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- Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.
- A British television competition for landscape painters that earns the winners a commission and art supplies.
- This documentary explores the rise of Teddy Pendergrass, the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums against the backdrop of 1960s America, and his comeback after a life-changing accident.
- Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
- Blackpool Lights stars some of the biggest characters from the holiday destination during their day-to-day lives, Characters include North Pier comic Joey Blower, and Blackpool Arcade owner and 'King of the Slots' Chris Higgitt.
- 24 artists are competing to create the best portraits of Norwegian celebrities. During the art competition, there will be nerves, tears and astonishing results.
- Documentary series following the stories of people who believe that they've been born into the wrong body as they go through the highs and lows of gender reassignment surgery.
- On the 50th anniversary of BBC2 being the first ever channel to regularly broadcast in colour, Melvyn Bragg and guests look at the history of the box in the corner of the room, and how that indeed has changed our history.
- The broadcaster uses archive from the period to look at the ideas that fuelled, and legacy of, the protests of May 1968 in France that became one of the defining moments of that extremely turbulent year.
- Television presenter Adrian Chiles takes a personal tour around the Mediterranean to discover if his faith was an accident of birth and geography.
- After the sudden and unexplained death of his 19-year-old sister Lauren, Patrick is left grieving and looking for answers.
- The world is full of wannabe pop stars, but not everyone wants to gamble on a talent show to make it. With exclusive access to Britain's renowned Academy of Contemporary Music, this rockumentary follows students over the first term of the academic year as they follow their dream of making it big in the hard-to-break music business. First-year gospel singer Henrietta wants to be a chart-topping superstar, but struggles to shine in a class of talented vocalists. 19-year-old Ella is striving to develop her own musical style and stand out from the crowd. Trainee producer James has returned to college after being burnt by the music industry and, for hotly tipped college band Massmatiks, this year is all about getting their first record deal. With all the emotion, triumphs and disappointments, learning to rock is harder than it seems.
- 2013–6.7 (7)TV EpisodeThe first heat of the sixth season has moved to the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actor Asa Butterfield, comedian Micky Flanagan and actor Anjli Mohindra.
- 2013–6.8 (6)TV EpisodeThe 2nd heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of DJ and radio/television presenter Trevor Nelson, actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke and singer and television presenter Ashley Roberts.
- 2013–6.6 (5)TV EpisodeThe third heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of dancer and television personality Len Goodman, rapper and singer Tinie Tempah and actor Harriet Walter.
- 2013–8.0 (7)TV EpisodeThe fourth heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of comedian/actor/writer/director Asim Chaudhry, actor Russell Tovey and actor Doreen Mantle.
- 2013–TV EpisodeThe fifth heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of performance poet John Cooper Clarke, television presenter/author Fearne Cotton and actor Haydn Gwynne,
- 2013–TV EpisodeThe sixth heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of singer Ricky Wilson, actor/director/singer Adrian Dunbar and actor/playwright/narrator Zawe Ashton.
- 2013–7.2 (7)TV EpisodeThe seventh heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of actor Ken Stott, writer-director Mike Leigh and actor Lydia Leonard..
- 2013–TV EpisodeThe eighth heat of the sixth season comes from the Battersea Arts Centre with 9 artists creating portraits of actor Deborah Findlay, actor Wunmi Mosaku and actor/comedian/writer Omid Djalili.
- The semi-final of the sixth season sees the 8 heat winning artists creating portraits of Elaine Paige the First Lady of musical theatre. The judges will select the three finalists for the season.
- The three finalists of season six are tasked with creating a portrait of author, poet, playwright and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, additionally they are assigned a separate commission before the judges select the winner.
- The sixth season Portrait Artist of The Year winner undertakes a £10,000 prize commission of music icon Nile Rogers for the Royal Albert Hall.
- 2013–7.5 (7)TV EpisodeThe first heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actor Ncuti Gatwa, actor/television presenter/recipe author Fay Ripley and peeress/socialite Baroness Glenconner.
- 2013–7.1 (8)TV EpisodeThe second heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London features 9 artists creating portraits of journalist/news presenter Trevor McDonald, actor Mirren Mack and drag queen The Vivienne.
- 2013–TV EpisodeThe third heat of the seventh season from Battersea Arts Centre in London features 9 artists creating portraits of journalist/educator/podcast host/charity campaigner Deborah James, actor Eamonn Walker and presenter Melanie Sykes.
- The fourth heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London features 9 artists creating portraits of singer and songwriter Ray BLK, actor James Nesbitt and fashion designer Pam Hogg.
- 2013–TV EpisodeThe fifth heat of the seventh season features 9 artists creating portraits of criminal barrister/television personality Robert Rinder, writer/activist/television presenter/model Katie Piper and director/disc jockey/musician Don Letts.
- 2013–7.0 (5)TV EpisodeThe sixth heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actors Eddie Marsan, Sian Clifford and Paul Mescal.
- 2013–7.2 (6)TV EpisodeThe seventh heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actor/playwright David Haig, musician/actor/television presenter Jordan Stephens and actor Jane Horrocks.
- 2013–TV EpisodeThe 8th heat of the seventh season features 9 artists creating portraits of actor/playwright/director/broadcaster Kwame Kwei-Armah, rower and Olympic gold medalist Katherine Grainger and reality television personality Fred Sirieix.
- The semi-final of the seventh season from the Battersea Art Centre in London sees the 8 heat winning artists creating a portrait of award-winning novelist and academic Bernadine Evaristo. The judges will choose the seasons three finalists
- The three finalists of season seven are tasked with creating a portrait of stand-up comedian, actor, and activist Eddie Izzard, additionally they are assigned a separate commission before the judges select the winner.
- The seventh season Portrait Artist of The Year winner undertakes a £10,000 prize commission of Carlos Acosta the Cuban-British retired ballet dancer and director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet for the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
- 2013–TV EpisodeIn the first heat, a new crop of artists look to make a strong impression with the judges by making a portrait of one of three familiar faces, featuring Richard Curtis, Emma Freud, and Fleur East.