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Michael Palin travels to France in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall, captured by his favourite artist, Scottish painter Anne Redpath

The actor explores the lives of four Scottish artists popularly known as the Colourists - Francis Bunty Cadell, John Duncan Fergusson, George Leslie Hunter and Samuel John Peploe

Actor, comedian, presenter and writer Sir Michael Palin talks to John Wilson about his formative creative influences

Michael Palin sets out to discover more about Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi by searching for clues in London, Holland and Copenhagen

Drama, written by Alan Bennett, starring Gabrielle Daye. An elderly couple retire and move to Morecambe, but they struggle to adjust to their new surroundings

Alan Bennett's monologue A Cream Cracker Under the Settee. Thora Hird stars as Doris, an independent-minded pensioner who suffers a life-changing fall

Julie Walters performs Alan Bennett's monologue as a struggling actress, who lands a role in a video set on a yacht, but things are not as they seem

Nicholas Hytner, Director of London's National Theatre, interviews playwright, screenwriter, actor and author Alan Bennett on his 80th birthday in 2014

The actor explores the lives of four Scottish artists popularly known as the Colourists - Francis Bunty Cadell, John Duncan Fergusson, George Leslie Hunter and Samuel John Peploe

Alan Yentob spends time with the artist and activist in her New Jersey studio and in the heart of Harlem as she prepares for a show at London's Serpentine Gallery