Painting With John

Watercolour Challenge

December 2025 •English

Three amateur artists are given four hours to paint, in watercolour, the same scene or landscape, often with widely different interpretations. At the end of the four hours, the guest professional artist for the week judged the paintings and selected the winner, who would then appear in a regional final, and if successful would compete in the end of series final.

Futurama

December 2025 •English

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Reservation Dogs

December 2025 •English

Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California.

Living Art

December 2025 •Spanish

Our citizen space accommodates a large number of artistic manifestations that account for the way in which their authors interpret the context in which they are immersed. Living Art is a series of 10 chapters that seeks to be the reflection of the views of those who through art pay new ways of interpreting the world but above all to share their interests, their passions as well as their likes and dislikes which are a fundamental part of his inspiration, thus focusing on his human side.

The Midnight Gospel

December 2025 •English

Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.

Great Art Explained

December 2025 •English

Great Art Explained is a video series that focuses on one piece of art per episode, breaking it down, using clear and concise language free of 'art-speak'.

Palettes

December 2025 •French

An educational French TV documentary series which goes into depth during each episode into the analysis of a single painting.

The Beach

December 2025 •English

Filmmaker Warwick Thornton's international success has come at a personal cost. He has reached a crossroad in his life and something has to change. He has chosen to try giving up life in the fast lane for a while, to go it alone, on an isolated beach in one of the most beautiful yet brutal environments in the world, to see if he can transform and heal his life.

The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

December 2025 •English

Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists.

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

December 2025 •English

The riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.

Art of the Western World

December 2025 •English

First broadcast on October 2, 1989, these 18 original 30-minute episodes provide a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture, and studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them.

Magnolia Workshops

December 2025 •English

Move from inspiration into action with hand-picked experts in home, kitchen, garden and the arts. Whether you're looking to style a room, start a garden or cook a new dish, each class is designed for anyone to roll up their sleeves and try something new.

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

December 2025 •English

This documentary series unpacks the shocking allegations behind Sean "Diddy" Combs and his Bad Boy empire, spanning decades of his life and career.

The Joy of Painting

December 2025 •English

The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.

Portrait Artist of the Year

December 2025 •English

Artists from the UK and Ireland compete by creating portraits of famous people.

Vile Bodies

December 2025 •English

Documentary miniseries about contemporary artists who create challenging views of the human body. One of a 3-part series exploring how contemporary photography is challenging some of our deepest-held taboos about the human body. "American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin discusses his dark visions of human bodies.

The Sun Shines Different in Miami

December 2025 •English

The Sun Shines Different in Miami is an ambient film series drifting through beach, bike, boat, and park journeys. Each episode explores a different path to restoration, blending slow visuals and calming soundscapes to invite healing.

Moderní čeští malíři ve vzpomínkách prof. F. Dvořáka

December 2025 •Czech

Art in Bloom with Helen Dealtry

December 2025 •English

Artist Helen Dealtry gives a glimpse into the creative process of painting.

The Big Painting Challenge

December 2025 •English

Passionate amateur artists undertake an intensive, six-week, artistic boot camp in a bid to perfect their skills and be crowned the overall champion.