Grayson Perry CBE RA is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles".
Grayson travels around the country, meeting all sorts, as he tries to uncover what Englishness means today
Release Date: 2023-01-26
Episode Count: 3
Art-loving comedian Joe Lycett joins artists hoping to make it onto the walls of the RA Summer Exhibition 2022, the world’s largest open-submission art contest.
Release Date: 2022-07-23
Character: Self
Vote Count: 1
One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, is killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland in 1942. His life is as compelling and enigmatic as his art, set against the dramatic wartime locations that inspire him. This film brings to life this unique and still grossly undervalued British artist caught in the crossfire of war 80 years ago, whose legacy largely sank without trace, until now…
Release Date: 2022-07-01
Comedian David O'Doherty gets to know celebrities on cycling adventures across the UK in a fun-filled interview show that delivers lots of laughter, proper conversation and stunning scenery.
Release Date: 2021-11-22
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
Artist and social commentator Grayson Perry crosses the US, exploring its biggest fault lines, from race to class and identity, making art as he goes
Release Date: 2020-09-23
Character: Self - Presenter
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 1
Grayson Perry, one of Britain's leading artists, brings the nation together through art, making new works and hosting masterclasses set to unleash our collective creativity during lockdown.
Release Date: 2020-04-27
Character: Self - Presenter
Episode Count: 18
Vote Count: 3
The story of the forgotten godfather of modern Formula 1—Jack Brabham—and a son's quest to defy the odds in the competitive world of international motor-sport once more.
Release Date: 2020-03-09
Character: Self
Vote Count: 4
Grayson Perry explores the landmark events in all of our lives—Birth, Coming of Age, Marriage and Death. He works alongside people who are going through those universal experiences with the aim to try and reinvent these rites of passage so he can mark and celebrate them for modern secular Britain.
Release Date: 2018-08-23
Character: Self
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 1
In 2018 the Royal Academy celebrates its 250th Summer Exhibition and artist Grayson Perry takes the helm to coordinate the world's longest running and largest open-submission show. Presented by Kirsty Wark and Jayson Mansaray the programme comes from the very glamorous private view and goes behind the scenes of the Academy as it prepares for its annual artistic extravaganza. Grayson in his role as chief coordinator celebrates the democracy of the exhibition with the theme of Art Made Now and creates a room of fun dedicated to pieces he finds amusing.
Release Date: 2018-06-16
Character: Self
Turner Prize-winning artist and double Bafta Award-winning TV presenter Grayson Perry investigates contemporary masculinity. As a frock-wearing, mountain-biking father of one, he's got a unique perspective on his own tribe. In each episode, Grayson spends time in a different ultra-male world to see what their extreme maleness can tell us about the changing lives and expectations of all men in Britain today, as Grayson reflects on his prejudices, his own masculine identity and his upbringing.
Release Date: 2016-05-05
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Character: Self
Episode Count: [ 3 ]
Artist Grayson Perry spends time with Britons facing a moment in their lives when they need to define who they are, and then distils his impressions of each of them into a portrait.
Release Date: 2014-10-22
Character: Himself
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 1
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.
Release Date: 2013-01-25
Character: Self
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 23
All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry is a 2012 documentary television series on United Kingdom station Channel 4, starring Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry. The series analysed the ideas of taste held by the different social classes of the United Kingdom. Perry produced a series of six tapestries depicting the taste ideas of Britons, entitled "The Vanity of Small Difference."
Release Date: 2012-06-05
Character: Self
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 2
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
Release Date: 2012-04-12
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 1
Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event
Release Date: 2011-11-11
Vote Count: 8
Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambitious show yet: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Given free rein to choose whatever he wants from the Museum's vast collections, Perry has also produced some 25 new works of art, from his trademark ceramics to a working motorbike. Imagine follows Perry for more than two years as he creates his own imaginary civilisation at the heart of the British Museum.
Release Date: 2011-11-01
Character: Self
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Release Date: 2007-06-16
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 113
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Release Date: 2007-02-22
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 262
Release Date: 2006-04-07
Episode Count: 1
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Release Date: 2003-09-11
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 256
A sensitive, self-reflexive love poem on film to Grayson Perry, who appears here positively radiating warmth at the camera, wearing make-up and a series of unusual necklaces.
Release Date: 1985-01-01
Character: Himself
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Character: Self - Panellist
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 16
Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator.
Release Date: 2002-05-10
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Release Date: 1990-09-28
Character: Self - Panellist
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 70
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Release Date: 1979-09-25
Character: Self - Panellist
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 12