In The Art Detectives, historian and art dealer Dr Bendor Grosvenor and art historian Jacky Klein track down lost and hidden public paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.
Scouring public museums and great houses across the country, the duo will delve deep into vaults and storerooms to reveal secret stashes of forgotten art - and perhaps even some sleeping masterpieces. A specialist conservation team will use cutting-edge technology to decode and restore the pieces while providing clues for Bendor and Jacky to identify the pictures. Criss-crossing the country, the team will solve the provenance of the artworks before they are valued and hung back in their museums, in pride of place, for the nation to enjoy.
The Art Detectives (3x60’) was commissioned by Mark Bell for BBC Four and the BBC executive producer is Emma Cahusac. It is produced and directed by Spike Geilinger and executive produced by Brendan Hughes and Harry Bell for Tern TV. In Partnership with Art UK.
Julian Of Norwich
Dr Janina Ramirez explores the extraordinary story of Julian of Norwich and how her book Revelations of Divine Love survived 600 years of neglect and suppression before its chance rediscovery in the archives of the British Museum.
Julian of Norwich was the first woman to write a book in English, in 1373. It was called Revelations of Divine Love, and in it, the self-taught anchoress proposed a revolutionary idea. She suggested that God was unconditionally loving, ever forgiving, ever patient, and ever accepting of the frailty of the human condition.
This was a message that was completely at odds with the fire and brimstone teachings of the Church, and her radical message and her book were suppressed for over 600 years.
This is the extraordinary story of its preservation by a determined set of women over the centuries, its survival against all the odds, and its eventual re-discovery - by another woman.
1x60 from Tin Can Island Limited, the BBC executive producer is Emma Cahusac and Mark Bell is the commissioner.
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