"17th annual ceremony (broadcast March 2013), the award categories were: Source: West End Theatre South Bank Sky Arts Award The South Bank Sky Arts Award (originally The South Bank Show Award) is an accolade recognizing British achievements in the arts. The awards have been given annually since 1996. They originated with the long-running British arts programme ""The South Bank Show"". The last South Bank Show Awards ceremony to be broadcast by ITV was in January 2010. After the network had announced that ""The South Bank Show"" would be cancelled at the end of the 2009 season, the award ceremony continued"
"Sky Arts Sky Arts (originally launched as Artsworld) is an art-oriented television channel offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions). The channel is available in Great Britain and Ireland via Sky, Virgin Media, and TalkTalk TV, included in most basic subscription packs, but started life as a premium service requiring an additional payment on top of the monthly Sky subscription. Sky Arts HD is also available on Sky and Virgin Media. In its early days, it was owned and managed"
"The South Bank Show The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine show. It was originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Conceived, written and presented by former BBC arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience. The programme was a replacement for ""Aquarius"", the arts series which had been running since 1970. Presenter Melvyn Bragg was already well known for his arts broadcasting on BBC"
"Sky Academy Arts Scholarship Sky Academy Arts Scholarship was a scholarship award for artists, launched in 2011 by Sky and run in conjuction with IdeasTap and Hiive (Now Screenskills). The annual scholarship supported selected artists and creative individuals under the age of 30 with a £30,000 bursary and mentor support to help them develop to the next stage of their careers. It was part of the Sky Academy programme from 2013 until its final year in 2016. The Sky Academy Arts Scholarship originally started as the Sky Arts Ignition:Futures Fund in 2011, before becoming part of the new Sky Academy"
"Trust. The first series was won by Nerine McIntyre and she was awarded a commission to paint the scene made famous by John Constable at Flatford. On 9 June 2015, Sky Arts 2 closed and merged its content with Sky Arts 1 to form one channel. Sky Arts (formerly known as ""Artsworld"" and ""Sky Arts 1"") focused on the more modern and independent side of Sky Arts' programming. Schedules included cutting-edge documentaries, cult films, and rock concerts. but since 9 June 2015 it has also featured the high brow programmes from the former Sky Arts 2. At the same time"
"series. The series was more recently broadcast on the CITV channel in 2006, 2007 and 2009. There were plans to broadcast the programme as part of CITV's 30th anniversary in January 2013, but this did not go ahead due to licensing issues. The Smart Arty elements and The Handymen were repeated in the USA as part of ""It's Itsy Bitsy Time"" on Fox Family and Treehouse TV, with Smart Arty being renamed to 'Art to Art with Arty Art'. The segments ran from 1999 until 2001. The series mainly used Library music for most of the background music. The theme"
"help bring in potential new subscribers. John Cassy, the channel manager of Artsworld, said: ""It is great news for the arts that a dedicated cultural channel will be available to millions of households."" On 1 March 2007, Artsworld became Sky Arts and Artsworld HD became Sky Arts HD. This resulted in all of BSkyB's wholly owned channels carrying the Sky name (until Pick TV was launched and Virgin Media Television - which included Challenge - was acquired). From 8 June 2007, Sky Arts introduced a series called Friday Night Hijack. Artists were invited to schedule a night of television that"
"From 1 March 2010, all Sky Arts channels are broadcasting 24 hours a day. An on and off-air brand refresh for all four channels (Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 1 HD (a simulcast), Sky Arts 2 and Sky Arts 2 HD (a simulcast)) was launched on 16 August 2010. On 9 June 2015, at 6am, Sky Arts 2 HD closed down. Sky Arts is currently made up of the following channels: Sky Arts and Sky Arts HD (a simulcast). Originally, Sky Arts was planned as a full channel on the Astra 1A satellite at the beginning of the Sky Television"
"Show Revisited"" programmes transmitted in early 2010 featuring updates on previous ""South Bank Show"" subjects. At the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards show in January 2010, Lord Melvyn Bragg said he was baffled by ITV's decision to axe ""The South Bank Show"" after 30 years on air. Also at the awards show, Prince Charles said in a taped testimonial that it was the end of one of the most important beacons of arts in this country which this country was lucky enough to enjoy. In July 2010, it was revealed that Bragg had bought the rights to"
