Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art Season 1

Season 1

Air date: 2022-09-27

Episodes: 3

Episodes

E1: Upstarts

A look at the origins of the Young British Artists in the art schools of the mid-80s, a shocking and provocative movement which would culminate in the notorious 1997 exhibition Sensation.

Air date: 2022-09-27

E2: Is It Art?

In the 90s, young creatives, grouped together by advertising guru Charles Saatchi, respond provocatively to the decade's wave of optimism. The results are explosive - but is it art?

Air date: 2022-10-04

E3: Fame and Fortune

The Royal Academy’s iconoclastic Sensation is itself a sensation. 300,000 attend the show, causing protests and resignations. Meanwhile, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin reach mega-star status.

Air date: 2022-10-11