11 -- Dec 13, 2023 -- Best Of
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Season 11 -- 4 Episodes
