Keith Allen
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2022
Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art
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Episode 159 min2022-09-27
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.
Episode 259 min2022-10-04
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?
Episode 359 min2022-10-11
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.