"television, notably ""Monitor"" and BBC Two's ""The Lively Arts"". It first aired on 14 January 1978, covering many subjects, including Germaine Greer, Gerald Scarfe and Paul McCartney. It is the longest continuously running arts programme on UK television. From the beginning the series' intent was to mix high art and popular culture. This has remained, and the programme has always focused predominantly on art of the 20th and 21st centuries. For much of its life, the show was produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for the ITV network. In May 2009, ITV announced that the show was to come to"
"it has also removed the ""1"" from its name as there is no longer a second channel Sky Arts +1 began broadcasting on 18 August 2008, filling the Performance Channel's EPG slot (purchased by Sky) until the full launch of Sky Arts 2 on 20 October 2008. This channel focused on high brow programme and featured classical music, opera, dance, fine arts programming and reruns of ""Tales of the Unexpected"". From 30 March to 14 April 2013, Sky Arts 2 was temporarily rebranded as Sky Arts Rieu in honour of André Rieu, broadcasting back-to-back concerts by the violinist. On 9"
"British Masters (TV series) British Masters is a three-part BBC television series on 20th century British art, presented by Dr James Fox and first broadcast in July 2011 on BBC Four. The series covers the period from 1910 to 1975. The first programme explored the lives and works of Mark Gertler, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Walter Sickert, Wyndham Lewis, Lawrence Atkinson, David Bomberg, Richard Nevinson, Paul Nash and Stanley Spencer. The second programme explored the works of John Nash, Stanley Spencer, Alfred Munnings, William Coldstream, Paul Nash and John Piper. In the third programme, subtitled 'A New Jerusalem,' Fox explored British art"
"of ""The Benny Hill Show"" as Melvyn Dragg. The name of the show was also parodied, and it was called ""The South Blank Show."" The South Bank Show The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine show. It was originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Conceived, written and presented by former BBC arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience. The programme was a replacement"
"theatre as a one-off commemorative show for the centenary of the Palladium. A further revival in 2014, called ""Sunday Night at the Palladium"" began airing on ITV from 14 September 2014. The series aired for six episodes. On 19 October 2014, it was announced that the show had been recommissioned for a second revived series. This series began airing on 3 May 2015 for five episodes. Presenters of the revived series have included Bradley Walsh, Jimmy Carr and Alexander Armstrong. 2014 2015 The format of ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" was revived in 2000 as ""Tonight at the London"
"important outlet for Rieu and his orchestra. Their annual New Year's concerts from Vienna have become a Holiday tradition on public broadcasting stations. For two weeks in 2013, one of the channels of the BSkyB group, Sky Arts 2 in the UK, was renamed as ""Sky Arts Rieu"". Between 30 March and 14 April 2013 Sky Arts Rieu broadcast Rieu concerts and documentaries 24 hours per day. In spite of its wide international success, Rieu's mix of waltzes, popular music, comedy, and pathos has attracted its critics. Chris Boyd, a critic writing for Melbourne's ""Herald Sun"" newspaper, did not criticize"
"Art Attack Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior, and originally airing on CITV hosted by Neil Buchanan from 1990 to 2007. The original series aired on CITV between 15 June 1990 and 26 May 2007, and was presented by one of its creators, Neil Buchanan, throughout. Buchanan also wrote and produced the series, and came up with a majority of the creative ideas. A new series launched on Disney Junior (UK & Ireland) on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia"
"and The Observer called it ""absurdly lucid,"" but one critic criticised the series for its ""grandiose, inflammatory statements,"" while Fisun Güner described Fox's revisionist case as ""ludicrous."" British Masters (TV series) British Masters is a three-part BBC television series on 20th century British art, presented by Dr James Fox and first broadcast in July 2011 on BBC Four. The series covers the period from 1910 to 1975. The first programme explored the lives and works of Mark Gertler, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Walter Sickert, Wyndham Lewis, Lawrence Atkinson, David Bomberg, Richard Nevinson, Paul Nash and Stanley Spencer. The second programme explored the"
