Extraordinary Portraits
Extraordinary Portraits is a TV show on BBC1. Where skills meet stories. Artists create breathtaking portraits of people with incredible personal and powerful stories - creating a picture of modern Britain. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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Extraordinary Portraits
Bill matches 20-year-old Millie, a campaigner challenging the stereotypes around Down’s syndrome, with Karen Turner, an award-winning, self-taught painter.
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Bill Bailey challenges a young artist to paint Marva and Lionel, who have fostered almost 200 teenagers.
Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey matches former soldier and fundraiser Christian with a sculptor to create a lasting legacy.
Bill matches former England goalkeeper turned painter David James with Gill Sayell, a footballing pioneer who played in the unofficial Women’s World Cup in 1971.
Bill Bailey matches life-saving railway worker Rizwan with multimedia artist Jack Dickson to create a stunning portrait.
Bill Bailey matches a remarkable young woman with cancer, who set up her own charity, with a realist painter to create a new art work.