Our programmes
Illuminations has an exceptional record of producing television programmes about the arts, history, religion and ideas.
Our documentaries have been acclaimed around the world and honoured with an International Emmy, a BAFTA Award and numerous other prizes. We have also produced a number of major performance programmes, including films of Richard II, Macbeth, and Benjamin Britten's Gloriana.
All of these broadcast productions, as well as films made with and for a wide range of cultural institutions, are listed here in the Programme Archive.
Film of the Week
Latest DVDs
Art of Faith
Art of Faith is a visually sumptuous series filmed in High Definition explo...
Joan Miro: Theatre of Dreams
A sensitive profile of a great painter and a key figure in Surrealism.
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne arguably counts as the father of modern painting.
Favorite Posts
INDEX1: the who and what on our blog
A first attempt to organise our posts to date
Indies' web sites: the cream of the crop
Our choice of the best web sites from British producers
Only a pawn in the game
Role-playing ways to build successful cross-platform companies
Arts TV: the fulcrum of British culture?
BBC Four's three-part history of arts television, The Art of Arts TV
Francis Bacon back from the archives
The BBC's welcome online offering of the painter on film
Remembering Andy, part 1
Director Kim Evans interviewed about Art Lives: Andy Warhol