"of Arts from De Montfort University, Leicester, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to television, radio and the stage. In the autumn of 2013, O'Grady began hosting a revival of his teatime chat show ""The Paul O'Grady Show"" on ITV. The series was produced by his own production company Olga TV and filmed at The London Studios. In November 2013, O'Grady suffered an angina attack and underwent further heart surgery. He was said to be trying to give up smoking at the time. The show returned for further series in 2014 and 2015. O'Grady made a deal with ITV to"
"start screening again in 2015 in New Zealand as part of the new Face TV digital network which was formally Triangle TV on SKY DIGITAL channel 89. The show showcases the work of tribute artists and impersonators in Australia, United Kingdom, United States & Europe. The show came by accident from an idea from Jon Powers and Nick Missailidis who were working on another TV Show. The previous week they had filmed a Bon Jovi tribute band and Jon Powers thought, since he was a tribute artist himself a few years back, on a themed show about impersonators. Nick Missailidis"
"Art:21 Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century is a PBS series, educational resource, archive, and history of contemporary art. It premiered in 2001, and is now broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. Premiering a new season every two years, ""Art:21"" is the only series on United States television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists. It is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to make contemporary art more accessible to the public, and to document 21st-century art and artists from the artists' own perspectives. Their overall goal is to raise the profile of major players in the"
"ATLAS Arts ATLAS Arts is a visual arts organisation dedicated to commissioning contemporary arts, culture, heritage, and education based in the Isle of Skye. It was formed in 2010 and since then has delivered a varied programme of contemporary art including installations, sculpture, live performances, film screenings, and collaborative public works. It is one of Creative Scotland's portfolio of regularly-funded organisations. ATLAS Arts was founded in 2010, partly in response to the closure of Skye's former arts centre An Tuireann, and following research conducted by the Scottish Arts Council which found that Skye and Lochalsh had the largest gap in"
"by Burton, while surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, accompanied by Harty, was the subject of an hour-long documentary broadcast the following year. Other programmes included the musical ""Hair"" (the series utilised the song ""Aquarius"" from the musical as its theme), a play about the aviator Amy Johnson and the life and works of composer Erik Satie. Aquarius (UK TV series) Aquarius (1970–1977) was a British arts television series, produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. After the demise of ""Aquarius"", ""The South Bank Show"" (a similar arts programme) took its place in 1978, initially also in a magazine format, as ITV"
"starring Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Fry and Kevin McNally, was broadcast in December 2014. Playhouse Presents premiered on 4 January 2015 on BBC First. Playhouse Presents Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The second series began airing in April 2013. A third season began airing 1 May 2014. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, ""Nixon’s The One"". They"
"theatre and the works of Shakespeare. In April 2015, Ashmawy hosted the Sky 1 quiz show ""Fanatics"" where fanatics of various things (e.g. Doctor Who) are tested on their knowledge of these things The series was born after Ashmawy's mum and co-star Nancy, 72, announced that she wanted to do a skydive. The first series was one of the most watched programmes on Sky 1 in Ireland in 2014; season 2 was considered as delightful as the first. The show has been licensed by Sky Vision into over 150 territories worldwide, including Canada, Australia, China, and the Middle-East. Local versions"
"June 2015, at 06:00 UTC+1 (05:00 UTC), Sky Arts 2 closed after showing its final classical music programme followed by promos for the new merged channel. Artsworld HD was one of the launch channels on Sky HD in 2006. It was a high-definition simulcast of Artsworld, and later Sky Arts, showing HD programmes when available, and upscaling standard-definition programmes. Following the launch of Sky Arts 2, Sky Arts HD showed a mix of programmes in high definition from both channels – generally Sky Arts 1 all day on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays and Sky Arts 2 until 7pm on Tuesdays,"
