Britain's Lost Masterpieces

Art experts track down the work of of some of the biggest names in art that are lying hidden away in museums, art galleries and country houses around the UK.

2016 HD English

Bendor Grosvenor Emma Dabiri

Biography Documentary

S1E1 - Swansea 2016-09-27

The Swansea museum store contains everything from a stuffed pigeon to a police car, but can Bendor and Jacky reveal a multi-million pound lost masterpiece that will not only become a jewel of Swansea museums collection, but also rewrite art history?

S1E2 - Aberdeenshire 2016-10-03

Art experts Jacky Klein and Dr Bendor Grosvenor visit our most diverse and fascinating museums as they track down previously unknown paintings by some of the worlds great artists. Haddo House is one of Britains most northerly stately homes. Tucked away in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, it has been home to prime ministers and earls - but is it also home to some of Scotlands greatest lost paintings? Nearby, in the storerooms of the Montrose Museum lies a mystery painting with a giant hole in it.

S1E3 - Belfast 2016-10-05

Bendor and Jacky visit the Ulster Museum to investigate what have long been disregarded as low-value copies of works by Flemish artist Peter Breughel the Younger.

S2E1 - Glasgow 2017-09-29

Pollok House is a country house right in the middle of a Glasgow city park, bordered on one side by the M77 and on the other side by the south side of Glasgow. It is owned by Glasgow City Council and looked after by the National Trust for Scotland.

S2E2 - Derby 2017-10-05

Along with a hippo skeleton, a stuffed hedgehog and a log boat, Derby Museum has the best collection of Joseph Wright of Derby paintings in the world. Wright of Derby is one of the greatest English artists who ever lived.

S2E3 - Carmarthenshire 2017-10-11

Carmarthenshire County Museum is a slice of history in itself. The building that houses it has been in continuous use since the 13th century. Once a bishops palace, it was where the Bible was first translated into Welsh.

S2E4 - Arbroath 2017-10-18

Hospitalfield House in the fishing town of Arbroath on Scotlands east coast is a Victorian treasure trove. The couple who owned this great house back in the 19th century were obsessed with the decorative arts.

S4E1 - Bodleian Library 2019-10-30

A potential portrait by Pompeo Batoni is investigated.

S4E2 - Birmingham Art Gallery 2019-11-06

Potential landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Jan Brueghel the Younger and Joos de Momper are investigated.

S5E1 - Brighton Pavilion 2021-02-01

Potential portraits by Francesco Trevisani and Joos van Cleve are investigated.

S5E2 - Tatton Park 2021-02-08

A potential portrait by either Parmigianino or Francesco Salviati is investigated.

S5E3 - Glasgow 2021-02-07

Technical difficulties frustrate Bendor’s attempt to uncover who painted an unfinished portrait in a Glasgow museum. Emma reveals the true identity of the sitter after 300 years.

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