Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

Series 1

2022 · 3 episodes · 2h 57m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Upstarts

   27 Sept 2022 · 59 min

   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.

2. 

   2. Is It Art?

   4 Oct 2022 · 59 min

   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?

3. 

   3. Fame and Fortune

   11 Oct 2022 · 59 min

   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.