"Image"", as ITV's primary satirical programme, was succeeded by ""2DTV"", a cartoon format that had five series between 2001 and 2004. In 2008 ITV created a CGI version to caricature and lampoon the famous, called ""Headcases"", but it only aired for one series. Satirical puppets finally returned to ITV in 2015, in ""Newzoids"". In April 2017, it was reported that US broadcaster HBO was set to revive the series in light of the presidency of Donald Trump. As of the report, no official confirmation or announcement was made. In 2018, ""Spitting Image"" co-creator Roger Law donated his entire archive –"
"Rolf on Art Rolf on Art was a British art television series made by the BBC. It was hosted by Rolf Harris, the Australian television presenter. The series began in 2001, and the most recent episode was made in 2007. It was followed by Harris's other art programme, ""Star Portraits with Rolf Harris"", which was released after the success of ""Rolf on Art"". Each episode revolved around Harris looking at a various notable artist from history, and both investigating their life as well as imitating their style of art. Unlike many other art presenters, Harris did not just look and"
"famous personality and the picture becomes part of a national gallery. The show is produced by London and Glasgow-based independent production company Storyvault Films. It is presented by the UK TV personalities Joan Bakewell and Frank Skinner. The judges are the British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster Kate Bryan, head of contemporary art at the Fine Art Society, Kathleen Soriano, director of exhibitions at the Royal Academy, and portrait/landscape painter Tai-Shan Schierenberg. Artist of the Year Artist of the Year is a television competition shown on the Sky Arts channel (formerly known as Artsworld and Sky Arts 1) which"
"been broadcast since 1998. It developed out of BBC Radio 4's previous daily arts programme ""Kaleidoscope"", which ran from 1973 to 1998. It is broadcast each week day between 7.15 pm and 7.45 pm and has a podcast available for download. Podcasts consisted of weekly highlights until September 2011, but have been full daily episodes since. The programme's presenters include Samira Ahmed, John Wilson, Stig Abell and Kirsty Lang. Former presenters include Francine Stock (1998–?) and Mark Lawson (1998–2014). In 2013, Tracey Emin presented, for a brief while, a series on the programme where people discussed their favourite piece of"
"Speight, was aired as part of the 2003 series. In March 2011, CBBC started to air ""Deadly Art"" which followed a very similar format to ""SMart"" and also stars Mike Fischetti. They look to the wild for inspiration (to tie in with the ""Deadly"" series e.g. ""Deadly 60""). Then CBBC aired ""Totally Rubbish"" and their current art series is ""Art Ninja"", whose presenter Ricky Martin said he watched ""SMart"" religiously as a child. SMart SMart was a British CBBC television programme based on the subject of art, which began in 1994 and ended in 2009. The programme was recorded at"
"that specialize in different aspects, but who all work to further the aspirations of the organization. Art:21 Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century is a PBS series, educational resource, archive, and history of contemporary art. It premiered in 2001, and is now broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. Premiering a new season every two years, ""Art:21"" is the only series on United States television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists. It is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to make contemporary art more accessible to the public, and to document 21st-century art and artists from the"
"the brand and had first right of access to ""The South Bank Show"" archives. Sky Arts broadcasts ""South Bank Show"" archive editions and hosted the South Bank Sky Arts Awards on 25 Jan 2011, presented by Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a new arrangement of ""The South Bank Show"" theme. Sky Arts revived ""The South Bank Show"" with a new series starting 27 May 2012. The theme music is taken from Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Variations"" composed in 1977 for his brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. This is based on the theme from Paganini's ""24th Caprice"". The brand image of the"
"Guitar Star Guitar Star is a talent show that has aired on Sky Arts from 9 June 2015 to 2 August 2016 and is presented by Edith Bowman, with judges Huey Morgan, Nitin Sawhney and Helen Sanderson, as they scour across the UK to unearth a world-class guitarist. The nine-part series searches the UK and Ireland for talented guitarists for the chance to perform on the main stage at this year’s Latitude festival, a major music festival in the UK. The judges look for guitar players that are willing to jam, strum and pluck their way to victory. A second"