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Stanley Spencer - Billy Connolly

Episode number: 1

Overview: Curator Gus Casely-Hayford leads comedian Billy Connolly on a walking tour of the historic village of Cookham to shed light on the work of artist Stanley Spencer.

Edwin Landseer - Jeremy Paxman

Episode number: 2

Overview: Jeremy Paxman and art expert Gus Casely-Hayford head to Scotland's Cairngorms mountains to walk in the footsteps of renowned Victorian artist Edwin Landseer.

Dora Carrington - Helena Bonham Carter

Episode number: 3

Overview: Actress Helena Bonham Carter travels from Sussex to the Lake District with curator Gus Casely-Hayford to shed light on the life and work of artist Dora Carrington.

John Singer Sargent - David Bailey

Episode number: 4

Overview: Travelling from Blenheim Palace and Ightham Mote all the way to Paris, photographer David Bailey and Gus Casely-Hayford explore the world of John Singer Sargent.

William Holman Hunt - Robert Lindsay

Episode number: 5

Overview: Actor Robert Lindsay travels from the Sussex coast to the back streets of Chelsea to explore the landscapes that inspired Victorian painter William Holman Hunt.

Walter Sickert - Harriet Walter

Episode number: 6

Overview: Actress Harriet Walter travels from London's seedy underworld to the picturesque English seaside to shed light on the work of Victorian painter Walter Sickert.