Episode 1
Aired Oct 5, 2022
Elizabeth Day, Khadija Mellah, Nick Grimshaw
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 12, 2022
Lulu, Alex Brooker, Phil Manzanera
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 19, 2022
Suggs, Miquita Oliver, Eve Muirhead
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 26, 2022
Bruno Tonioli, Yolanda Brown, Helen Sharman
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 2, 2022
Dame Stella Rimington, Big Zuu, Alexis Ffrench
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 9, 2022
Jim Carter, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ellie Simmonds
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 16, 2022
Henning Wehn, Lemar, Candice Carty-Williams
In this seventh and last heat, 9 artists are challenged to create a portrait of one of three celebrities: singer Lemar, comedian Henning Wehn, and writer Candice Carty-Williams.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 23, 2022
Rebecca Ferguson
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 30, 2022
Jonathan Van Tam
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 7, 2022
Sir Lenny Henry
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 22, 2022
Christmas Celebrity Special
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 14, 2022
Best of Portrait Artist of the Year 2022
Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.
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