Episodes

  • Season 6 Ep 3: Keith Pettit, Cabriole
    Aug 21 2025

    This week’s episode features a fascinating sculpture carved from ‘Bog Oak’, preserved for nearly 6,000 years in a Sussex peat bog being transformed into a ballet dancer mid-leap...

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    1 hr
  • Season 6, Ep.2: J M W Turner, The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, Fighting Bucks at Petworth
    Aug 15 2025

    J. M. W. Turner, The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, Fighting Bucks at Petworth

    Recorded on site at Petworth House, West Sussex with curator Dr. Emily Knight, this episode looks at the Turner work which lives in the fabulous ‘Carved Room’ depicting Petworth’s stunning grounds. Join Phil and Laura as they explore the house, the art and Turner’s link to the area...

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    39 mins
  • Season 6, Ep.1: Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper
    Aug 7 2025

    Kicking off Season 6 with a bang is one of the most famous works of art in history – Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’. In this episode, Phil & Laura delve into the fascinating layers of meaning and mastery in this iconic work.


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    40 mins
  • Season 5, Ep.11: Tibetan Wheel of Life Thangka
    Feb 18 2025

    For the final episode of Season 5, Phil teams up with his brother Marc to examine his beautiful Christmas present, a stunning depiction of the Buddhist Wheel of Life which Marc brought back from his travels in Nepal...

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    26 mins
  • Season 5, Ep.10: Wood, Earth, Hoop by Walter Bailey
    Feb 6 2025

    In this week's episode, Phil & Laura talk to Mark Collins, art collector and owner of Artelium Wine Estate in Sussex to discuss a unique sculpture currently residing on their estate...

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    39 mins
  • Season 5, Ep.9: Orange, Red, Yellow by Mark Rothko
    Jan 30 2025

    A badly needed splash of colour this week as Phil & Laura take a deep dive into a Rothko work which sold in 2012 for the staggering sum of $87 million. Just what lies behind those famous, vibrant rectangles...

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    37 mins
  • Season 5, Ep.8: Genesis #9/18 by Alan Magee
    Jan 24 2025

    This week, Phil speaks to us from Friday Harbour, San Juan Island, USA with Assistant Curator of the San Juan Islands Museum of Art Wendy Smith about a very unique artwork, finished by a loom in Belgium thousands of miles from the artist who painted it...

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    27 mins
  • Season 5, Ep.6: Deep Forest by Emily Carr
    Jan 21 2025

    This week, Phil meets with senior curator Richard Hill from the Vancouver Art Gallery to discuss a moody and mysterious work by the matriarch of Canadian art...

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    31 mins