Perspectives (TV series)

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Perspectives
GenreDocumentary series
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes29
Production
Running time60 minutes (including adverts)
Production company(see below)
Release
Original network ITV
Original release24 April 2011 (2011-04-24) 
18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)

Perspectives is a current British television arts documentary series for ITV. The show began airing on 24 April 2011 and aired its fifth series in 2015.

Contents

Format

Each hour long programme sees well-known celebrities (who have included Ian McKellen, David Walliams, Sheila Hancock and Paul O'Grady) travel to various parts of the world to explore more about a person who has inspired them. They're not all people, some can be books such as Griff Rhys Jones whose chosen subject was the novel The Wind in the Willows .

Episodes

Series 1

The first series of the show was announced on 31 March 2011 and began airing on 24 April 2011, starting with Ian McKellen: Looking for Lowry. [1]

EpisodeAirdatePresenterTitle
124 April 2011 Ian McKellen Looking for Lowry
21 May 2011 Andrew Lloyd Webber A Passion for the Pre-Raphaelites
38 May 2011 Robson Green The Pitmen Painters
415 May 2011 Hugh Laurie Down by the River

Series 2

EpisodeAirdatePresenterTitle
125 March 2012 David Suchet People I Have Shot
21 April 2012 Lenny Henry Finding Shakespeare
38 April 2012 John Sergeant Sergeant on Spike
422 April 2012 David Walliams The Genius of Dahl
529 April 2012 Griff Rhys Jones Wind in the Willows

Series 3

EpisodeAirdatePresenterTitleProduction Company
117 March 2013 David Suchet The Mystery of Agatha ChristieTestimony Films
224 March 2013 Warwick Davis The Seven Dwarfs of AuschwitzChameleon Television
331 March 2013 Sheila Hancock The Brilliant Brontë SistersBlakeway North
47 April 2013 Michael Portillo Portillo on Picasso Plum Pictures
514 April 2013 Paul O'Grady Gypsy Rose Lee - The Queen of Burlesque Olga TV
621 April 2013 Jonathan Ross Alfred Hitchcock - Made in BritainHot Sauce TV
75 May 2013 Hugh Laurie Copper Bottom Blues Plum Pictures

Series 4

A fourth series of Perspectives was announced on 13 February 2014 and began airing on 20 April 2014, starting with Alan Davies: The Magic of Houdini. [2]

EpisodeAirdatePresenterTitleProduction Company
120 April 2014 Alan Davies The Magic of HoudiniWhat Larks!
227 April 2014 Gary Kemp Kick Out the JamsSnapper TV
34 May 2014 Will Young The Man In The Hat: Rene Magritte with Will YoungBlakeway North
411 May 2014 [3] Emeli Sande Emeli Sande on Frida KahloBlakeway North
518 May 2014 [4] Alfie Boe Freddie Mercury Saved My LifeBrook Lapping
625 May 2014 [5] Bruce Forsyth Bruce Forsyth on Sammy Davis JuniorRain Media Entertainment

Series 5

A fifth series of Perspectives began airing on 19 April 2015 starting with: "Michael Jackson's Thriller with Ashley Banjo"

EpisodeAirdatePresenterTitleProduction Company
119 April 2015 [6] Ashley Banjo Michael Jackson's ThrillerBlakeway North
226 April 2015 [7] Len Goodman For The Love of Fred Astaire Potato
33 May 2015 [8] Rick Wakeman Vivaldi’s Four SeasonsThe Interesting Film Company
410 May 2015 [9] Terry Jones In Charlie Chaplin's FootstepsWild Pictures
517 May 2015 [10] Nicky Campbell The Great American Love SongWingspan Productions
624 May 2015 [11] Eddie Redmayne War ArtFoxtrot Films

Series 6

Series 6 began airing on 18 October 2016.

EpisodeAirdatePresenterTitleProduction Company
118 October 2016 David Harewood In the Shadow of Mary SeacoleTBA

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